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    Type 2 on metformin and glimepiride Flu on steroids and Bs now at 25

    Thankyou for your reply, I can get someone to get some yes, have you heard of Bs going so high when on steroids and do you go into ketoacidosis because of it being so high , sorry for all the questions
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    Type 2 on metformin and glimepiride Flu on steroids and Bs now at 25

    I've been poorly since last friday with a hotting bout of flu and its affected my asthma very badly so I'm on steroids for 5 days aswell as antibiotics . My Blood sugars have risen to 25, I phoned the doctor and she had me straight down to check for keytones which there wasn't any but I'm very...
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    Glimepiride

    Hi all im currently taking metformin on an teatime and 1 4mg glimepiride on a morning , my numbers are coming down , I just wanted to ask that if my number readings are 4 or 5 in the morning it wont bring it down any lower will it as im bothered about that and having hypos , it never has its...
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    My Hba1C has gone up !

    I am in the same situation , I went for my pre op for a new hip and my Hba came back at 90 so I was refused it , , this was in March, I was tild I jeed to get it below 69 so just had my bloods done again and its down to 82 , feel like this is a slow burner, im on metformin but I think I need...
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    struggling with my Bs

    Hi just after some advice, I've been type 2 for years and mainly controlled by diet and metformin , now I'm on glimepiride as my HBA1C was so high . I have tried just the low carb and metformin for last few months amd still high 12s so started taking the gli , starting on 1mg amd it goes from...
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    Number still high

    I'm waiting for a new hip so exercise is very limited for me at the moment, unfortunately if I don't get my sugars down I won't be able to have it done so frustrating
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    Number still high

    How did you get your bs down was it with meds?
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    Number still high

    I was 14 this morning and now after lunch of ham salad it's 11.2
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    Number still high

    If the glimepiride starts to bring it down would then qoukd that tell me I'm type 2
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    Number still high

    Thankyou
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    Number still high

    Are you just diet only?
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    Number still high

    I am on metformin and thry have me glimepiride but I didn't take the glimepiride as I thought I'd try with diet but I'll start the glimepiride tomorrow and see if that helps
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    Number still high

    I have brought my bs down years ago with diet , and gone off the wagon a lot , had a few years of stress and loss of my mum amd dad so I'm trying to get back to looking after myself x
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    Number still high

    Sorry text is really bad I rush too much hope you can understand it lol that's boiled eggs lol
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    Number still high

    My meals are 2 vouked eggs for breakfast on 1 ryvita , ham salad for lunch , then pork scratchings for a treat or some chicken drumsticks , pick on cheese throught day and for tea bit really any carbs just meat amd salad again may have a few squares of 90% dark choc on a eve but that's about it...
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