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Hi My OH was lent a Libre for 2 weeks by the pharmacist at the surgery. We don’t go back for the next appt until next Monday. He is T2 What are the chances of being able to get one on prescription? Tia

Hi which sausages are they please?

He tests before he was 7.2 tonight (I don’t understand the numbers)

He thought he was ok with what he was doing with no drugs for 2 years since covid and his last diabetic appt however when he eventually got tested he was 24 and should be 7 so they put him straight on metformin, he had 2 days in day clinic on beds with drip and injection in stomach, now he’s...

Hello! I was attracted to this post by its title. My OH seems to be allergic to Metformin each time he takes it he gets really bad diarrhoea, they have been experimenting with Glylacide at the same time. He is also very thin, allergic to eggs and struggles to eat enough calories for his active...

Thank you porl69 for your positive advice. We went to the surgery today to get a GP appt but have been told to phone after 6 tomorrow as there are none available so he has gone off to work. Apparently they said yesterday to book a GP appt but he couldn't get one until the end of December

Ah, that's interesting! Thanks for that! He couldn't remember what it was last time and he has been on the {new drug} Pioglitazone since then so he must have assumed they were working! I don't keep a tight rein on him so I assumed it was working

Hello I am interested to see that your nurse was talking about cakes and pastries as my OH has just come back with a high HBA1c and we was previously told to eat pies, pastry, pecan slices and the like KR

In our surgery the GP only refers to the diabetic nurse and it seems to me they just push the drugs. Apparently they told him its not diet related....? I know it's not about 'fatness' but he has some sort of thing going on in his head that because he is NOT overweight then there is nothing...

Hi he is not obese he is very skinny

I would say his BMI is very low. He has got a blood glucose reading machine but he says it makes his fingers sore. Someone needs to give him a shake but he wont listen to me!

Sorry he is also on Pioglitazone but not on Pregabalin that's an old packet sorry

Thanks for your quick reply; I wonder if he should push for an Endo appt?

Diet coke was recommended by the diabetic nurse she said it fools the body or something (I wasn't there)