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    NOVORAPID SIDE EFFECT??

    Hi Patsy, I’ve just come across this post while doing some research on my current side effects since changing to novorapid. I too have experienced the tiredness and bad taste also a white tongue but the diabetic nurse is adamant it’s high sugars which I don’t believe as my hb numbers is quite...
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    Change of insulin

    Generally ok latest hb1Ac was 59
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    Change of insulin

    Any type 1’s out there had their insulin changed from humulin and humalog to novorapid and levemir… My endo changed mine a couple of months ago and since I’ve suffered from fatigue and a white coating on my tongue along with a bad taste… I was wondering if this is the result of the insulin...
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    Running out of ideas

    Get your insulin levels tested... I was in the same boat a year ago...2000mg metformin and two gliclazide per day and still my BG barely went below 14 and constantly tired and losing weight...then after being referred to a specialist got diagnosis of slow onset type 1 and now on insulin...it’s...
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    Hello / Possible T2 or LADA

    For me I was on metformin for a year and a half then gliclazide with no effect on my bg...the only thing that did affect it was going low carb, problem with that was I was losing weight and I’d already lost weight, around a stone and a half,due to the diabetes. After being referred to a...
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    Looks like I'll be monitoring this forum more...

    I was diagnosed as type 2 18 months ago and was baffled as I never fit the typical type 2 profile, I was a skinny 9st 8lbs, although I was just under 11stone and it was my sudden weight loss and fatigue that first got me to ring the doctors, I had a physically active lifestyle as well as a...
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    Type 2 Rising bg

    I was just wondering if a lack of physical activity can cause a dramatic increase in your bg...over the last 6 months I’ve managed to get my hb1Ac from 83 to 57 through a mixture of diet and 2000mg of metformin and 40mg of Gliclazide...average daily readings over the last few months have been...
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    Type 2 Life Insurance Quotes

    Can anyone provide or recommend companies for life insurance quotes... we’re just about to move and have a new mortgage and since being diagnosed as type 2 I’m looking for a suitable quote that doesn’t rip me off...thanks
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    Needing To Gain Weight

    Hi Sharrryn, I’m not suffering from the same condition but I have lost weight as a result of my diabetes and although weight loss has steadied I’m finding it hard to put it back on due to being lowish carb...we’re that rare breed on here where we could do with putting a few pounds back on...you...
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    Latest Blood Results

    Just got my latest Hb1Ac results and from a diagnosis of 95 last October down to 57 I must say I’m pleased... the big game changer for me was the advice on here and going low carb... a big thanks to the many on here and their help and advice...there’s still work to do with the main aim to be...
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    Metformin

    I was diagnosed October 2017 and the first few months were the worst...denial, struggling with diet and the effects of metformin... then after first review with my diabetic nurse she but me on metformin sr and I saw an immediate improvement in the toilet situation and no more stomach cramps... a...
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    B12 And Metformin

    I could be wrong but I think diabetic patients in Germany, once diagnosed, are routinely given vitamin b12 and lipoic acid along with metformin.... I’ve just had a blood test today to check my levels as I’ve been having constant heart palpitations
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    How Do I Get My Bs Below 8.3

    I was like you struggling to get below the 8/9 mark until I posted on here about fruit...I was always under the impression that fruit was good for u and full of natural sugars...but sugar is sugar and the oranges etc were no good for my bg and since stopping the fruit I’m hovering around the 6/7...
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    Help Needed For Wife Of Diabetic Husband

    I’ve been diagnosed t2 less than a year, and like you the initial first few weeks I thought the metformin would help keep my bg down and only moderately altered my diet...after first 3 months HbA1c only came down from 95 to 83 so up to 4 metformin a day...another 2 months go by and the HbA1c...
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    Type 2 Baffled By Numbers

    Activity wise pretty much the same...I’m a mobile engineer no two days are the same...those particular two days were fairly similar in the amount of walking to a particular job...mind on the low bg day I did a bit of heavy equipment lifting, not sure if that would affect readings