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I'll give you an idea of my diet. I eat one slice of toast for breakfats.For lunch I have a sald with two water biscuits and some cheese. Evening meal is meat or fish, two green vegetables and one small potato followed by an apple. When I was taking Avandia with my Gliclacide and metformin I...

re.strips.My suirgery stopped my strips so I went to the doctor and told her that if I could not check my sugar level I would have to eat more to prevent a hypo. She would not put them on a repeat prescription but said I could have them on demand ad write them in on the prescription.It's worth a...

I am on tablets and low carb diet but I am so fed up with the restriction that applies to food I am tempted to go on to Insylin.From people who have done this would my diet improve and be able to eat a few of things denied to me now?

I had the test strips removed from my repeat prescription. When I complained they said if I need them to write them in on the prescription. I did that and got them

I did go to my GP and she has referred me for a Barium Enema.So we will have to see

I have been taking metformin for some years with no apparaent side effects. Rcently I have been suffering stomach problems-nausea, bloating, stomach ache and constipation. In trying to fing out why I wondered if Metformin side efects could kick in even if one has taken them for a long time.

Surgeries vary with T2.Some give test strips on prescription and some won't. I do not thinkyou need to test on diet alone.

I;m afraid I didn't make myself clear.I'm not on diet alone, I take Glaglacide and metformin. I take a reading at night because I have had hypos in the past and I can top up if too low, The night reading has, in the past, been a good indication of my HBA1C.

For some time, by the use of drugs and careful dieting ,the average of my bed time reading wes 5.8. When they discontinued Avandia and not substituted anything in its place my average went up to 7.8. I went to see the Diabetic nurse who dismissed it with, 7.8 is fine for bedtime. Come back n...

I have been a t2 Diabetic for many years. No I seem to have developed very bad constipation and it is a real effort to have my bowels open. I believe some experts equate this with Diabetes. Any other sufferers?

I test once a day but always before I go to bed because a Hypo in the middle of the night is quite unpleasant. I've woken up once or twice sweating and confused and had to get some sugar inside me.

I was prescribed Aspirin and refused it so was put on Clopidogrel. This seems fine with nos side affects

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I bought another meter of a different make to have a spare. I took a reading with both meters using the same blood sample. My old meter read 5.5, my new meter read 6.1. What use is this testing if such varying results occur?

If you are getting muscle pain it might well be the Statins. Some people can't take them I've had them for years with no side efect but a friend had to come off them because of muscle pain.