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Below 6.5 is good. Have they advised on medication? If the Dr & nurse aren't bothered, find a new practice. When I was first diagnosed, the HbA1c was 11. I immediately gave up sugar, & a confirming test a few weeks later was 8. To get that 2nd result, I was called to the surgery where the Dr...

Darling (if I may call you that) I recommend you see the Dr asap. Its better to know your condition & get it under control than to worry about it. You WILL feel better. Controlled blood sugar & sensible eating & drinking will have a beneficial effect. You're not alone - that's why you came...

Re: A week or so after the above post, I developed a leg muscle pain problem - I could get out of bed as bending my right leg was intensely painful. I reported this on the Neuropathy thread as IanD. The pain disappeared suddenly Tuesday - April 8. I then check my overnight BSL readings for...

I eat plenty of fruit & veg. By the time I've finished my daily porage I've had 4-5 dried apricots, & a spoonful of sultanas (in the porage) together with oat bran & wheatgerm, aspirin & saccharin, I don't take metformin with breakfast as my bsl drops below 5 by lunch then between meals...

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Dennis</i> <br />Ebenezer, Remember that if you want to experiment with replacement of prescribed drugs with alternative treatments, you should...

I got one on March 10 from "Alkaline Water Technologies" <[email protected]> signed Raj.

Thanks, Dennis. I knew of the state & the gourd, but hadn't noticed the difference in spelling. I don't think google noticed either. Further testing & observation indicates that replacing 1 metformin tablet with karela is possible with much the same effect on my BS levels (which are...

Now kerala seems to have ceased to work:- last 4 results overnight: 7.7, 7.8, 7.6, 7.4 in reverse order

I'm trying Karela. It is included in Julia's Melabic, but I have read of its claimed benefits previously. The recommendation is 2 tablespoons of juice daily. I bought 2 kerala's from a local Indian shop for 45p. They yielded 3 tbs which I drank after breakfast. I don't take my Metformin...

A tea spoon of jam will contribute less glucose than the bread you spread it on. I substitute apple sauce (10-20% sugar) & cranberry sauce (38%)if I am feeling virtuous for spreading on bread & flavouring yoghurt.

My friend Sarah has been diabetic-2 for many years. She went totally blind with glaucomaabout 10 years ago, so cannot manage insulin or a BS meter. A year ago her HbA1c was about 9, so they started her on insulin - 6 units Glargine administered by the district nurse each morning. They...

Sorry to hear all that, Highmoor. I hope your condition will soon stabilise.

I can't convince my wife to try leaving out statin. Her blood pressure is rising (140/80) & she is due for a hospital review soon. Atorvastatin has been mentioned as a statin with reduced side effects, but the Dr suggested Niacin for me as it is totally different chemically. After 3 weeks my...

On diagnosis (2000) my cholesterol was 7.6. Diet reduced it to about 5.0 - low sugar, low fat, low salt, lots of fruit & veg, oat bran, Flora pro-active ... Dr tried me on Simvastatin 10 mg & total Chol fell to about 4.0. After about 8 months on Simv, muscle pain became so severe that I had...

You are living dangerously. Does the dr know you've stopped taking your medicine? There is a range of medications available. I would hope for instance that insulin would not cause side effects as it simply replaces the natural substance in the body. Blindness is a serious risk. Diabetes is...