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I have been suffering from what has been diagnosed by my Doc as blepharitis and using Antibiotic ointment to treat it . The Doc said it had nothing to do with T2, that may or may not be true but, I was worried when I read today about dry-eye syndrome and Diabetes. Could my blepharitis and be...

Just back form a week's break in Tenerfie. The walking and swimming can't have harmed me at all but, I am concerned about my alcohol intake since my reading this morning was 11. I confess to eating too much as you do on holiday :) , I only gained a couple of pounds so, the exercise must have...

I read a front page article in yesterday's Daily Express on Statins and their side-effects, it did not read well and they are even suggesting Statins may be bad for us T2's. I have never been what you would call a fan of Statins and more particularly their side-effects, although I know people...

I have my review coming up and as usual I am dreading it. After many years 10+ of being T2 diagnostic, I still have not made friends with Statins. Now before anyone tells me they are fine on them, I know that and lucky you :wink: I can not suffer the side effects of Simvastin and others have...

I have seen this subject covered on here before, nothing wrong with my memory :lol: The reason I bring it up was an article on here the other day about Coffee/Caffeine and its effect on certain areas of the brain in preventing memory loss for T2's. I tried a Massimo Americano Coffee at work...

There has been a series of articles in our local paper this week featuring diabetes in the local Swindon Wilts area. Apparently we have twice the national average for lower limb amputations and over 100 people die as a result of T2 ever year in Swindon, which is also stated to be some sort of...

I've come off Glicacide a few weeks ago (wt gain etc) and whilst, I hoped my Pancreas would recover by now with the help of more exercise and better diet, I am beginning to think that more help may be needed. I am reading at this url ( http://www.patient.co.uk/health/Diabete ... Type-2.htm )...

Just clocked the article on the front page about Coffee and its benefits for us T2's. I quaff tea and or coffee in copious amounts most days and was interested to hear other T2s beverage preference and why :?:

I have been meaning to ask about this one for while but, kept forgetting :lol: I ain't no chicken (57) and starting to get worried. I have been reading some stuff this morning about Diabetes and related memory loss, these were American studies, nuff said :roll: . Are we T2 any more prone to...

I made a decision to come off Gliclazide a couple of weeks ago. My fasting count has gone up which I expected. What is bother me is how long it takes for the the Pancreas to recover front the effects of taking Gliclazide. I understand that the Pancreas will recover but, was just looking for a...

I've been reading the site's front page tonight and saw this ...... "An extreme low-calorie diet (usually based on diet drinks and non-starchy vegetables) reportedly prompts the body to expel fat clogging the pancreas, helping people with type 2 diabetes to ‘wake up’ their insulin producing...

I have been on x2 80m Glicacides taken twice daily and I am not happy with taking 320m per day for past several months :? . To be honest with you I would rather not take Glic at all. I was on x2 750 SR Metformins for quite a while and doing ok and then had one relatively bad HB result around 7...

All the best in 2012 to all T2's trying to control this lot. Best of luck to all this coming year :)

A very merry Xmas to all you T2 galls and guys and a happy new year as well :wave:

Don't know if anyone on here saw BBC West tea time show tonight. There was a very interesting article on T2 and the use of Spinner Exercise Bikes. I was half awake after the work day and did not take it all in but, basically it seems that Bristol Uni has done a study that shows that a regime of...

I'm a 57 year old T2, diag'd going on 10 years ago. I have settled down in recent years to a drug regime of x2 doses of 1k Metformin a day and x2 40' Glicacides taken at breakfast time. I'm comfortable with the Metformin dose and its timing, which is taken breakfast and tea time. What bothers...

Heard that Merck has launched a combo drug named Juvisync, a combination of their glucose-lowering Januvia and and cholesterol-lowering Zocor. Was wondering if anyone on here had experience of it. My experiences of anything in the Statin line is not good.

This is a technical query really. Was gassing with the wife and was trying to explain the three month average reading that comes with the hb1ac result and failing to remember what the doc told me about it. Can anyone on here explain how it works and how a x3 month average is obtained?

How low is too low for an HbA1c? Many of us try hard to get our HbA1c close to 7% as research has consistently shown that diabetic complications are generally reduced with tighter blood glucose control. However, there has been discussion whether HbA1c targets under 7% could be too low as a...

Just out from my T2 review with my doctor and he has put up the Metformin dose from 750 to 1000 since I came up from 7.9 to 8.1 and been progressively rising over time since, having near normal figures a few years ago. Still doing x1 40mg Glicacide twice a day. What's new is that I have to go...