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Tag Archives: DIABETIC
THIS DIABETIC DETECTIVE HAS FINALLY CRACKED THE CASE……I THINK!
The trails and tribulations of being a type one diabetic and dieting! A number of months ago I wrote a blog about how suffering from type one diabetes, had made me sort of become a diabetic detective through the years. … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, DIABETES, EMOTION, FOOD, HEALTH, mens health, Uncategorized
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Tagged ADJUSTING INSULIN, ANDY SCARFMAN LLOYD, anxiety, BLOOD PRESSURE, BLOOD SUGARS, DIABETES, DIABETES UK, DIABETES WRITING, DIABETIC, diabetic detective, DIABETIC WRITING, DIETING, dieting and diabetes, DIETING DIABETIC, EMOTION, food, HARD TO DIET BEING A DIABETIC, Health, HEALTH AND BODY, HIGH BLOOD SUGARS, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, INSULIN, MENS HEALTH, PATIENCE, PERSONAL WELLBEING, TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT AND DIABETES, TYPE 1 DIABETES, TYPE ONE DIABETES, UNCATEGORISED, UNCATEGORIZED
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THE DIABETIC CLINIC DIDN’T GO WELL : The trails and tribulations of being a type one diabetic!
About six months ago I wrote a jubilant blog about how well managed my diabetes was. I can distinctly remember that trip to my local diabetic clinic because they also told me I had lost almost three stones in weight. … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, DIABETES, EMOTION, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged @SCARFMANANDY, ANDY LLOYD, anxiety, BLOOD PRESSURE, BLOOD SUGARS, COMPO, DIABETES, DIABETES TRAILS AND TRIBULATIONS, DIABETIC, DIABETIC CLINIC, DIET, HBA1C, HEALTH SUPPORT, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HIGH BLOOD SUGARS, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, LOSING WEIGHT, MENS HEALTH, mental health, PEACOCK, SUGAR IN URINE, TYPE ONE DIABETES
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I am a DIABETIC DETECTIVE, gunning for my FLUCTUATING BLOOD SUGARS!
A blog about the FRUSTRATION, EXASPERATION and UTTER ANNOYANCE that my type one diabetes causes me due to my fluctuating blood sugars! I have had a surreal last couple of weeks with my diabetes. My fluctuating blood sugars of … Continue reading →
Posted in DIABETES, FOOD, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged anger and diabetes, anxiety and diabetes, AUTO IMMUNE ILLNESS, blood sugar, BLOOD SUGARS, COMEDY HEALTH, DIABETES, diabetes blog, DIABETES DIARY, DIABETES UK, DIABETIC, diabetic blog, diabetic detective, DIETING, dieting and diabetes, ERRATIC BLOOD SUGARS, exercise and diabetes, FLUCTUATING BLOOD SUGARS, food, Health, hot weather and diabetes, humalog, HYPO, HYPOGLYCAEMIC, HYPOGLYCEMIA, HYPOGLYCEMIC, ILL HEALTH, INSULIN, low blood sugar, medication and diabetes, meloxicam, MENS HEALTH, mental health, TID, TRAMADOL, TRUE STORY, TYPE 1 DIABETES, TYPE ONE DIABETES, WEIGHT LOSS, worry and diabetes
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SUFFERING FROM ILL HEALTH CAN BE HEARTBREAKING AND SOUL DESTROYING AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN NOT EVERYBODY BELIEVES YOU!
“You sure you’re not getting obsessed with your bits”? A GP said this to me once. “I think we discussed this last time how you’re maybe getting obsessed with your blood sugars”. A Diabetic Nurse said this to me once. … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, COMPLIMENT, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, EMOTION, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, TRIBUTE, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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ENOUGH OF THE DIABETIC SELF-PITY……THINGS COULD BE A LOT WORSE!
I know this blog is going to annoy some of my fellow diabetics out there but I can not hold my silence any longer. At the moment I am having a terrible flare-up with my Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, a truly … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, EMOTION, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, TRUE STORIES, twitter, Uncategorized
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Tagged anxiety, BACK PAIN, blog, BLOOD SUGARS, CELLULITIS, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, CONTAMINATION, DEPESSION, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, DIABETIC, DOCTORS, EMOTION, Health, HERNIA, HYPO, INSULIN, LYMPHODEMA, LYMPTH GLANDS, MENS HEALTH, MENS MENTAL HEALTH, mental health, MIND, MIND CHARITY, NHS, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, PELVIC PAIN, physical health, rant, SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, SUICIDAL, true stories, UK, WORRY
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