Recent Content by KarenGG

I don’t know how to complete my profile, think I answered all the questions but I’ll try and work it out. I was told in hospital first I was T1, and on insulin when I came out of DKA, but then they changed me to tablets so assumed they class me as T2, atm I’m only on 10mg prednisone and that has...

I was told in March when hospitalised with sepsis and DKA, I am currently on 2x metformin twice day and 2 80mg gliclazed half hour before breakfast. I have a UTI and on antibiotics and my BG just keeps getting higher! My waking BG is 15-18 and my pre-lunch was 30.3mmol there is no change to...

By any chance did you have a full blood count too? My hba1c is ‘great’ but I’m anaemic so you can forget the a1c till that is sorted! My last a1c was 47 after a hospital one of 72 but now I have other issues they are trying to sort anaemia is giving the false result but I’m under care of...

Never had it after having reactions from 1st one over 10 years ago. I never get called for it, even though I was medically retired over 10+ years ago. They ask my daughter as my carer but never me.

15.0 I’ve been asleep for about 10 hours, I’m starting to give up

Very supportive...I’d have gone mad without this group@

19.2....stood induced, they say I’m type 2 I’m taking metformin and Gliclazide, I was only diagnosed in March after being in DKA and sepsis. I’m really fed up now that I can’t control this anymore, go specialist nurse hopefully imaging me Monday

I know it seems nuts, but this is what I want just treatment that works. These tablets have done nothing to regulate my BG, nor has change in diet. I have had a good run with keeping steroids at low level but I know there will be something that triggers my need to increase it. I just wish I...

This is the diabetes nurse at the hospital, my GP is hopeless. I’ve taken 2 metformin and 1 Gliclazide had scrambled eggs for breakfast with 2 bacon and 4 button mushrooms....just taken pre lunch blood sugar and got 19.4mmol. Tomorrow I’m not taking any medications and I’m going to try fasting...

They’ve already increased it to one tablet in the morning, I’m getting really fed up of the whole thing, is there a way to get off these drugs if I have to stay on prednisolone for lie?

I’m finding Gliclazide (half tablet after breakfast) along with metformin and effect is very minimal. Today my fasting was 10.3 then before lunch 15.0 and tonight 13.9 I know when they ring I have 10/14 days of eating with taking medication but I was hopeful an extra medication would make a...

3 times a day, so before meals,

It is confusing and a little scary, I was diagnosed in March, this group has been a great help, read through everything and it won’t be so scary.

GP had no clue and said he didn’t know why the hospital had me on metformin because my A1c is below ‘diabetic’ but the specialist nurse said my A1c is all over the place because I’m anaemic and have all sorts of inflammatory makers too, they asked for consultant input because they didn’t know...

They want to avoid insulin for as long as possible, when I came out of DKA I was told I’d be on insulin but for whatever reason they changed their minds. I have this feeling that that’s were I’m headed but I know they are trying everything to delay it, the consultant is ringing in about 2 weeks...