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What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

Annb said:
DIL is prescribed 30:500 Co-codamol and has almost run out but the pharmacy here wasn't able to source further stocks and a telephone call around showed that none of the pharmacies on the Island can get hold of them. Apparently they have been told that the manufacturer is unable to get hold of the "raw" materials to make them. That sounds very odd to me. Other manufacturers can get them, eg Solpadeine, paracetamol, codeine etc. Alistair has been trying to persuade the GP to change her prescription to paracetamol and codeine, as separate tablets (which is what I have on prescription) but has been phoning frequently throughout the day to try to get them to agree. I think he may have succeeded thinking about the time he came to collect Em (he couldn't come in - he had a car full of grandchildren) but he didn't wait around to ask for some of my supply to tide her over.

Maybe something about the price that the generic supplier has to pay for materials - who knows? Wonder if this is just on the Island or is more widespread. Again, who knows?
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2 x paracetamol + 2 x Tramadol is my emergency go to (that’s if opiates like tramadol actually work for you).
 
dunelm said:
2 x paracetamol + 2 x Tramadol is my emergency go to (that’s if opiates like tramadol actually work for you).
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These problems are increasing with chemists in Cumbria. Latest our friends
he can't get a PPI for his hiatus hernia reflux.
A couple months ago I couldn't get promethazine and they would not let me have Avomine the anti sickness pill and cut them in half...the active ingredient is promethazine... it helped me sleep.
I now manage without it.
Its Brexit...what a success it's been!
D.
 
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lindisfel said:
These problems are increasing with chemists in Cumbria. Latest our friends
here can't get a PPI for his hiatus hernia reflux.
A couple months ago I couldn't get promethazine and they would not let me have Avomine the anti sickness pill and cut them in half...the active ingredient is promethazine... it helped me sleep.
I now manage without it.
Its Brexit...what a success it's been!
D.
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Is it Brexit? If other manufacturers can get the materials, why would this one not be able to? I can't help wondering if they can get a better price for their product by selling to other countries (it was supposed to have been stopped, but I'm not so sure) and so, neglecting the British market. To be honest, though, I don't know where the tablets are made - maybe Europe, so why shouldn't they? Maybe that's another price increase the UK has to face in order to obtain the generic product.

Apparently new supplies will be available - at the end of March!

EDIT: My PPI is Esomeprazole and, so far, has always been available. Fingers crossed. I actually don't know why it was prescribed and when I asked a doctor he said he didn't know, but try not taking it and see what happens. So I did. Didn't take long to feel some pretty severe stomach pains. Still don't know the cause of that, but I just keep taking the tablets.

We used to buy Avomine as a travel sickness preventive. It never seemed to work for Neil or for me. Eventually, we realised that it was actually making us worse so we stopped taking it. Now we just go to sleep on the ferry and take lots of breaks when travelling by car.
 
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dogslife said:
Sorry this post is so late but just seen my HbA1c result on Patient Access: Up even further to 93 despite my maximum dose of Gliclizide and Metformin! Just wanted to share it. I'm worried. :arghh:
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Oh hon.

How infuriating.
And understandable you'd worry.

I hope there's a face to face appointment next week to answer a few question & give your mind some ease.

Easy to say when it's not me it's affecting,
But if all else fails to settle your mind

I found a good scream into a pillow, very helpful in making me realise that late at night, there's not much I can do until the daytime and places open back up.

Best wishes for a speedy solution
 
lindisfel said:
I just hope politicians will not keep overriding consensus science and heed the warning signs of terrible climate change and exploitation of soils.

Regenerative agriculture works. East Anglian and Lincolnshire soils will not last forever.
D.


A few years ago next door gave us lettuce out of their garden. Looking closely it was covered in bits of blue slug pellets.

Needless to say we threw it away, it was not fit to put on a compost heap.
One slug pellet puts an Olympic sized swimming pool out of pollution limits.
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When my parents had a small holding of 17 acres, mum used a crop rotation system, even for the chickens - the chicken house was on wheels, in the centre of an enclosure which was split into four sectors. Each week the chicken house was rotated to the next sector. At the end of each year, the enclosure was moved. Mum did all the work - dad worked at the hospital in Cardiff at that time and came home at weekends to bathe in the glory of medeival agriculture.
 
dogslife said:
Sorry this post is so late but just seen my HbA1c result on Patient Access: Up even further to 93 despite my maximum dose of Gliclizide and Metformin! Just wanted to share it. I'm worried. :arghh:
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Sorry to read this and wonder why your GP or Diabetes nurse has not called you. Hope that you can get an appointment on Monday morning.
 
Good morning everyone on a morning that has already proven to be quite lengthy here in the dark and dangerous north. Up and down since 1am and ended up sleeping on the recliner so as not to disturb Mrs Miggins who needs all the sleep that she can get as she has a theatre appointment this evening, dahrlings with a couple of her sisters. Talks of family history - I have been trying to pin point the exact location of my maternal grandfathers grave - allegedly in the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Haifa, Israel. As he died after the war ended it took a bit of time but we now have it so a planned trip there can be factored in when we go (hopefully) to Jerusalem in November. Art bit - another starter for ten. Hope everyone can have as pleasant a day as possible. I have finished my exercises for the day so best make some more koffy.


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26. 01
8.40am FBG 5.1
27.01
8.35am FBG 5.7 ate far too much yesterday. Will have to ask our friends to stop bringing pastries to French lesson.
There is a slim possibility that our friends will take on the two cats previously mentioned. I hope so.
 
SlimLizzy said:
26. 01
8.40am FBG 5.1
27.01
8.35am FBG 5.7 ate far too much yesterday. Will have to ask our friends to stop bringing pastries to French lesson.
There is a slim possibility that our friends will take on the two cats previously mentioned. I hope so.
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Pastries at French lessons - what could possibly go wrong.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone on a morning that has already proven to be quite lengthy here in the dark and dangerous north. Up and down since 1am and ended up sleeping on the recliner so as not to disturb Mrs Miggins who needs all the sleep that she can get as she has a theatre appointment this evening, dahrlings with a couple of her sisters. Talks of family history - I have been trying to pin point the exact location of my maternal grandfathers grave - allegedly in the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Haifa, Israel. As he died after the war ended it took a bit of time but we now have it so a planned trip there can be factored in when we go (hopefully) to Jerusalem in November. Art bit - another starter for ten. Hope everyone can have as pleasant a day as possible. I have finished my exercises for the day so best make some more koffy.


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Wow @dunelm
Love the promise of this drawing....
Enjoy your coffee...
 
Fbg 6.5

Wildlife camera...
The parade of the cats in front of Cat Merlin who now has Jade's place on the swing
First is Amy
Then the original Ghost Cat
Jade parades past
Near the end, Jade considers her access to her food at the end of the swing
Finally, Jade jumps on the swing to eat her biscuits...


Creative is a painting in ZenBrush3 and finished in Procreate then Snapseed for frame and name....
Two cats in here...

Time for a cuppa.

Have your best day.


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gennepher said:
Fbg 6.5

Wildlife camera...
The parade of the cats in front of Cat Merlin who now has Jade's place on the swing
First is Amy
Then the original Ghost Cat
Jade parades past
Near the end, Jade considers her access to her food at the end of the swing
Finally, Jade jumps on the swing to eat her biscuits...


Creative is a painting in ZenBrush3 and finished in Procreate then Snapseed for frame and name....
Two cats in here...

Time for a cuppa.

Have your best day.


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Lovely reflections and I like the tones and scratches. The cats are ignoring those high flying birds.
 
Morning .

A 6.3 on the meter this morning
Thank you kindly Mr meter, I'll take that .

A day of tinkering with the scooter & motorbike yesterday.

A little achy, but the gym has helped ease unused muscles back into a condition to be useful, so not as bad as expected .

While physically it was nice, I think the real benefit was mentally

While I had done more in one day then I'd done in over a year, I still am aware of the limitations this year has put on me..

But honestly, once tools etc put away, I finally felt for the first time
Since accident...I'm BACK .

No small statement
I'd felt the 'me' of old was MIA, presumed dead.

But the simple pleasure I got from doing something I enjoyed, can't be over stressed.

While it certainly wasn't the nicest of days weatherwise, that inner sun came out for me, and left a little glow deep within.

Have a good un, all

Today's the first day of the rest of your life :cool:
 
Annb said:
Is it Brexit? If other manufacturers can get the materials, why would this one not be able to? I can't help wondering if they can get a better price for their product by selling to other countries (it was supposed to have been stopped, but I'm not so sure) and so, neglecting the British market. To be honest, though, I don't know where the tablets are made - maybe Europe, so why shouldn't they? Maybe that's another price increase the UK has to face in order to obtain the generic product.

Apparently new supplies will be available - at the end of March!

EDIT: My PPI is Esomeprazole and, so far, has always been available. Fingers crossed. I actually don't know why it was prescribed and when I asked a doctor he said he didn't know, but try not taking it and see what happens. So I did. Didn't take long to feel some pretty severe stomach pains. Still don't know the cause of that, but I just keep taking the tablets.

We used to buy Avomine as a travel sickness preventive. It never seemed to work for Neil or for me. Eventually, we realised that it was actually making us worse so we stopped taking it. Now we just go to sleep on the ferry and take lots of breaks when travelling by car.
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If a doctor sees a possible problem of addiction on the horizon they will not prescribe.

What happens to tablet reviews with pharmacists on the outer islands? The patient should clearly know why they are taking medication.

We all respond differently to different medications and their combinations.
D.
 
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