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Neuropathy – I just want it to stop!
Many diabetics get Neuropathy, according to surveys it’s around 50-60% which is quite high. Neuropathy is something I have had for at least 5 years and I believe 7-8 years. Neuropathy comes on slowly...
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Diabetes and Gum Disease
I have read about many of the complications that can come on from Diabetes including Gum Disease but never explored Gum Disease properly and figured “high blood sugars = decay and teeth rot”. Well I...
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Diabetes and our swords
One thing that Diabetes has taught me in the very short time I have been diagnosed is that it’s like being a Highlander. Not a Scottish person per se, but Highlander from the film or TV Series. With...
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Blood Pressure low
These past 4 days I’ve been feeling pretty awful again, my Blood Pressure Systolic is slightly low but the Diastolic is low for my age group. I’ve been feeling very light headed, the slightest movement...
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Flu jab time
So its that time of year where summer has now left us, Christmas is fast approaching and soon we have to turn the clocks back to enjoy darker evenings starting at 5pm. Oh….and don’t forget there’s the...
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It’s that time of year again…Retinopathy Scan
It’s that time of year again, has it really been a year already? The Diabetic Retinopathy Scan is now upon me and I’m going for my Diabetic Retinopathy Scan today, and it’s something I hate, no...
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Back from my Retinopathy Scan today
I may look a little grump in this picture, the reason being is I’ve just come back from my Diabetic Retinopathy Scan. This is my second Retinopathy Scan I have had, the first one was approximately a...
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Neuropathy and what clothes to wear
I like many that are people who suffer from diabetes have some form of diabetic complication and for me that’s Neuropathy. For me I have it in my feet, my feet are numb and tingle a lot, I can feel...
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Winter is coming!
No, not Winterfell, actually Winter is coming for the Northern Hemisphere, well the last few days I think winter has finally broken out! So this is my 2nd Diabetic year and last year I was caught out...
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