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Hi all I have been wondering for awhile if i am type 2 my doctor has run 2 hcbc fasting tests 6 mths apart and i come back at 5 to6% on my first test she thought i was pre diabetic, carrying alot of extra weight I low carbed for 2 mths lost just over a stone she did another fasting test and...

I am feeding him RAW natures menu in the mornings he has boiled chicken breast and in the evening rabbit and cranberry it seems very hard on the web to find good information about controlling dogs blood sugar levels but even with 2 insulin shots aday nearly every morning he is lethargic and...

Great not only is my husband diabetic now my little westie is to just wondering if anyone else has a diabetic dog My dog was diagnosed last week, it happened suddenly, he just seemed suddenly to get very very slow and have no energy as well as urinating at night in the house. I have to injected...

Molly I feel for you, personally I dont know why I have stayed with him, well no I do simple because me and the children would be homeless, and I have worked hard he walked into my home but its rented. I am going to talk to my GP this week and just tell her straight how it is as he cant care...

Today we finally saw the neurologists diagnose is neuropathy all of them plus painful neuropathy the neurologist told hubby that he must inform the DVLA as hubby is no longer to drive also told us it wont get better there is 0 chance he has now put him on a drug called Duloxetine he is sending...

Just to let you know everything he has had has been via the doctor they have tried pregabalin that didnt work Amitriptyline, which because of the neuropathy and blood pressure drop when he stands he was taken off that, plus it didnt touch the pain at all neither did tramadol we are now on 600mg...

you dont have to take them, it seems they are now the routine choice for type 2 3 people i know had higher BG on them than when they didnt take them also I believe they are responsible for fatty liver disease I take it you were prescribed them from the GP did you not ask why? after all there...

Sorry people its been so long but nothing and I mean nothing is being moved fast we finally got to see our own family GP just before christmas to say she was shocked about how my hubby is was an understatement she thought he had MND well thankfully she has moved things along hubby had a nerve...

I personally would never take statins for a start one thing they do cause is type 2 diabetes that has been proven secondly disregardless of what's wrong with you they dont increase your lifespan you would do better to find ways to increase your good cholesterol the body needs cholesterol for...

well its spreading t the other leg now, GP nor hospital are moving on the neurologist appointment he also now feels faint when getting up, and has strange vision, GP just says I have referred you I cant do anymore. he alternates between constipation and diarrhea I did have BG under control...

Yes takes both of them at night , but the light head and strange vision are a recent thing, it will be impossible to get a GP appointment until wednesday , which I will try and get because we still have not had his hospital appointments through and I think the GP needs to chase them up, but we...

Hello Andy I am not diabetic but my husband is, I have his bloods under control by low carb no potatoes and no bread its not a massive change, also for the thrush try and eat some yogurt the ones with bio bits in them as thrush can also live in the bowls. they do a tablet ask for the thrush...

My husband has some form of neuropathy not sure which form as still waiting to see the neurologists. He has been on Amitriptyline for almost 3 years but in the last 6months the dose has been increase to 10mg a night and he also takes 50mg of tramadol the main side effects are that he spends...

So this is what happens today we had to go to surgical appliances for daughters new splints and boots as she has grown and the new ones needed fitting, yesterday we were at the pain clinic for hubby they asked him if he had pain in the chest he answered no pain in the shoulder he answered no and...