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06/05/2019 at 17:59

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Hello everyone,

Unfortunately, diabetes can cause different complications to occur. This can manifest in different ways such as eye damage, kidney damage, pregnancy complications...Have you experienced any complications?

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07/05/2019 at 14:42

My wife thinks it has damaged her eyes...I think it's old age setting in ;)

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10/06/2019 at 16:54

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I really miss being able to eat foods, cakes, sweets and chocolates with very little or no sugar!!

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19/06/2019 at 11:08

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Liver Problems seems to be my "complication" with having Diabetes.

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19/08/2019 at 14:20

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For me it’s my eyes and my legs and feet, apart from that I'm as fit as a corpse.

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04/05/2020 at 19:16

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I have had type 2 since 2007. By the grace of God it has been under control. I have not had any hospital admission or emergency since then.Once in a while I urinate a lot and feel tired and sometimes I have headache. This happens when I eat the wrong diet.It normalised and has been within range. I try to stay active and eat well. Lots of vegetables, fruits and protein rich food. I take my prescribed medication as prescribed.

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16/04/2021 at 09:09

Yes, diabetes can badly impact different body organs. I experienced this complication in my mom’s case when her vision got weak. In the absence of proper diabetes treatment, a patient can suffer from any disease depends on a body type and level of diabetes. The best to keep diabetes under control is to follow prescribed [link removed by Community Manager for violation of community standards], exercise, and diet. A monthly diabetes test from a lab also helps to see your diabetes level. Take your diabetes medications timely to get the best from them.

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27/09/2026 at 18:44

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I have type 2 diabetes, i find it very hard I have glaucoma and I am a coeliac as well both of my grandma's went totally blind as my grandma was a diabetic and she had to have insulin, but she passed away with a diabetic coma, my other grandma also was diabetic but I don't know much about her, as she died when I was 3mnths old, that really scares me as I have type 2 diabetes, but mine is controlled with a diet but that isn't helpful as being a coeliac I have to be on a gluten and wheat free diet and that is hard as I have to be careful of my sugar levels and salt, so coeliac disease comes with many other illnesses so I have to keep up with that as well as keeping up with having type 2 diabetes, but I have to have regular blood tests for all my other illnesses plus this as well and my coeliac disease on top I sometimes find it very hard to cope with at all as having so many life threatening illnesses it gets worrying as well as being in remission with breast cancer, but I do try to keep everything in check, Tigger

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