February 2009

  • laser photocoagulation

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    i am about to have laser surgery regarding retinopathy.has anyone had this surgery and can anyone tell me how their vision has been affected by the surgery.worse ,no better, or same.also any vision impairment from the surgery? i am awaiting a response anxiuosly.please reply

  • diabetes

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    im a mother off 3 children,im 33,single,from the UK.i am a type 2 diabetic,and id loved to more more about my condtion as i dont no much.

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    diabeties sucks big time I cant stand how ppl r so ignorant n some ppl especially make me feel like im alien or somthing that is the main reason i dont tell ppl.Dont get me wrong my friend r nice about it but when it come 2 adults that when i get pist. FOr example adults automaticaly think dat cuz your diabetic u can never eat ne sweets once n a while/ god forbid i mean this is bs.If i even have any candy at school teachers gawk at me like Im picking my nose or somthing. Must I say its as if that some teachers think i need 2 tell every1 dat im diabetic cuz some how the topic always comes up in health.For example he mentions Diabeties every class n some how intergrates it in the most irrelevant conversations.Iluv how he trys 2 act like he doesnt no i have diabetes word travel fast wen it comes 2 teachers. I DONT WANNA B A POSTER CHILD I WANNA JUS BE MYSELF AGIAN. WHY SHOULD I BE LABLED DIABETIC! The funny part is they say the want u feel like every1 else wen the actually make me feel more like an outsider.The last thing i wanna here is their only trying 2 help! if u feel da same way holla bak?

  • diabetic & strong for 18 years

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    hey you know... i wonder about things. I've diabetic for 18 years (since I was 7). I've spent that last 7 years drinking and smoking most weekends (well I smoke 10 a day, but drink at the weekend), and generally having a good time, yet, I dont feel my diabetes getting any worse. I'm showing no real symptoms of chronic diabetes (ie keytones, bad high blood sugar, serious hypos), although I wonder if this is because I have been used to being diabetic from a young age, and whether I am delaying the inevitable. If I am, then i want to continue, becuase I still feel good.. has anyone here been through it for so long without anything 'showing' as it were...