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Is a HbA1c a blood test of some sort. I will ask for one

You are probably right I really dont feel well.thanks for replying.

Thank you for your reply The doctor said I am only slightly diabetic whatever that means and to just watch what I eat, no chocolate or sweets etc, where as the nurse says I have been prediabetic for years and after blood test a couple of years ago confirmed that I was definitely diabetic now. I...

After two years of nurse putting me on metformin 2,00 mcg a day and my doctor taking me off and saying I am not diabetic I gave up and have had no medication for over a year. Many month ago my blood sugar av was around 7.5 so following the doctors advice I stopped doing any testing. Today...

Hi I am type two for last six years and I am following a low carb high fat diet and or at times intermittent fasting for at least a year with only a nominal weight loss. I also have hypothyroidism and CKD stage three. I had just looked up vits and mineral for CKD as I am feeling really tired and...

Hi thanks for your reply, I will look up metformin on the forum as you say, and yes I am also doing LCHF as suggested on here and it is helping . I think the metformin will be a no-no for me too.Good luck with your diet.

Hi After much deliberation, of Endo putting me on metformin doctor taking me off and nurse putting me on it I was told to take 2,000 mcg metformin to be built up over the first month. I have been on the full dose since last Saturday and feel sick most of the time. When I try to eat I can only...

thanks for the link, at the risk of sounding really stupid can someone tell me what is mmoll or mgdl/ so I know which one to order.

Thank you so much for that advice on blood glucose, all I got given was a book from the doc's and told read that it answers all your questions. Where can I buy a meter and strips from please as I have very little faith in my current practioners who are always changing from one locum to another...

Hi everone, another newbie here.I have been diagnosed with type 2 last year. Doctor put me on metformin and Endocrinologist took me back off it 2 months later. At a recent blood test was told evrything ok although I feel like rubbish as I am hypothyroid too and Endo has halved that medication...