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My dad has been my rock and major support in my quest to live healthily since my diabetes diagnosis 2 years ago. He's undergone several heart operations in the past, including a double heart bypass and as a result of this he has changed his lifestyle - he lost weight and took up exercising.. He...

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I went for my appt with the DSN today and so glad I did. Little recap, saw practise nurse a couple of weeks ago and she said she wanted me back on metformin but I refused because they made me feel ill but I wanted to try victoza but apparently its not licensed... :/ Anyway, DSN said that my...

Thanks for clearing that up for me :-) I tried a new porridge today - Special K porridge with red berries and 2 hours after I had a reading of 6.4 - very impressed with that one :-)

I have a Codefree monitor that I have been using the past couple of years since I was diagnised but recently I received a Glucomen LX Plus.. Today I thought I would compare results - I used the blood from the same prick and the Codefree gave me a result of 9.0 and the Glucomen result was 8.1 -...

I took Metformin last year for 2 months. Made me feel awful, was caught short on several occasions and had terrible tummy pain so I stopped taking them as I couldn't go on like that. I can honestly say I didn't see a difference in my BG at all during those 2 months. I visited the practice nurse...

I see my DSN at my GP surgery - not sure where she is actually based as she's only available on wednesdays at my village GP's. Med reviews at my surgery at done by the practise nurse - I went to sort out my blood pressure meds and she turned it around to talk about my diabetes and why I wasn't...

Yesterday I went for a med review with the practise nurse and she had the results of my blood tests and HbA1c which is 52 (last time it was 48). I asked her about Victoza but she told me its not licensed here in the UK??? and then said it was rubbish anyway and they wont prescribe me it. She...

Hi, thought I would do a little update.. I agreed to take the Metformin, I have been prescribed 2000mg a day and am currently on 1000mg daily, upping on tuesday to 1500.. I am on my 3rd week of my diet and so far I have lost a nice 11lb and on tuesday I will be joining my first Slimming World...

I understand what you are saying Unbeliever, but I really want to combat my weight issue without Metformin. Now had I of gone and received my results yesterday and my BS be higher than they are then I may of considered them but they are not so I stand a good chance of lowering my cholesterol and...

Hi Daibell, thank you for your reply.. As I mentioned in my earlier post, I have decided not to take Metformin - I would rather lose weight be dieting than tablets, and also by injection - sleeping on things always puts things into prospective. I also said that my BS were not perfect but for me...

Hi, thank you for all your replies.. I suppose yesterday I was in a bad place and didn't like it. I have been eating pretty well for a whiled now and initially I lost some weight and then it stopped. I suppose when the nurse brought up the idea of losing weight by injection I kind of liked it -...

I had my HbA1C blood test done a couple of weeks ago and went for my diabetes check up with the nurse today.. My results were 6.8 and she said it was fine.. My bloods indicate that I need my BP meds upping and that I should start taking statins for my cholesterol.. anyway, we had a chat and we...

They think she has a urine infection, wasn't really interested. Got an appt with her own gp on wednesday

She's not unwell in herself though - she's currently out playing with her friend?? She's been drinking lots over the past few weeks, not just today..