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    headaches

    Just googled it ally and you can get head aches but your bs would be rather low or high but mine are high at the mo and I get a little head ach but I don't think it's that realy try not to worry xxxxx how long you been a diabectic
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    Is there anyone who's not on metformin

    Please I'm being taken of sitagliptin and putting on higher dose of gliclazide which I'm happy to but metformin is still on my prescription is there anyone that has been put on a different one to metformin my friend in America said she couldn't take it as she got stomach upset even with slow...
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    Blood pressure tablets are they good or not

    Ha I've also been put on losartan potassium had to come of them my bp went far way to low think the lowest was 90 /88 lol was not feeling very well also my sorry guys and girls but my belly was going through it to like water not nice I phoned up my docs and I couldn't get a blooming appointment...
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    Gliclazide

    Hmm I had the same prob hun I was gob smacked to see my bg levels go down to even 9 but gradually it will sort it self out mine are now a nice 7.7 at night sometimes goes up in morning in which I have noooo idea why but it's 6.1 or 6.6 in morn but don't worry to much keep eye on low bg levels...
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    How did you feel about switching onto injections?

    Trust me I couldn't do it lol I don't mind needles etc but tablets are better for me I'd never get sleep lol Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    Metformin and Diarrhoea

    Oh god I hated the first two years on metformin think I lived in the loo but then I went on gliclazide and I find that ok it took me think 3 years for my belly to settle Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    eyes

    Ally hi Hun I used to work in a optician I'm not a doc but the optician said it can take time to settle down that's why you should always wait to get a new pair of specs until your blood levels go down I have sympathy though with your blood levels but don't worry to much go to your docs explain...
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    For Type 2 who DO get their test strips on prescription...

    I only get mine as I'm on gliclazide and it can go low but I can only test mostly at night due to not having enough bit naughty realy but I'm ok that I'm able to test it Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    Type 2's: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning?

    Not sure in morn as I forgot but now two hours after din dins it's a nice 7.1 Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    Blood pressure tablets are they good or not

    Ok I've been on lisinoprol for just over 10 months and since October I've had a very bad cough it's like a hacking cough. I do have other things going on but I'll get to that lol basically what I'd like to know is how many off you are on bp tabs for no reason just because were diabectic. I have...
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    How did you feel about switching onto injections?

    I was offerd injections but I'm too scared in giving myself a air bubble don't laugh lol I realy would be hopeless but I've just got used to my carb intake I've cut out bread at lunch wow my bg levels go down nice at night how it should be . We don't get told these things we have to work it out...
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    Colds and blood sugars

    Ooooo ty for this topic I was a tad concerned bout my levels just started to get them down at Xmas then with this cold they went rather high few I'm a tad re Ives to hear that they do go high ty xxxxx Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    Tummy bug

    Used to take that but it started to upset me Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    Tummy bug

    Yeh I take charchol but nothing was working but I'm ok now thank god Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    Statins

    Lol no not realy worth it Sent from the Diabetes Forum App