Recent Content by carophie04

I am Type 2 and also a Kathy and have been on insulin 12 units once a day for 3 weeks now and having exactly the same problems as you. Aches and pains and generally feeling lethargic and getting aching in joints that I've not had problems with before - wanting to sit or lie down between doing...

I also think that GP's are very lacking in knowledge of T2 Diabetes and most of the surgery nurses I have seen also don't seem very genned up on it either. Because of bowel problems my GP told me to stop Metformin altogether for 6 weeks - No replacement was given or suggested she just said...

For the past three months I have been having very disturbing faecal incontinence and have read that this is sometimes due to inability of muscles in the area to "hold on" to bowel contents in diabetics. It is making me really depressed and miserable as nothing I do seems to help and I am being...

I am T2 on one Gliclazide 80mg a day as could not tolerate Merformin either standard or SR. Morning reading is usually around 7.5 mmol sometimes a bit higher. I have been feeling so depressed for a couple of months now since I have had to have both a CT angiogram and a cardiac catheter...

I am T2 for around 3 years now and been on 3 x 500 SR Metformin. However about 3 months ago my Bs readings had gone up so Gliclazide 80 mg was added. Since then I have been having the most horrendous "hot flushes" from the neck up into my head on and off all day. It is driving me mad as...

I've been on Metformin for 3 years now and the last three months the doctor has added Gliclazide. I was having bowel problems with the Metformin and now things are even worse and some days cannot risk going out at all or, if I do, icome back having messed pants and having to change everything...

Kingsmill do a bread called Oatilicious - made from oats instead of wheat, I find it brilliant for a sandwich or toast.

I find it outrageous that T2 diabetics like myself are denied test strips on the NHS whilst T1 which do get them free on the NHS are selling them and not cheaply on Ebay to those of us T2 who wish to keep track of our BS reading and adjust our diet accordingly. I can only assume that they...

For the past 3/4 weeks I have had a recurrent problem with my right foot. The big toe is painful and difficult to move and the foot itself seems to swell up across the instep. If I press down the big toe and surround goes completely white/dead looking - anyone else had this sort of thing? I...

Many thanks for all your replies. I am actually on the SR Metformin and it's just the inconvenience of the bowel probs that I find most difficult to cope with as it has also presented me with frequent UTI. I shall try and soldier on and take note of the different suggestions you have given...

At the age of 73 I was diagnosed with Type 2 and am at present on Metformin 2 x a day. I packed up smoking some 8 years ago, have never been one for alcohol, and have always been careful when buying my food, although I do enjoy a sweet now and then or a cake or ice cream. Yesterday I went to...

It's not just night sweats with me - I am having them all through the daytime as well to a point where I am becoming really depressed and fed up with it. I don't know if it's the Diabetes itself, the Metformin or maybe nothing to do with either and it's not just during the hot weather of late...

My diabetic nurse suggested Oat bread as being good for diabetics. I get either the Co-op Oat batch loaf or Tescos, Oat loaf.

I cannot understand how those of us T2 who want to test and act responsibly with regard to our Diabetes by keeping a record of how certain things in our diet act on us and in order to keep our BG under control are refused strips on prescription whilst it is obvious from the number of test...

I see where you are coming from Sid but like you say a lot of discrimination as far as drugs is concerned is a postcode lottery and depends on where you live. You are fortunate to live in London where I think the NHS caters well - I used to live there myself. However, since moving South to...