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Thanks for the replies. I didn't realise we can't ask medical questions so I'll know from now on. Ill phone the drs tomorrow (monday)

Hi folks I've not been on for a long time. I have a big bruises under my big toe nail it takes up half the side of the nail. Ive had no injury at all and it's been there for months now and it's not getting smaller, fading or growing out with the nail and I'm not sure if it can be caused by...

Its also used as a sleeping aid I know its not an antipsychotic I said I was on antipsychotics (Olanzipine) that helped me sleep

Thanks for the replies, i'll start walking even more and watch more of what im eating

Oh god no ive got a "thing" with my eye i cant even take eye drops for the screenin

Well done

Im on antipsychohics so they knock me out ha ha! lol Na anythins worth a try mate. If you dont mind meds ask for amytriptiline (sp?) They help relax you a wee bit, a lot of people take them and theyre not addictive

Ive just tested my bloods and they are 23.6 but being type 2 i dont think theres anything i can do. Im on Metformin and was put on Gliclazide the other day Ive had hardly any sugar at all this week except whats normally in food I saw my nurse a couple o days ago and this Glicazide is the last...

I've been on simvistatin for a few years now and never once had any side effects. Tell you the truth I've never even heard the horror stories or read what side effects are but I've never had any adverse effects from them Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I know as soon as I get to 4.4 - 4.2 that the hypo is starting. You'll learn to spot the signs Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I take 2 in the morning and 2 in the evening so not to cause any stomach upset, seems to be working Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I hated the thought that my body was packing in to the extent of needing to inject but doesn't really bother me now. I got started on metformin slow release as well and my insulin has dropped 50 units a day so good news all round. Only on 80 units twice a day now Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

No chance lol the thought of something touching my eyeball just freaks me out too much Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I would have thought they'd have been close considering its testing exact same thing Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I've been using the freestyle optimum with no problems but I was given an accu-chek aviva as a back up but thought I'd try it out. Morning bloods were both 4.7 but just checked now and the aviva was 6.8 and the freestyle was 7.8!? I'm going to check again before and after tea to see the...