Recent Content by lambkin

I am type 2- and after a nasty chest infection my numbers were all over the place. I had a hypo at work, felt grotty so managed to send urgent message to relative to collect me from work and they took me home. I tried to tell my line manager what the problem was, but I obviously wasn't making...

I am type 2 diabetic. I am on gliclazide twice a day. I had an infection which lasted for 4 weeks, and was signed off work for 3 weeks. When I returned to work, it seems that I was making errors. When I checked again with the GP, I was told that I still had the infection and need a change of...

Thank you everyone - it seems that I was given the wrong prescription for the test strips. Daughter tried to get the machine working but decided that the test strips must be wrong. Local pharmacy gave me the correct ones and checked that my meter was working correctly. the reading after all that...

I am a T2 . I have been given a new GlucoX Nexus meter from GP and new test strips. But I don't know what I am doing wrong- but I cant get the machine to work. It worked with the original test strips but isn't working with the new ones. Does anyone know why this might be. Im being hassled by the...

Please can anyone help... I am a type 2 and have been on Avandamet - 1 daily after breakfast.. But... after a recent fall, the doctor has checked my HB1A levels and it was 8.4 So I have been told to check my sugar levels 2 hours after breakfast. Well.. after Shredded Wheat and milk with a cup...

Having completed 15 months of treatment for cancer, I had an infection that wouldn't clear even after antibiotics. Also energy levels were through the floor and they kept on saying that it was due to the cancer treatment- which may have been some of the problem. Eventually I took a wee sample...

Hello all, First I had cancer treatment, and then told that I have type2 diabetes. My numbers are huge (between 12 and 19.5). Put on metformin -which gives me chronic tummy problems and smelly wind. Have tried the slow release version- but no difference to the side effects. Now have been put...