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Hi, I graduated last summer from university. I will be 71 this month. I am Type2 diabetic. I have suffered from depression off and on most of my life owing to historical institutional abuse in care, but since graduating I am experiencing a new low of depression. Everyone keeps telling me it’s...

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Thank you both. I haven't taken my latest dose of Metformin tonight. I do have a meter but my surgery won't provide strips and I can't afford them.

I'm also on Gliclazide. My diet could be better. I don't test. I tried to tell the GP that my vision was blurred, that I felt sick all the time and that I was feeling bad and she said I had to keep taking it.

Please can someone help me. I am Type2 . I have under active thyroid, high blood pressure, polymalgia and now a new diagnosis of Atrial Fibrillation since about a week ago. I am also on Rivaroxaban which is an anti coagulant to prevent stroke. I haven't managed my diabetes too well. Put on...

I'll be 64 this month and I have legal responsibility for one of my grandchildren who has been with me since he was 2. I decided it might be prudent to take out some life insurance. I went into my bank today and asked about it. I was asked some 'Yes' or 'No' medical questions. When it came...

Yes, I've given up giving up things for Lent. When I was a kid in care, we used to have to give up things like sweets for Lent. Thing is, we never got sweets anyway, so it was just a horrible excuse to perpetuate the myth to us youngsters that we were fulfilling our obligations for Lent and...

Well, I'm off to see the doctor now. After I made the appointment with the doctor this morning, the diabetic nurse phoned me and said ''I see you've made an appointment with the doctor''. She wanted to know what the problem was. I told her that at nearly 64 years of age, I am quite capable...

This is how I've felt since yesterday when I phoned the surgery for the results of blood tests. Diagnosed Christmas Eve. Given metformin and simvastitin. Handed a piece of paper with this website on it and told to look on it for advice and support. Had fortnightly appointments since then...

Diagnosed Christmas Eve. Was 13st.8 now 12st 12lb. So fed up with dieting, not eating things I like. Can I have a takeaway? Will it make me unwell?

Exactly, Unbeliever. This is the feeling I get. Last time I was told to bring in a sampleof urine. Towards the end of the appointment she still hadn't tested it. She was making my next appointment out for me. I had to ask about the results. Her response was 'Oh, now I'll have to bring...

Well, thanks for that OP. I am in the same boat as you were. I was diagnosed with Type2 on Christmas Eve. Put on Metformin and the side effects were horrendous - stomach cramps, sickness, diarrhoea. I have yet to see my GP regarding the diagnosis or had the opportunity to discuss my...

Thanks Anna. I saw the Weightwatchers hot chocolate in the £1 shop. Grandson has the Cadburys hot chocolate at night. Is tea OK? I home educate my grandson [12] and so have to get up very early in the morning to get work ready for him. I have a mug of tea with sweetex and semi-skimmed milk...

Type 2 diabetes. Controlled by metformin, diet. I've lost half a stone since New Year's Eve. I love my hot drinks, but don't know what I can have now. Can I have ome suggestions please?

I went back on the Metformin on the advice of the diabetic nurse. I have been bent double with stomach cramps the last few days to the point I am frightened to eat anything at all because the pain is unbearable, and I had diarrheoa. { I have only just had a wholemeal roll with lean ham] and...