| Good piece on Diabetes... 10:58 - Nov 14 with 766 views | bluewein |
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A disease which is a huge hindrance on my life. Not ashamed to say there are days where it really brings me down (the stat about there being 400,000 people living with Type 1 in the UK sometimes really adds to the "why me" feeling when you're having bad days) but articles like this prove that there's ways of living with this sh1tty illness and succeeding in life in spite of it... [Post edited 14 Nov 2025 11:03]
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| Good piece on Diabetes... on 12:51 - Nov 14 with 627 views | Basuco |
While things have improved very much over the years type 1 is a very shitty card to be dealt, daughter was diagnosed in 1996 and insulin was injected via a syringe that had to have the required amount drawn up, with her it was the finger pricks to test sugar levels that she said were her biggest hate. Insulin pens and arm sensors were a game changer.
Thankfully she is now classed as type 1 treated with a pancreas, she had kidney failure and was lucky that a fantastic unknown donor gave her a functioning kidney and pancreas.
After living with her Diabetes for nearly 30 years it really is very very tough, but all I can say is stay focused on your insulin and blood sugar levels, don't let this slip. Very easy for me to say I know, but diabetic complications thrive on high sugars and can be very nasty. She was classed as fragile type 1 with wild unpredictable swings in sugar levels and was put on the DAPHNE program developed at Addenbrookes when it was experimental, which did help a lot.
If anyone is type 2, then it appears to be well worth looking at changing the type of carbs you eat to reduce the impact or even put you in remission, basically eat long acting slow release carbs, not potato, rice or pasta, GP or dietitian can advise better than me on this one. Stay strong. |  | | |
| Good piece on Diabetes... on 20:50 - Nov 14 with 507 views | Guthrum |
| Good piece on Diabetes... on 12:51 - Nov 14 by Basuco |
While things have improved very much over the years type 1 is a very shitty card to be dealt, daughter was diagnosed in 1996 and insulin was injected via a syringe that had to have the required amount drawn up, with her it was the finger pricks to test sugar levels that she said were her biggest hate. Insulin pens and arm sensors were a game changer.
Thankfully she is now classed as type 1 treated with a pancreas, she had kidney failure and was lucky that a fantastic unknown donor gave her a functioning kidney and pancreas.
After living with her Diabetes for nearly 30 years it really is very very tough, but all I can say is stay focused on your insulin and blood sugar levels, don't let this slip. Very easy for me to say I know, but diabetic complications thrive on high sugars and can be very nasty. She was classed as fragile type 1 with wild unpredictable swings in sugar levels and was put on the DAPHNE program developed at Addenbrookes when it was experimental, which did help a lot.
If anyone is type 2, then it appears to be well worth looking at changing the type of carbs you eat to reduce the impact or even put you in remission, basically eat long acting slow release carbs, not potato, rice or pasta, GP or dietitian can advise better than me on this one. Stay strong. |
Very much second this about the diet changes with Type 2. Along with Metformin, cut out loads of carbs or switched to smaller amounts of slower absorbing ones (e.g. wholemeal) and managed to get my HbA1C down from extremely high (125 mmol/mol) to almost normal levels (45) in about 4 months. |  |
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