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Breakfast is the easiest as I usually have mushrooms, eggs and coffee

I eat very little sugar as I have never had a sweet tooth, but carbs.... ah well that is the problem!

And it is all meals for several days.

Yes, it is usually vats of over cooked pasta and gloopy sauce!

Great ideas Tricia. I am vegetarian and the food (usually buffets for large groups) is dire. My concerns are about dropping the medication as it protects the body, I understand. The GP seemed clueless.

I went to discuss my metformin dose with my GP as I am experiencing uncomfortable stomach/gut pains from time to time. I was diagnosed with T2 about 16 months ago. I tried ordinary metformin and then put on slow release just over a year ago. Stomach problems reduced but have never gone. My...

I am fairly new to all this as diagnosed in early September following Hb1ac result (64). Initially I was put on 500mg increasing to 1500mg within a few weeks. I could not tolerate it so have been given 1000mg slow release. This seems fine, but is this enough? I test (not as regularly or in as...