Insulin Dependent Diabetes Reviews

To be honest and this will probably sound rather ignorant but until 18 months ago I knew only a little about insulin dependent diabetes, even though I grew up with my Dad having it for most his life. However I became insulin dependent last year. Basically what happens is your pancreas for some unknown reason stops producing insulin. It is thought ...

In This article I am going to write mainly about type 1 diabetes, as this is the condition I am most familiar with. When ever is say 'Diabetes' in this informative article I am talking about type 1, unless stated otherwise. Diabetes is an auto-immune disease that results in the insulin producing cells in your pancreas being permanently ...

With the number of of people being diagnosed with Diabetes soaring at an alarming rate, also the suspected number of people who don't even know they have it. I thought maybe I could should let you know a little more detail on this illness. So I would like to take this opportunity to tell you a liitle about what it is and what it can cause if left ...

Firstly I'd just like to say that this is not going to be all about the symptoms, what it is, how its treated etc as I can see that everyone has already done that. Well, I am going to tell you about my experience with diabetes and how it has effected my life and how I feel about it. I won't sugar coat anything but I also will ...

~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introduction ~~~~~~~~~~~~ I decided to write an opinion about diabetes because it’s a subject I feel passionately about. This op is largely about type-1 (or insulin dependent) diabetes, as that’s what I’m most familiar with and is appropriate to this category. ...

I am not going to run through a whole load of statistics.This is just to let people know a little more about Diabetes, its treatment and Diagnosis. WHAT IS DIABETES ------------------ Diabetes is a condition in which the body cannot convert food into useable energy. The reason for this is that there is a lack of or ...

Who's that girl making jelly every evening? Eating porridge every morning? Ooh, she's eating an apple; it must be 11am; yes, regular as clockwork... Well, Ms Routine is me, a Type 1 diabetic and, having read the other opinions, I thought I'd share my experience with dooyo readers. I first realised something was wrong ...

Diabetes — or to give it its full name, diabetes mellitus — is a common condition in which the amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood is too high because the body is unable to use it properly. This is because the body's method of converting glucose into energy is not working as it should. Normally, a hormone called insulin ...

My dad was diagnosed with diabetes in 1997; it seemed to be the end of his world. A year or so earlier he’d been involved in an accident and now had to face this additional problem. He loved his food, especially crisps; coke; and some chocolate. Now his diet had to change, and so did his sedentary lifestyle. Diabetes occurs when ...

Yuk! Isn’t diabetes something to do with needles and injections? I’ve always had a real aversion to needles. Now I know that the injections the dentist does sometimes hurt a bit, but when I’ve had blood taken it hardly hurt at all and only occasionally bruised BUT… sticking a needle in and injecting yourself I just ...

It was a very nervous time in the hospital. I was waiting, waiting for the doctor to diagnose my illness. When she finally came round to the bed, I discovered my fate. I had become “a diabetic”! These two words stuck in my mind for hours, like I had been branded with them across my forehead. From the very beginning of ...

Just over six months ago, and much to my surprise, I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. I say much to my surprise because although I displayed all the classic symptoms (extreme tiredness, weight loss, going to the loo frequently and finally increased thirst) I just assumed that it was some virus and I was burning the candle at both ends and hence ...

My father suffers from Diabetes and was diagnosed about ten years ago after suffering a heart attack. He kept feeling tired, getting very thirsty and was always on the loo, and then he started to lose weight not a lot but had always been a burly man so it was noticeable to us all. At first we put it down to the Heart Attack, but ...

Diabetes is a condition in which the body cannot properly use sugar and starches (carbohydrates) from the diet, because the pancreas is not producing enough of the hormone insulin. As a result, sugar accumulates in the blood and tissues and this causes defects in various parts of the body . This condition is medically known as diabetes mellitus to ...

I was diagnosed as a diabetic after a road traffic accident in 1997. Firstly, I was just on diet, then progressed to tablets and diet, and then insulin and diet, and now insulin, tablets, and diet. It used to be (years ago) a diabetic’s life was severely shortened, but modern medicine and diet have significantly reduced this. ...

DIABETES - The "Forgotten" Killer ~ ~ Cancer and heart disease are usually the first things that spring to mind when we think of killer diseases. Diabetes isn’t high on most peoples’ list. Yet a person dies from this little understood disease every three minutes. It is the leading cause of adult blindness, ...