• Please Remember: Members are only permitted to share their own experiences. Members are not qualified to give medical advice. Additionally, everyone manages their health differently. Please be respectful of other people's opinions about their own diabetes management.
  • We seem to be having technical difficulties with new user accounts. If you are trying to register please check your Spam or Junk folder for your confirmation email. If you still haven't received a confirmation email, please reach out to our support inbox: support.forum@diabetes.org.uk

balance

  1. O

    Volunteers needed for Online Survey for Dissertation

    Hello, I hope everyone is having a lovely holiday weekend so far. My name is Olivia, and I am studying a master’s degree in Occupational Therapy at Brunel University, London. I am looking for volunteers with Type 1 Diabetes to take part in a 20-minute online survey into the relationship...
  2. O

    Type 1 Diabetes and essential tremor

    Morning I'm a 49 year old Type 1 Diabetic diagnosed when I was 25. My blood sugar control is pretty good but over the years I have had increasing problems with essential tremor in my hands, numbness in my feet and an increasing loss of balance/co-ordination. I take Humulog and Lantus about...
  3. P

    Trouble Reading Balance

    Does anyone else have problems reading the Balance magazine? There seems to be an overuse of white print on colours like orange and purple which I find very difficult to read since suffering diabetic retinopathy. Almost worse is pale blue on white (p19, issue 280 for instance). Unless I am very...
  4. Robert Wilson Thomas

    Continuing poor balance and falls after period of hypos

    Hi I have been a Type 1 diabetic since 1996. I went into hospital on Nov 25th 2016 for what I was told was a ‘routine’ removal of a minor cancerous tumour on my kidney. That was performed successfully. However, while in the recovery room, I had the first of two cardiac arrests and I suffered...
Back
Top