Paid Members Halitosis Romantic Posted July 17, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 17, 2012 Concerned myself, really - my dad and my uncle both have the 'beetus, and I'm in deplorable shape. Don't actually drink sugary pop, or even much sweet food. Hoping when there is money around that I can get into better shape by going to the gym, and avoid the circumcision my dad needed, which is pretty scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Have any of you with/afraid of getting type 2 tried this?  http://www.news-medical.net/news/20111213/...2-diabetes.aspx  There Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny McBride Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I wondered who would bring up that letter. Thanks John. Â As for finding things depressing, talk to your specialist nurse (assuming you have one.) Mine did some work a while back on the link between diabetes and depression with some pretty interesting results. In short, diabetes can actually make you depressed and/or lead to other mood disorders. Getting good treatment for one tends to improve the other. And if you feel like you don't have enough information to help yourself adequately, ask your healthcare professionals to help you out. Most doctors, nurses, dieticians and the like that I've ever encountered are only too happy to share all the information they've got. The BDA magazine used to be pretty good too, although I stopped subscribing years ago. I remember when I was first diagnosed being totally inspired by Gary Mabbutt and Sebastian Bach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators neil Posted July 17, 2012 Moderators Share Posted July 17, 2012 And Bret Michaels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny McBride Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 And Danny McGrain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tom Posted July 17, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 17, 2012 Guys, guys......you've missed out the biggest name of all the diabetics....... Â Â Pure inspiration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Have any of you with/afraid of getting type 2 tried this?  http://www.news-medical.net/news/20111213/...2-diabetes.aspx  There Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members niff Posted July 17, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 17, 2012 Didn't Halle Berry get diagnosed with Type 1 then claim to have got it down to Type 2 by exercise and looking after herself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny McBride Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Didn't Halle Berry get diagnosed with Type 1 then claim to have got it down to Type 2 by exercise and looking after herself? Â Halle Berry's a stupid cunt. Apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members nfc90210 Posted December 25, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted December 25, 2012 I don't wish to pry, but for those who have type 2 diabetes what age were you when it was developed/diagnosed? Though it doesn't (as far as I'm aware) run in my family as someone who has predisposition towards gluttony, tubbiness and hypochondria it's always something that I have worried about in the back of my mind, and I was talking to a cousin of mine today and she mentioned an acquittance of her's who has had quite severe complications from diabetes despite only being around the forty mark. So, it's once again in my thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fye Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 I was diagnosed nearly 6 years ago, aged 25 and I am only now starting to get it under control. I have lost a stone and a half once I got to 9 tablets per day and my body has started to produce insulin naturally again. I have sharply had to reduce my medication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Thesz Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 I'll try to post links over the next day or so but the DAFNE carbohydrate counting system is fantastic.I was diagnosed during the 1998 world cup when I was 24. My health was generally good with a couple of exceptions of isolated incidents. In 2010 I started to find it difficult to control my levels and was spiking both high and low thus making me feel dreadful. The DAFNE course gave me an even better understanding of diabetes, my body and how to control levels through the system of calculating carbohydrate intake to insulin required.Good luck though mate.As all the posts so far have kept away from the "if you are a diabetic then you shouldn't drink/get tattooed/eat anything with sugar in it" or whatever pish these ignorant cunts pull our of their ass I'll tell this story. In 2005 I was given a new fast acting insulin to try. I was given a vial at 18:00 on a Thursday evening at the Diabetic clinic where I was weighed at twelve and a half stones. My body rejected this and when I presented myself into the hospital at noon on the Saturday feeling shall we say a trifle unwell my weight was ten stone. Thirty pounds in thirty six hours.Shuggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Thesz Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Forgot to post this link: Â http://www.dafne.uk.com/ Â DAFNE is an acronym for Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating. It is a course which gives those who have type one diabetes the ability to attain a greater control of their condition. What amazes me is that my mate who is a tattooist is diabetic and it is very close to the way people were educated almost thirty years ago. I'm not belittling the fantastic support I received previously but the DAFNE course has given me a better perspective to achieve the targets I set myself. For anyone interested I really can't recommend it enough and would ask people to highlight it to anyone affected by diabetes. Â I'll throw in a quick story here. One of the kids I support was diagnosed with type one so my company brought in a couple of nurses to give a brief outline of the condition. Despite me having a current and relevant qualification through my forty hour DAFNE course, some eighteen months earlier, I was forced to attend what turned out to be a half hour session that left people fucking scared to support the kid and was a classic Social Care example of providing enough minimal training that they can blame staff should anything fuck up. Anyhooz at he Question and Answer session at the end of this farce one of the guys - who admittedly does not like speaking in any public environment - asks "has the child been tested for HIV and Aids"? Once he was given the obvious answer by the professionals I asked why on earth he would think that was a risk. His mumbled response was "well .................. err.........ummmm...........needles". When I questioned whether he thought that I was consequentially a risk he replied "yes"! Â Fuck sake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted January 8, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted January 8, 2013 Mumzie takes something called "Byetta" along with her Insulin. Â She always runs out (of Byetta) though as she likes to test the needle to see if something is coming out. When she runs out, she hypos all over the place. Luckily she hasn't fell or done anything outside. Latest weird thing that she did, a few weeks ago, was give me a plate full of milk with bread in it. Scary stuff. She goes absolutely mental without it, yet the doctors won't refill her presciption until near the end of January. Doctors won't help at all. Anybody else had this carry-on with "Byetta"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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