Diabetes

dartgirl

Just been watching Panorama it's about Diabetes,It's an eye open,I was shocked to see what it does to you. It was on last night.you can watch on BBC Catch up.

nosh2

my mums diabetic and its really scary as she on insulion she tales care if her diet but still her sugar us sky high @ times

newlife1

dartgirl wrote:

Just been watching Panorama it's about Diabetes,It's an eye open,I was shocked to see what it does to you. It was on last night.you can watch on BBC Catch up.

Hi there, don't get scared, it only does real harm if you don't take the adviice of doctors. People live years with diabetes, but you can get eyesight problems, problems with bad feet, sometimes causing gangrene, but as I said, if you take medical advice, you can live just with sensible diet, or tablets. You only end up needing injections if it gets serious, and that is usually due to the person themselves not heeding advice.

san2016

So is my mum and Yh same with mum too @nosh2

nosh2

@san2016 its very scary like she has her good days n bad days

stevenbentley

Stick to a healthy diet throw in a little exercise and life is good, if you're going to listen to a doctor then please see a diabetic specialist as most of the GP's I've seen don't seem to have a clue. But on a serious note there's nothing scary about it you just have to respect it and treat it right.

ceejays

keep your waistline under control, and eat less fatty foods,and plenty of exercise, doctors no nothing about diabetes they all have different oppinions including the so called specialist nurses

andyslc

@ceejays that's rather a sweeping statement. I ve met some very knowledgable doctors in my 24 years as a diabetic, and that includes my G.P.s over the years. Specialist nurses in GP surgeries aren't so good in my experience but the Diabetes Specialist Nurses in hospitals I ve found to be excellent.

shubberdog

Unfortunately most of the medical profession do not understand type two diabetes what they don't tell you probably because they don't know themselves is you must reduce carbohydrates intake to reduce blood sugar level the advantage of a low carb diet is you will lose weight as well unfortunately it is difficult to follow a low carb diet especially if you want to eat out reducing fat in the diet is less important with diabetes and of cause more exercise is good but that is true for everyone

misspage

@ceejays, you appear to have had a bad experience but please do not think all doctors and specialists don't know anything about diabetes. Specialist Nurses are brilliant, or at least the ones I've met are

misspage

@newlife1, you don't only end up needing insulin if you don't take advice. As @andyscl, type 1 diabetics will need it from the beginning. With type 2, the tablets encourage your pancreas to make and release insulin. If you lose weight the requirements go down due to body mass. However if the pancreas continues to decline then and produce too little insulin then it'll need to be injected. Yes, this can be due to not controlling blood sugar, but that isnt always the case.

sweetpotato97

I shall check it out

regfaeforth1976

My mate is struggling to get life insurance cos he is a diabetic,one company was tryin to charge him £90 month

andyslc

@regfaeforth1976 he could try the diabetes UK website https://www.diabetes.org.uk/ see if they have any information. They also have a forum with 600 000 posts so maybe some info in there.

Unfortunately with other problems I m too broken for most insurers so don't have any personal recommendations to make. If he joined that forum he may get some though.

ceejays

if they all sang of the same hymm sheet ok, but they all have differing views i live the life of a benedictine monk and dont suffer from it any more

tonicurtis1967

Im diabetic too

sega_nintendo

I work at a school, there is quite a few insulin dependant 6 year olds, it's a horrible thing to have.

andyslc

There's much worse things you can have @sega_nintendo. The needles these days are tiny compared to when I first started injections and compared to when my dad started they are minuscule. My lad was diagnosed at 4 years old (he's 9 now) which was a shock as it had been late teens/early 20s for me, my dad, and my uncles. He has coped with it way better than I did at 18 yrs old.

jimfraegala

My auntie had diabetes and it was so awful, really was.

Jim