Diabetes Symptoms Weblog

I guess it’s fair to report emotions of joy and
happiness here. I had gotten into a blue funk over what I
saw as my “situation”. For those of you who are not
familiar with me I am a 62 year old male with multiple
handicaps and problems. I am confined to a wheelchair and
have been given 1 to 2 years to live. I had settled in
to this chair and this computer for my remaining
years, and not very happy about the prospects. Due to a
discussion on another site about hobbies I came to realize
that I was being foolish and now I am very happy to be
making plans for activities again. I will not go into
detail here but if you are interested go to The Sweetest
Club and read my huge long post on this
subject.<br

Hello, I am 29 yrs old, diabetic since age of 1.
I hope we can share our good and bad experiences
and learn from them together. There is nothing like
sharing information with someone who understand the
burdens we deal with everyday. <br

Hello everyone, My name is Suzanne. I was
diagnosed in 1980, at the age of 7. I decided that since
nobody else had started the posting in the album - I
would be the one to start it off. Don’t leave me
hanging out there as the only one. Maybe we could even do
a creative photo album for the different emotions
we go through in our daily lives. Like a bunch of
watches set to the different times we have to do
different things - symbolizing the ’stolen minutes’ we
spend taking care of ourselves. Any other ideas?

Depression, not just the down days or the type of
depression one gets with normal disappointment or loss. But
depression that goes on, day after day. And never seems to
get any better. Lots of people have it. There are
medications for it. Not just diabetics get it. But this type
of depression is most often caused by the lack of
certain neurotransmitters in the brain, or the
malfunctioning of them. It is also shown that diet can effect
these transmitters as well. Plus, diabetes can, also.
So, with that in mind, it’s easy to see why diabetics
have a high percentage of depression compared to the
rest of the population. And we have to remember that
depression is every bit an illness as diabetes, flu,
pneumonia. It can be treated. It’s not something to be
ashamed of. It is the fastest growing illness in the US
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Hi Group, many names I recognize and many I
don’t. Sounds like this is the place I need to be. I am
sorry I have not got time to read all the past post, so
I will just jump in. I am 49 yrs old and had DM for
44 yrs. I have been on an insulin pump for 19 yrs. I
am legally blind due to retinopathy and severally
hearing impaired (hereditary). I have a certified hearing
dog that goes everywhere with me. Her name is Glory.
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felt I handled everything pretty well til the last
five years and I have emotionally gone to pot. I
worked in nursing for 25 yrs and I think job related
stress plus DM did me in. Two years ago I found the
internet with list of DMers. This contact has been a life
saver, not only with DM, but also with the isolation of
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Hi everyone,<br
meditation. Jayj58kc mentioned that he meditates and that it
helps. Does anyone else here meditates and is it working
for you? If anyone has any information on this
subject can you please post it here? Thanks.<br
and Love to all.<br

This Sharon is a good girl she is, yes she
is!!!!!<br
time it worries me that I will not be able to stop the
two new leg ulcers that are developing. Just worked
on one for 15 weeks and it is not all gone yet.
Ditto for one big toe ( I have two if those). When
getting older….and I certainly am, my skin on the feet
and legs having diabetes for 41 years is showing a
disturbing color and sensitivity. Just some pressure, like
crossing legs when sleeping can cause pressure ulcers
under those circumstances.<br
diabetes ulcers but it can also come from deep vein
thrombosis I think I’m working on. The worry therefore is to
suddenly die from a bloodcloth of the DVT. or lose a leg
or two. (Even got two of those.) Then my
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