I have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 3 months ago . But for over 12 months I have had erectile dysfunction and total loss of labedo . I know this is probably related but my sex drive and desire has totally gone. I very rarely get an erection and I have no interest or desire for sex or masturbation. Its starting to get me down as I use to have a healthy normal sex life and all interest in that kind of thing has totally disappeared. Any help or advice welcome. Im 45 and feel as if that part of my life is over.

I have Diabetes Insipidus which is a rare form of diabetes its to do with the Pituitary gland in the base of your brain, which does not produce desmopressin which is what most people have to contol there water intake and out. I've never known anyone else to have this illness. I have had this now for 7 Years, If I forget to take medication I constantly drink water n pass urine every hour on the hour !! ;o) anyone else out there have this ?

I have a issue with the part of my body around the belly button... I used to inject a lot there, but stopped a good year and half ago when I noticed that I have a bulge of fat around it... No exercise I do makes it smaller, it is not part of the lower or upper abdomen! It affects my confidence as I cant wear normal jeans as they dig in. All the doctors say is that I should stop injecting and the site should clear up, and as I already mentioned I have stopped injecting there over a year and a half ago! Anyone else with this issue? or no any exercises that I can do to make it go down?

My best friend has type1 diebetes with the last 10years. She is very laid back about it and doesn't take her regular suger levels and so on. I know she has 2take tablets for her kidneys the rest of her life and there are more and more sysptoms proping up everyday, i hate that a cant do nothing or come up with an answer as 2y her stomach swells,biles,sores,constantly ill. It is hard 4anyone to take on board but there are lots of options out there,easy 4me to say i know, id love to have a magic wand cos i want to have her as a granny buddy in years to cum.

I have type 2 diabetes and my father and all of his siblings have had late onset type 2 diabetes and died from cancer of the pancreas. I believe that they got cancer first that brought about the diabetes. My doctor refused to let me have a scan when I was first diagnosed. the staff in the diabetic clinice make suggestions that I should walk to work without first acknowledging that I work 50 miles away from home and a round trip of 100 miles would n't get much work done. I feel very well people comment that I look very well but the doctor would like to make me feel ill by prescribing tablets that make me very ill. I have never had a hypo or any other symptoms. I think a lot of rubbish is talked about diabetes and they get ticks in boxes which is why they have reduced the sugar level from 10 to 7. They won't be happy until we have all been diagnosed and they can meet their unrealistic targets. A specialist treating my Aunt has now acknowledged the unusual family history and carrying out research into why so many of us suffer with this. The outcome will be interesting

hi ive only had it for about six months and im 14 i was one of the unlucjly ones that went to intensive care. that was after my gp told me that i did not have it . but i keep it quiet to myself all the time i dont like to mention it anywhere

i am 19 and have had diabetes type 1 for 7 years and i have a very dieefernt view from the other comments on this page! i personaly think that diabetes does rule my life and it is harder for me 2 feel 'normal' like people my age. i also believe thatnewly diagnosed teens should not be filled with the fairtales about it ot ruining your life because for me it did! i belive they should know the ruth form the start and be tought how 2 deal with it.

hi my boyfriend is has type 1 diabetesfor he has had it a year now he does not controll hia sugahia sugr leaves very well and is still trying to come to turns with it. the problem is he now has had thrsh for 6 months now he has been to the doctors and they have told him it because his sugar leaves are to high and he has tryed loads of different creams but nothing sences to work. is there any think else he could try ????

hi, im 17 and have had type 1 diabetes since i was 9, I'll be the first to admit i've done wrong, when i first got it i used to flush my insulin down the toilet and still sweets out of the cupboard, but a few years ago it go so bad that i fell into a coma, when i see what my bad ways were doing to my family it knocked me into reality, yeah i have diabetes bu there are so many people worse off, and diabetes can be controlled, you just have to remember that the more you abuse you insulin and cheat now, he worse it affects you in later life! i have seen my friends nan lose her eye sight and her left leg because she didn't use her insulin properly when she was younger. I am now being considered for the new "pump" which is basically a small needle that goes under your skin and you leave it in for 2-3 days, and basically it releases your long acting insulin throughout the day and you just enter into a small machine attached by a wire to the needle, how much carbs you are eating and it calculates how much insulin your body needs and gives a small bonus for the food, the pump is basically a way forward and is going to make managing diabetes much easier, but you need to have go control to use it. well i just wrote this to let people know you CAN control diabetes, and you can lead a very normal life, and as for the people saying "i just wish i could be normal" you are as normal as you feel, you are human, you have a minor illness but that doesn't need to change who you are. i had to eat in class, but i didn't let what anyone said get to me, because i and you are just as normal as them, remember that no one has the right to bully you xxx

every one should get an insulin pump. i have had mine for about a year now and it has been one of the best decisions i have ever made. at first i was apprehensive because i didnt want something attached to me for the entire time. but after a while i realized that i have my phone on me all the time and that i would get used to it just the same as that. and after a while i have realised that one of the reasons that my control was so bad before was that i didnt have my pen on me all the time. however the NHS is reluctant to give them to any one because they are much more expensive to maintain. they even want to try and get people to revert back to injections. i have had diabetes for 7 years and it hasnt stopped me doing any thing that i want to do. i can drink and travel and all the things that i would have done any way. seriously talk to your doctor about the insulin pump. it has changed my life for the better