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    Advice needed

    will do...thanks x...just took his BG and down to 16.9....banned nuts from him till further notice. he's a bit tearful as mum is so stressed and down she says things that make it sound like its his fault but she doesn't mean it that way she is just very worried...they've been married 45 yrs and...
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    Advice needed

    thanks....we're trying to get him moved in terms of which diabetic clinic he attends as the current one don't even bother to return calls....i think that as he is 72 and has underlying health conditions they don't care. I'm going down to his surgery in the morning to complain and i've also...
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    Advice needed

    the concoction of medicines is aspirin bendroflumethiazide bisoprpol ciprofibrate folic acid Metformin Perindopril Sitagliptin Thiamine Warfrin Is anyone sure they all work hand in hand ? Used to be on Lantus! plus Doxasozin and Pyroxidine till this last week as well
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    Advice needed

    sorry for the grammer...i think quicker than i type
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    Advice needed

    Yeah after he he went into the diabetic coma they decided to stop the insulin. Initally is BG was between 10 and 15 but has recently started to spike. They'd messed around with the Sitagliptin for months before and have now said that is instead of the insulin. He was hypo numerous times in the...
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    Advice needed

    he won't let us and he is a lot bigger !! we've phoned them before to no avail. he seems fine...pulse ok colour as usual. unfortunately he is of a very stubborn nature and will not go to hospital unless its in a body bag he says . i just can't understand why after 10 years they've stopped the...
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    seeing the doc again

    Are you just kicking the lantus in without replacement ??? My dad was taken off it after 10 years 6 weeks ago after a diabetic coma.. they've not replaced it apart from they have put him back on Sitagliptin. He was suffering hypos frequently but is now going hyper (26BG at mo) which when he...
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    Advice needed

    Hello My Dad has been Type 2 for about 20 years, he's now 72. He became insulin dependant about 10 years ago and over the last 18 months has had numerous hypos (down to 1.6). We've had the ambulance numerous times even though we check he has all his medication and monitor his diet closely...
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