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Well been off this statin for a week now and BG seems to be creeping down.. Eg. yesterday.. was 4.3 when got home from work ( sandwich lunch etc) 2hrs after evening nosh 7.2 4hrs after nosh 4.4 .. then beddie byes .. :D twas 6.9 though this morning after a cuppa but before...

Yes its only this statin (Lipitor) thats had any reference to blood sugars ... the others were Ok ... well, they never mentioned it ?? :wink: but then my BG has been good @ 6's with them. That not that the others were free of side effects :shock: Having another HBAic in 2 months to see...

During my approaching 3 years as a T2 I've have a couple of changes of statins due to the odd side effects. had simvastatin first ( the cheap one) then on to Pravastation, for a while, got tiredness & muscle pain here.. Just completed 1 month of Atorvastin ( lipitor) and although I...

9.2 this morning :( its rarely much different lately ??? so somethings going awry! Most times b4 bed its about the same so little change overnight. ( & I don't do snacking ) Last year it was regularly around the 6's in the AM . But just had my HBA1c @ 7.1 :( as it was 6.5 last...

Re: STATIN QUESTIONS and ANSWERS I was put on Simvastatin, when first diagnosed in 2009 . And definatley had tingy hands for a long while, along with various aches and pains , mostly in the shoulders and arms, and weakness generally, plus my muscles ( mostly in the top body section/arms )...

Re: STATIN QUESTIONS and ANSWERS Been a type 2 since 2009 and seems to be under control at the moment .. I went on simvastation 1 per day for about a year,along with 2 metaformin , but did get the tingling in the hands. Gp moved me onto Pravastatin. and although the tingling has...

I would like acurate reading ?? :? My main meter is the optmum Xceed I lucikly got from my Nurse . After getting a few Emails from Bayer I filled in the "get a free meter" page and sat back . Then probably due to a glitch in their system they sent me 2 Contour meters a week or 2 apart...

Utter nonsense , Maybe your surgery doesn't want you to test the possible Financial ones they often face !. I'm just approaching my first aniversary of T2 diagnosis, and luckily my last nurse was not as short sighted as my new one , and i'm still able to get perscription testing strips etc...

I'm using a few different sweeteners , but gradually getting rid of my sweet tooth. Currently using one sweetener called Slimmer Sweet, from a compay called Healthcare products ltd. in Berkshire, but can't find any info about them or the sweetener.. as it has no info on the label, just a...

coming in a bit late again :) Was searching for just this info.. been having 2 w/bix with semi milk and sweetner for breakfast most days. Only starting testing yesterday. and got 11.8 after breakfast, but only 3.6 after evening meal, with sticky sauces !! Did again before and after...

Long before ( well quite a few months) I was diagnosed with T2, I had noticed that I seemed to be producing more saliva than seemed necessary. Also it seemed sticker that usual and caused discomfort at night and early morning, waking , choughing or choking, and later it does seem to have a...

Just a Hello from me to all others here. about me.. 1950's vintage married bloke :D Recently Diagnosed with type 2... found during a PSA and others blood test. b/g 6.4 at last xmas 27.5 in mid may... ooer!!! :shock: Doing metaformin 2 per day .. but did get a b/g of 15 after 2...