Recent Content by nippysweets

Yes I had that and bought some Canesten from the pharmacy that fixed it.

I had psoriasis from the age of 16 on the usual places -scalp, elbows, knees, ankles and back. Exam stress always made it go worse and steroids like Betnovate were useless. I saw a doctor who was ex-navy and he said in the old days they used ships tar to cure it. He could not prescribe tar but...

Yes me too. I take cetrizine hydrochloride for hay fever....hay-ho!

I have had itchy spotty armpits for 3weeks now. any other T2s experienced this?

I am on metfartin SR and I had a dose of the runs after eating chicken kiev. Too much fat maybe?

hi I've been on 2x500mg Metformin since first diagnosed type 2 3 weeks ago. They do have some side-effects for the first 2 weeks apparently but I'm still producing enough gas to power my own wind-turbine! Maybe I can sell it to the government? Welcome aboard.

Alan I am also a T2 newby. I got one of those Bayer Contour USB testers because there was a £5 off. Easy to use and painless. However it is my first so nothing to compare against. Good luck Duncan

Halli and Daisy1 - thankyou for the prompt replies and the references for further reading. Sounds like I am down for a bit of self experimentation. I was wondering about testing. The Diabetics nurse didn't offer any free kit but I'll buy one of those Bayer jobs and see how it goes. Thanks...

Hi I am Duncan. Just diagnosed last week with Type 2 and a BG count of 12.9 on the first test but no symptoms that I was aware of apart from the odd twinge in my toes which I've had for 10 yrs at least. I was introduced to this site by a work colleague who was 'shooting up' on insulin at the...