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Hi, my name is Zaffybae!

Hi everyone glad to be part of this comm2i have pn due to not being able to manage my diabetes very well Hope to get some good advice and make friends Thankyou
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i have pn due to not being able to manage my diabetes very well Hope to get some good advice and make friends Thankyou
I'm Tammy one of the volunteer community champions here on the site. I'm sorry you are having trouble managing your diabetes, can you seek medical advice from your gp and see what they can do for you. There are lots of people on here who are looking to make friends. If you take a look around the site, hopefully you find it helpful and if you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me or any other part of the community champions. We are here to help as much as we can and support people. Hope to speak soon.
Tammy 💚
Hello and welcome I also have diabetes for iver 30 years and did not gave good control for many years. This is now taking its toll so I urge you to do your best to get it sorted see your gp or specialist nurse or doctors. It has affected my health massively over the last 2 years peripheral neurothopy , glaucoma, sepsis, ulcers , leg amputation.
Please see someone and try get on top of it.
Disability Gamechanger - 2019
I'd also like to ask my friend @thespiceman for his advice as regards your anxiety & depression, as he's our mental health guru, & will be happy to help.
Thank you for joining and sharing. Sorry what your are going through and experiencing.
Please can I thank my friend @chiarieds for asking me to advise you and also may I add another name tag to my collection.
Please I can advise on several aspects of your mental health.
I have mental health and disability also addiction history. Advise, support members of our community.
Also have diet, nutrition advice and guidance experience and qualifications have knowledge and expertise .
Please may I suggest you contact the following mental health charities.
Offer the following floating support, advice guidance and information on benefits, well being your health issues right now, often have in house advisors.
https://www.richmondfellowship.org.uk.
https://www.mind.org.uk.
https://www.rethink.org.
I would add might not be in all areas, you can self refer or speak to your GP.
Please can I just suggest some ways to be calm and relaxed and aids restful sleep helps with anxiety.
Understand your an diabetic so there are foods to avoid.
These are for anxiety Caffeine, in Tea, Coffee, Cola, Chocolate.
Avoid alcohol any way with diabetes and smoking all are stimulants. Consume more effects anxiety.
Nutrition, eat lean meat Chicken Turkey Beans Pulses should be part of your diabetes regime any way.
Whole grains bread, Pasta Rice. Been careful of sugar levels in Bread.
Leafy greens Spinach, Kale.
Fruit and Vegetables avoid those cause sugar level high Apples be OK, Citrus avoid.
DIABETES
Nutritional diet and guidance.
1 . Being over weight avoid this make sure balanced diet and speak to well being service. Community Health.
2. Regular snack meal times.
3. Whole meal bread, pulses beans .
4.Avoid sugar sweet drinks cakes and biscuits.
5. Fruit vegetables avoid those high sugar levels. Grapes, Citrus.
6. Any tinned fruit in syrup avoid.
7.Must include Lean Meat, Eggs.
8. Cut down fatty foods avoid.
9.Avoid salty foods.
10. Avoid Alcohol has sugar in any drink.
11. Drink water plenty of.
Please if I can help with anything, please ask.
Please take care.
@thespiceman
SCOPE Volunteer Award Engaging Communities 2019
Mental Health advice, guidance and information to all members
Nutrition, Diet, Wellbeing, Addiction.
Recipes
Welcome it’s great to meet you this afternoon.
I am also one of the Community Champion’s here at Scope.
I can see that you have had some good info/advice from a number of my friends.
Can you please let me know if there’s anything else that I can help you with??
@steve51
I hope you don't mind, but I have looked up the Diabetes UK website as they maybe able to provide you with further support for your Diabetes - https://www.diabetes.org.uk/ if you want to take a look.
With regards to your PIP and DLA, I will tag in one of our other Community Champions, @poppy123456 to see if she can advise you with regards to your benefits as she is very experienced in these matters.
Meantime, please keep in touch and let us know how you are getting on. We are here to support you so please feel free to chat to us anytime. If there is anything we can help/support you with then you only just have to ask. Hoping you are feeling better soon. All the best.
Hi @poppy123456, can you please advise @Zaffybae with regards to benefits? Thanks, @Ails .
I am very very sorry to hear about your hospital last night.
Please please don’t feel down & unsure.
When did you have your “pip assessment”
Please please let me know “What & Who”
help you require????
@steve51
sacroiliitis it's very painful I'm on antibiotics thankfully
Please wish you well for a speedy recovery , thank you for informing the community.
Please anything we can do get in touch, I would just add the links I provided among other community members.
Will give you reassurance and self esteem.
Please have a look.
Please take care.
@thespiceman
SCOPE Volunteer Award Engaging Communities 2019
Mental Health advice, guidance and information to all members
Nutrition, Diet, Wellbeing, Addiction.
Recipes
Scope
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I'm sorry to hear that. As we are not medical professionals then i'm afraid we won't be able to give you any advice on this. If you're feeling this way then i'd advise you to ring the NHS helpline on 111. https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/nhs-services/urgent-and-emergency-care/nhs-111/