Recent Content by Carp man

Thank you Patch, much appreciated.

In my quest to find something reasonably healthy to snack on instead crisps I tried popcorn. Unfortunately the only pack that was left was sweet (I would usually avoid this) but I bought it and prepared it at home. I ate the lot! It was so good and about 2 hours later, I did a bg test. 5.7-not...

Thank you Ken, much obliged.

Hi Gem and welcome to the forum :D

Hi I have now been injecting 0.6 mg of Liraglutide (victoza) for four days. My blood sugar level in the mid afternoon has just hit 4.8-this is the first time I have ever been so low. Is this a healthy reading?

Re: VICTOZA Now on third day with Victoza. I am only on the smallest dose (0.6) and using it with metformin. BG is around 5.6-7.3 most of the day and my most recent HBA1c was 6.7. This was quite a rise hence my Doctors desicion to put me on Victoza. No side effects at all. I am eating more...

Hi Angel and welcome to the forum. If you have a question please don't be shy. :wink:

Re: Scared newbie needing the comforting hand on shoulder LO Hi Mand and welcome to the forum. I can really understand what you are saying and I can almost guarantee there are many who would know what you are saying as well! The condition is serious and impacts our lives. Even now, I think of...

Hi suebig and welcome to the forun. Diabetes affects more than just the ones inflicted with the condition and I hope you are successful in your search for other partners who are in the same boat as you.

Sorry for the delay in replying Sid. Yes, I am a keen angler-especially carp.

Hi Susie and welcome to the forum! :D

Hi Alison and welcome to the forum. :D

Shannon welcome to the forum! :D I had real issues telling my mother-she is also a practice nurse (though not in the Cotswolds). They worry a lot anyway and I dealt with it by not discussing it until I had accepted the condition first. Now I have a superbly supportive mum who is able to give...

Hope all is still well Griffy! :D As Sue says, not everyone gets the side effects anyway so you may be ok. I suddenly noticed how long your introduction is Griffy-how many posts on this thread? You are indeed popular! 8)

When I first went onto metformin I suffered from an upset stomach. It continued for a while so the Doctor put me on slow release metformin which did the job! Picked up my first injector pen today which was strange. I cannot use it yet though as the Doc forgot to prescribe the needles! :lol...