Recent Content by Derbysocks

I am sure everyone will be perfectly ok. UC will be saving the monthly amount, the eye infirmary can stop seeing me every 2-3 months, and my doctors can save the money on my treatments. Everybody wins

I have was diagnosed in 2006 so life style changes I could afford I tried for 11 years.

On UC currently. I have slight complication like neuropathy and retinopathy. I can barely keep my UC as they keep on threatening to close my account. I have checked so please don’t say they can’t as CAB, my MP and the job centre say they can close it whenever they want. I tried pip and wca but...

Unfortunately life style changes, like low carb, costs lots of money. I am unemployed and eating bad cheap foods cost less. With the recent price increases that reduces even further the food I can buy. I have also tried not to cook anything as cooking is very expensive. Yes with better foods I...

My HBA1C a year ago was 42. The DN was not happy. Six months later it was 47 and the DN was happy with that. A few weeks ago my HBA1C wax56. I received a phone call last week saying they wanted another HBA1C done on the 24/4/23. I was told yesterday, after being refused a reason over the phone...

I never tested my blood glucose level until I started using insulin and was told it was not required until I was put on insulin. At which point I was given them on prescription.

I have taken gliclazide & the only reason I stopped was after a 1.5 years of taking insulin. I have never had any problems. To many people on this site look up information & just like the information on vaccines it is often wrong. Just take what your doctor recommends. They are here to keep you...

Appeal & get your psychiatrist to write a letter & your doctor. You should win.

I take it & metformin & insulin. Stop worrying.

Take a bite a a sandwich chew & just before swallowing put the pills in your mouth then swallow.

If you are using an up to date version of windows 10 the Accu-Chek 360 software won’t install from the cd. You need to copy the cd to your hd & then edit the setup.ini & rem out the requirement for activex. As windows 10 already has a better version built in. It will now install.

I don’t find it any easier to keep my bg reading under control with insulin. You normally only get free meters & test strips if you are on insulin if you are a type 2 who has normally high bg. Like you I normally have high bg reading & never had a hypo in the 13 years I was using gliclazide. I...

My DN recommends testing before meals & before bed. As I am on insulin I also have to test every 2 hours when driving. I test 4timrsca day when not driving.

Diagnosed 2006. BG only just starting to get under control.

I have been on statins since diagnosed in 2006. Reducing fat in the blood will reduce the likelihood of heart disease or stroke so that is a good thing.