Recent Content by Bart_40

Hi there Indeed as said below by Elc, one of the many joys of being diabetic! My first year after being diagnosed was having recurring continuous thrush. Very depressing :thumbdown: Canesten 1mg didn't help anymore after a while, my GP referred me to the sex clinic where I got Canesten 3mg...

Thanks all for the replies!

My experience: I started getting nocturnal leg cramps more and more the last 5 years or so (probably parallel with my blood sugars going up more and more). First I took the night cramp tablets you buy over the counter from the chemist, those didn't help much. Often I had to get up at night and...

Welcome Eva. I understand the frustration and anger very well!

Thank you Grazer. I'm new here and my GP and nurse belong to the clan of "you don't need a monitor since we do a blood test", but after reading this I just ordered a SD Codefree on Amazon. Never had it, but I was wondering if Type II patients can get Hypos and Hypers anyone?

Hi everyone My name is Bart, I was diagnosed with Type II early 2011 at age 39 and take 2x 1000mg Metformin daily. I am originally from Belgium but moved to the UK in 2007 after falling in love - that answers the question further on - with my current wife. We live in Wigan, Lancs, no...