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The effect of Diabetes  on my body.
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The effect of Diabetes on my body.

John shares how Diabetes has affected various parts of his body. He talks about how the effects on his heart, eyes and feet.

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I will give you, I'll run through that. I've had regular checkups on my heart and that appears to be fine. I have regular checkups on my eyes, there is slight deterioration, but I'm told nothing to be concerned about. My feet and legs, you may or may not know that I've had a serious problem, ulcer, on my right heel, which has involved me being at the Cromwell Hospital for 10 weeks and still undergoing regular consultations, and having had some surgery and possibly having to have more surgery going forward. I have no sensation, no sensation in my feet, whatever. I could walk, you could put me into boiling water, I wouldn't feel it. Very little sensation below the knees. This last episode, which started, well, it started a long time ago as a crack in the heel, which just deteriorated. When I saw Mr. Jaffa in July, he said on looking at the wound, In his opinion, the most likely outcome would be amputation.

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