I rec'd an email from Diabetes UK last week to say they have had an overwhelming response to their campaign meaning it's taking them longer than expected to send out the books. If u haven't rec'd your book yet (like me), u should receive yr copy within 4 weeks from the date u ordered it.

If you ordered your free diabetes book last week then you should get your book in the post over the next two weeks. :man:

recived mine today x

Thanks for all the positive, hot votes. Much appreciated. <3

Thank U n15hu - I have ordered the book and have also forwarded the link to my friend who will also find this book useful :smiley:

Thanks have ordered for a friend

cheers good find !

Thanks

I'm so pleased that your wife has the love, care & support from you & the family. That's so important. Life with our children/grandchildren keep us young & active.

May you & your family have a long & enriching life. Thank you so much for your support & kind words.

Thank so much for your reply
Luckily she don't let to much get to her and has loads of hobbies that keeps her mind occupied and our children and grandchildren that she adores.
she always says she got what she wanted out of life a family of her own and a moaning Husband :laughing:

Sweet!

Dear Kirstykelly85,

I'm so sorry to hear about your husbands traumatic experience. I hope & pray that he stays well & leads a long & pain-free life. Bless you. Thank you for sharing your post.

thanks op, will make sure my friend is aware of this

Dear sdduk2,

I'm so sorry to hear about what happened to your wife. One of the greatest fears of being type 1 diabetic is the fact that one day there's 90% chance of getting further complications.

It's hard to hear that your wife was fit & developed type 2 diabetes after her kidney operation. I'm no doctor but I suspect either her diabetes was dormant in her body, meaning that her pancreas seemed to have been functioning & her pancreas was releasing the appropriate amount of insulin to counter the carbohydrate intake but not efficiently as normal bodies? It could be that the operation in the body could have triggered hormone imbalance that affected the pancreas? Sometimes stress & emotional distress prior to an operation can change the hormone imbalance in the body. I'm not sure if you are a aware of this but the pancreas performs other functions in the body other than release insulin into the body to counter the amount of carbohydrate consumption. The pancreas also helps the body balance the hormones.

My diabetes was during my 20s & it was triggered by emotional grief with loss of family & stress of exams at the time. If I kept my stress/emotions in check then this wouldn't have triggered an over active pancreas.

What I can suggest is for your wife is to try & keep active in cardio exercise & start gently. The efficient circulation of the blood in the body & around the organs may help stimulate nerve endings in her feet?

A transplant can take time to settle in a body..a transplant is quite a traumatic & foreign experience to the body & for it to function as well as ensuring the rest of the body functions well is quite difficult.

I really hope it all goes well for you & your wife. Bless you.

thank you for posting :smiley: have ordered for my hubby who has type 1 diabetes after pancreatic cancer

Thank you OP have some heat :laughing: i ordered the book
Be interesting to have a read i have type 2 tablets the wife as type 2 insulin.

it was also interesting reading the comments on here because my wife as had lots of problems over the years she had a kidney transplant about 3yrs ago and was very ill after the op and got everything going she never had diabetes until the transplant....it sounds ungrateful but up until the transplant she was quite fit woman but now as so many things wrong with here and the doctors say its all to do with the diabetes.
She keeps saying her feet hurt her and says its like walking on glass that's the only way she can describe it but the doctors say there's nothing they can do to help her.
The kidney transplant may have given her her life back but at a cost to her body with all the aches and pain that she goes though.

I have no idea why they are refusing to tell you what a terminal illness is.

A terminal illness is a disease that will cause you to die within a short time-frame. It does not mean life-long (all terminal illnesses are life-long, not all life-long illnesses are terminal), and it does not mean suffering complications. Diabetes is in no way, shape or form terminal.

Yes an interesting article on the complications that can lead from Diabetes.
Thankfully not all diabetics go on to develop complications.

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Diabetes-type1/Pages/Complications.aspx

Complications caused by diabetes
I quote opening words
"If diabetes isn't treated, it can lead to a number of different health problems."

And this is where I came in and will leave it
Having Diabetes is not considered to be a terminal Illness and stating such in comments is likely to cause both concern and to upset many people who suffer from that condition .

Here is the credible evidence carried out by medical professionals below in the URL.

Not sure why you've said that my comments are misleading without sufficient objective evidence?

I have hereditary type 1 diabetes, my great grandparents, grandparents, father & his siblings all have hereditary diabetes & none of them with type 1 have escaped further complications in their lifetime whilst leading a healthy & fit lifestyle?

http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement/endocrinology/microvascular-complications-of-diabetes/

Thank You for your further comments.Which are regretably also misleading

I can't get the link to work.

Hi Boz,

Thank you for your reply. You are right to say that diabetes is not a terminal illness - for people that have the condition with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin dependant). People with type 2 diabetes have a pancreas that still function. Some people with type 2 diabetes can reverse their condition & cure themselves with a good diet & exercise.

However people that have type 1 diabetes (insulin dependant) have a greater chance of complications within their lifetime. A study has shown that only 1 in 10 people with type 1 diabetes will not have any major complications within their current or later lifetime. That means there's a 90% chance that people with type 1 diabetes will either suffer a amputation, kidney failure or eye sight loss in their lifetime. The risk is even more probable for those people who have had genetically hereditary type 1 diabetes from birth.

You can be a type 1 diabetic with excellent blood sugar control, good diet & regularly keeps fit with a decent cardio routine but if you've have genetically hereditary diabetes passed on from parents/grandparents then your chances to lead a long & healthy lifestyle without complications are slim.

It's very humbling to see overwhelming support & gratitude. I appreciate our HUKD members wanting to learn about this terminal illness. Hopefully there will be a cure for diabetes soon? Thanks for taking the time & learning about diabetes.

If you have friends or family with diabetes. If you could kindly let them know that this book is free & relevant to them. Thanks.

Thanks

Thanks.. Great site.

op says diabetes.co.uk but it is actually from diabetes.org.uk.

Personally I think diabetes.co.uk is a far better forum with better advice, but that is just my opinion.
Probably best to check out both and make your own mind up if you are interested.

Heat added for the book though, thanks!

One of the best tips I read in the book was that I was entitled for an extra bag for my insulin & blood monitor when traveling by aeroplane.

Thanks ordered

Excellent. Thanks. :smiley:

May be of interest.... Thank you

Being type 1 diabetic for over 15 years now & I learnt things in this book that I never knew about. It's very informative.

OK apologies working now!

cheerz! heat added. link doesn't seem to work at the mo tho!