Recent Content by Josie49

I'm on metformin 500mg ( normal version) twice a day, since wednesday teatime, I've noticed an irregular heartbeat and thursday morning it was really bad, I have a blood pressure monitor at home and I did a reading, it was 199 over 116 with a heart reading of 100, I phoned my surgery and the...

Mine came out at 47 but being a newbie, what does that mean?

Hi, thanks for the welcome, sorry for not being back, I had an appointment with the nurse practitioner on friday and had a chat, I managed to get my HbA1c results = 47 and fasting blood test which is 7.0 exactly. She agreed that eating without testing and not knowing what I'm eating is like...

Hi, I'm Jo and was diagnosed with T2 Diabetes earlier this week, at the moment I'm in shock, in denial and feel so alone. so far I've been given 500mg metformin twice a day and simvastatin 40mg once a day results of a recent fasting blood test was 7. something (non fasting blood test was 8.4)...

What is your name? Jo - How old are you? 49 - Are you male or female? female - Which country are you from? UK, - Which city/area do you live in? South Yorkshire - Are you religious? sometimes - Do you have any pets? yes, two cats - Microsoft or Apple? Microsoft - Do you have any tattoos or...