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I ended up reacting badly to both Trulicity and Ozempic. Trulicity almost put me in A&E unable to keep even water down. Ozempic was better, but the vomiting got worse week on week that i was taking it and after three months the doctor took me off it. I had never increased the dose from the...

Well the decission is made, I'm no longer on the Ozempic, just now waiting to see what the diabetic clinic try next. I did my injection yesterday, then this morning at about 3.00am, I woke up feeling dreadful, I spend the next 3 hours sat up in bed, drifting in and out of sleep and in tears...

The anti sickness medication was prescibed after I tried the Trulicity as I was struggling to keep even water down, fortunately by the time i came to take one of the tablets the worse was over and it did its job. The doctor did ask whether i had any left when she put me on the Ozempic and I as...

The food diary is certainly a good idea, I should have thought of it myself, but you know what it is like, you can forget the obvious choices. It is why I thought of coming back here a few weeks before the blood test and before i see the doctor so I can arry out things like this and go to the...

Its been 10 to 15 years since I was on here, and the help i received help me keep the diabetic progress at bay for quite some time, but a rough few years (both parents died) have seen my control slip and a gradual move onto more medication to control it. First Metformin and then Dapagliflozin...

Can't help with the insulin side of the question as I am only on Metformin, what i can say is that normally I am advised not to eat or drink for 2 - 3 hours after having any fillings done, and when I had an extraction a few months ago I wasn't to eat anything for several hours and then only...

Sounds like you have a more forward thinking DN than some of us (although mines not bad as long as I dont' push things too far). Hopefully the Metformin will settle down or the consultant can help. Try keeping a food diary for the week and noting when you have emotional bouts in that as well...

Congratulations on the weight loss. What type of diet did you chose to follow to loose the weight, it could be that you could control the diabetes and lose the weight by going for a low carb diet. If you have already gone low carb that might be responsible for some of what you are feeling...

While getting him to face up to the condition and do something about it himself would be the best option, testing and medication is only part of the solution. As others have said a change in diet can work wonders. Do you eat at the same time, could you change your meals to a lower carb option...

One of the main signs I have that my blood sugar has gone too high is that I start to go really tired, can't think straight and start to nod off. While I have always had a problem of falling asleep in cars (I don't drive so don't worry) it has improved immensely since I started watching what I...

I think I am fortunate that I just get a letter saying I have an appointment on a certain day and that I need to make an appointment for the blood test about a week before. If I can't attend they ask me to call them to change the appointment. They even phone me a day or two before the...

High cholesterol is in my family so when mine was first checked and came back with a result of 7.7 I wasn't surprised. I was put on 40mg of Simvastatin which brought it down to high 5s low 6s, It was then changed to 40mg Atorvastatin which seemed to hold it at 5.7 - 5.8. My doctor did say that...

I see a diabetic nurse every 6 months for all the standard tests, weight, blood pressure, feet etc, and then a doctor every 12 months for a general discussion or changes in medication normally. I have seen a prescribing nurse once instead of a double appointment and a doctor for a 6th month...

Congratulations on the results they look fantastic for 3 months. When I was on an odd number of Metformin I was always told to take the higher amount in a morning (at one a day take it with breakfast, on 3 a day 1 with evening meal and 2 with breakfast), statins were always take one in the...

I have just had my 6th month review and come away doing a bit of a happy dance even though the BS had gone up a bit. HBA1C up to 44 from 42. I know I haven't been watching quite as closely as I use to so pleased with this even though it has gone up a bit. It means that the change in...

As others have said, try not to be too scared by the diagnosis, it sounds like it has been caught early and there is a lot you can do now to control it. Also remember that stress will increase your BS levels so it can end up a vicious circle. 5.5 before a meal isn't really a problem, 8 is too...

I do tend to use either Sudafed or Beechems Flu plus when I get a cold in conjuction with steam treatment but they advise that you don't take the decongestents for more than a week and often if can take longer to really clear the synuses out so I try and only take the tablets if I really need...

Can't advise on the Beconase, but I suffer blocked Synuses and Eustachian tubes quite a bit and just use the old remedy of a bowl of very hot water (not boiling, you don't want to scald yourself) and a towel over the head and breath deeply through nose and mouth for a few minutes. A couple of...

Where do you get the erythritol from, I normally just get what I can from the local supermarket which limits what is available. I also tend to use different sweeteners for different things to try and limit the problems, it seems that each one has its own pros and cons.

I think I might go with Almond Rock Buns, no added sugar, hopefully that will be enough for diabetics to ask if suitable and not off putting for non diabetics, and won't get anyone in trouble. Glad I asked. The recipy is Rock buns Makes 12 2 ¾ cups ground almonds ¼ tsp salt 2 tsp baking...