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Got the results of my blood tests back and everything was normal, Last Tuesday i had the glucose tolerance test and the results showed that my fasting blood sugar was 4.6 and after the glucose tolerance test it was 5, my Doctor said im not diabetic anymore and has taken me off of the diabetic...

Good Morning, Well im not long back from seeing the nurse where ive just drank 75 grams of glucose :sick: and gave 3 vials of blood to be tested She tells me the Doctors happy that im not diabetic any more, in the same sentence she says once a diabetic always a diabetic :roll: Hello RoyG...

Hi Mary j I had been to the docs in 2008 for another reason and he had taken some blood, when the results came back he said my sugar level and Cholesterol was high and wanted to do a fasted blood test, the result of the fasted test was 10.3 and he told me i was type 2 diabetic no more tests...

Around a month ago i went to my GP to see if he could refer me to a physiotherapist, while there i mentioned to him i didnt think i was diabetic!! he looks at his computer and replies yes your diabetic your type 2 you had a fasting blood sugar of 10.3 in 2008 blah blah blah. I said you should...

Thanks for that info everyone, It was just that the other day i noticed a comment on the Diabetes.co.uk Facebook page, it mentioned hypo's during the night when your asleep, I had never thought of this happening and the thought stuck in my mind, that night i tested myself before going to bed...

Hi, i take the slow release type Metformin 3x500mg and was wondering if Metformin can cause hypos? I have asked my Diabetic Nurse this question and her answer was NO it cant, but in the passed when testing myself at home ive had readings under 4 with the lowest being 3.5, mostly first thing in...

Hi, thank you for your welcome. Helenababe yes my ac1 is good, i only get it checked once a year, in 2009 it was 5.4, in 2010 it was 5.2, and around 2 months ago 5.1, yes i eat as much carbs as i want this is what confuses me, im off to see my Doctor in the morning and then my Nurse so ill be...

Hi :wave: my names David im 35 and live in Scotland, i actually joined the forum nearly a year ago but never really got round to using it though i have learned alot from the website. I was diagnosed T2 in 2008, it was a side affect of another drug that caused my diabetes. I take 3x500mg slow...