struggling

Hi, I’ve come here because I really don’t know where else to go. Feeling so many emotions around my diabetes at the moment. Just started a new job after working from home throughout whole pandemic/lockdowns etc. Don’t think my mental health is in a very good place but don’t want any...

Hi, I am 25 years old and was diagnosed with Diabetes Type 2 in April 2019. I have really struggled throughout to cope with the stresses of managing the diabetes and learning how to live with it. Plus dealing with the other related conditions such as necrobiosis lipoidica. Just wondering if...

Hello everyone, I was diagnosed type 2 mid-January and I’ve been struggling ever since. I’m a 53 year old man, I’m not overweight, I’m active, fit and have been a regular long distance runner for over 10 years. I do however enjoy my food and I like to have a couple of beers 3 - 4 times a week...

So I have managed to get knock my HbA1c down to 52 from 90 in March (first diagnosis) However I am struggling to lose the weight, I am now eating better and doing a little more exercise, but have put weight on. I just can't seem to shift it.:(

At my last hospital checkup my hba1c was 5.6, the best I've ever had but my doc. suggested I tried moving from Lantus to Tresiba. I've not been on Tresiba for long but so far I have no control. Blood sugars jumping high to low and it's making me feel so down & frustrated! Has anybody else...

Hi everybody, Looking for a chit chat or advice about the struggles of working - I’ve been Type 1 Diabetic for just over 10 years now and was diagnosed at 12 y/o. Turning 23 in a few months but I have started on the long term effects of T1D now with peripheral neuropathy, kidney problems and...

Hi everyone. I have been a diabetic for 13 years now. I am the worst diabetic ever and am trying so hard to make a change. 5 years ago I became disabled due to DKA and various other infections that came along with the DKA issue. I really am trying but I feel like I am climbing up an endless...

I’m a girl who is soon to be 17 and I’ve had type 1 diabetes for nearly five years now, it was pretty much smooth sailing for the first 4 years and then I seem to hit this brick wall and I’ve struggled with my diabetes ever since. To put it plain and simple I hate it, i hate the constant blood...

Hi all, Have been diagnosed with type 1, about a month after having my first son. He came a month early with complex health issues, and spent the first month of his life in intensive care at the hospital. He has a condition where he makes too much insulin, so is constantly at risk of having...

I was diagnosed in 2006, through having ketoacidosis and nearly losing my life. 10 years later, at 19 years old I am struggling with T1D more than ever... I need help. I do every bedtime insulin, maybe 1 daytime insulin and NO BG tests...I don't even know where my machine is. Ask you can imagine...

I have just been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I have the monitor to check my levels 4 times a day the first week I cut back on portion size and cut out sugary drinks and only had a rocky bar with my lunch my levels were all over. When I went back to see the consultant I explained what I...