Recent Content by nanny12345

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    Change to quick release Metformin?

    I didn't know there was such a thing !.I am on slow release and a fairly small amount of insulin my numbers are up and down ,I think its normal to spike about 1 to 2 hours after eating .I force myself to eat meat at least once a week because of anaemia and low b12.If my fasting bloods were 6...
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    Anyone else feel their Doctor(s) let them down ?

    yes they are .I didn't know that everything I eat seems to end up with higher than expected finger prick results except a bowl of lettuce I just don't know what to eat any more started insulin with my evening meal 14units of insulin +metformin so morning and evening
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    Anyone else feel their Doctor(s) let them down ?

    I had to complain at my surgery after seeing a doctor who told me I should go to slimming world and loose a few pounds and then I could perhaps come off my medication .I have always been the same weight about 9.10 my diabetes is genetic diagnosed about 13yrs and have just started insulin i have...
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    Going out for the day just started insulin 2weeks ago

    I am unexpectedly going out for the day ,I started insulin 2weeks ago just before my evening meal (humulin)14units also take metformin 750mg slow release twice a day morning and night my question is if I eat my meal at mid day should I take the insulin then or wait and take it when I get back...
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    Forxgia

    I was started on forxgia alongside metformin slow release last weekend felt seriously unwell ,headache dizzy ,backache drank loads in bathroom constantly .stopped taking it mid week could not function and sugar levels did not change 7 and 8 . was a seriously frightening experience back on...