Health .. going down ...

This afternoon I was diagnosed with Diabetes, well that's tough and it
happens. But ..

I know nothing about it. We have one friend with diabetes, but she's
also an alcoholic and can't/won't control it correctly. I've looked up
Diabetes uk and had a read or two on various websites, but I'm still
getting my head round it.

I've also been given a booklet by the GP and a ten minute 'counselling
session' .. but still feel I've missed 'stuff' of import.

So, if anyone here has Diabetes or knows about it, and is successfully
managing it, could you pass on any 'real world' tips for controlling it
please? The reply email addy, if you want to stay private, is real and
mine ..

Thing is, I don't feel ill, nothing much has changed. I didn't realise
that I've been drinking large quantities of water for the last few
months, which is apparently 'a sign', and I've been having mood swings
(not that I'm aware of them) .. so the wife just said she'd already
figured I had it but didn't want to tell me!!

 

Bummer.

Type 1 or 2? There are both sorts here, I believe.

 

AFAIK, type 2 is the most common adult onset diabetes, except when the
pancreas is damaged by excess alchohol.

Except for severe cases of T2, its usually only T1 that's insulin
dependent - with the accompanying risk of getting hypoglyceamic, blacking
out and driving into a ditch (ask your GP whether you have to notify DVLA,
insco etc).

Genearally the excess blood glucose fucks up the tinyest blood vesssels
causing amongst other things, retinopathy (you can go blind) and
particularly the blood vessels in the feet - eventually the compomised blood
supply results in nerve damage and you lose protective sensation in your
feet (you can walk around all day with something you trod on embedded in
your foot and not feel a thing).

By the time you lose protective sensation in your feet, the immune response
will also be laying on its back with its legs in the air - there is no such
thing as a trivial injury to the diabetic foot.

Keep a bottle of iodine in the + cabinet and get used to using it for even a
minor scratch on a foot.

 

2. I'm 50, I was told T1 is only for the youngsters ...

 

And recently discovered dyscalculics... well, one of them

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F
(somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

There's something they don't tell you.

Well, not straight away anyhow ..

Thanks.

 

Heh, I was hoping so ..

 

You heartless bastard.

 

A while back some pretty heavy books were posted on
alt.binaries.e-book.technical there were a couple specifically on the
diabetic foot and a few more on various other aspects of diabetes.

The collection is on my other PC (no internet there) I can put it on a CD
and bring it back to the PC that does - is the e-book.tecknical group OK
with you?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Paul - xxx

That takes time. It's not that bad.

You have. You should (if you can) take someone with you. You'll be
blue-screening, they'll be listening.

Listen to the doctors, take the pills (if you've been prescribed
any[1]), monitor your blood sugars[2]. Try to exercise gently if you
don't already (don't try to run an unplanned marathon tomorrow, you'll
just die). Walking is good.

And don't listen to any self-professed "experts"[1]. Any of them. One
will be along shortly to tell you that all doctors are know-nothing
fools...

Wives'll do that. Take her along to any meetings with doctors / nurses
(you'll probably have a few). She'll listen.

[1] If you have, good news! Welcome to free prescriptions.
[2] Push for a blood-testing meter and strips if your GP doesn't offer
you them. It's the only way to know what works *for you*.
[3] IANAE, IAASM.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Wicked Uncle

Bollocks! That [1]'s a [3].

I may have dyscalcula...

 

Cinnamon added to your diet is supposed to help.

http://cms1.daegu.ac.kr/_upload/PDSBoard_01/PDSBoardDocs_10/jwyun/534/9.p
df

and yes I know it's an animal study, but a damn sight more reliable than
half the rubbish on the Internet. If it helps, my mum uses cinnamon for
her type-2 and says it's brilliant.

 

Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:

**** off, that's my line.


--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F
(somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lozzo

I knew I could count on you.

 

Yeah, no problem. I use it occasionally for Mechanical textbooks etc

Thanks.

 

Many thanks.

I'd already started to ride my mountain bike much more than I have done
for a few years, and eating better .. trying to counter 'getting old' ...

 

Just remembered - never deleted it from this PC, its uploading now.

Xnews doesn't always handle large uploads well - if it gets tangled up I'll
have to restart the upload tommorow.

Its about 200Mb in all.

 

How can you tell?

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www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

Just in case anyone without access to a binaries server wants the book
collection, this: freenews.netfront.net free binaries server worked last
time I tried it.

 

LOL