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http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/medicines/human/referrals/SGLT2_inhibitors/human_referral_prac_000052.jsp&mid=WC0b01ac05805c516f There was no flu/cold, that's just what the DKA symptoms felt like to me. The hospital didn't find any sign of an underlying infection. They blamed...

Well.... stopping the forxiga would have been a good idea. I went to see my doctor, and within an hour was in an ambulance. I had DKA. The hospital believe that the forxiga caused it. A few days in hospital later and now I'm back home. Following what was said in this thread I upped the carb...

Thanks for the responses. I'm in a patch of working 7 days as week for the next month or so - I wanted the diet to match this so that I'm too busy to get tempted! So I don't have time to try to get a nurse appointment - the doctor doesn't see diabetics - and I've found they're not very good at...

Yes, I have T2 diabetes. I was put on Metformin initially in 2013 and , and I'm on 4x500mg of that a day, and as of 2015 I'm on 10mg of Forxiga. Edit : A bit more information, if it's relevant. When diagnosed initially I was at 27 mmol/L. Since then if I diet strictly I can get it within target...

I've promised myself for months that I'll go on a strict diet, so I'm now on a strict diet eating very low amounts of carbs, and as a result my appetite is shrinking. However I'm a little concerned about my blood glucose levels going too low. I'm at 4.3 mmol/L just now, I've been as low as 3.6...

Yep - appointment is tomorrow morning, which is the earliest I could make it. Carb intake is right down.. wholemeal bread for a sandwich today at lunch is the most carbs I've had this week. From experience when I cut my carb intake a few days later my appetite will also decrease, so hopefully...

Having thought about things for the past 4 days I've settled on a strong desire to be on medication to control things. I have little or no energy, I can't motivate myself to do anything non-essential. I'm tired and can't sleep properly. I'm off work today and I called into a telephone meeting...

Ideally I don't want to be taking medication. I'm obese, so there's at least a chance that if I lose a significant amount of weight there might be a drastic improvement, however in the short term I understand that high blood sugar is bad for my health in many ways, so I do want it to be...

Yeah, I'm hoping that the doctor will see the results on the meter and use those as a fasting glucose test. I've done 3 so far on it on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning. I've also taken readings before and after meals, so hopefully they can use those as well. The meter I bought records...

It's very difficult to put the readings into context, because the only people who really measure their blood sugar are people who already medicate themselves, so obviously my readings are high in comparison, but I'm interested to work out if they're high for someone not trying to control (or at...

No sugar at all since I took my first reading on Sunday for me... I realised the readings were very high and I've done what I can to get them down. Not unless they snuck sugar into the jar of sauce I made tonight's dinner with - which wouldn't surprise me. The tirdedness and sleeping better I'm...

I thought I might have diabetes, so I bought a blood tester, and I've been testing at an average of 15.9 over the past few days, peaking at 28.0 and the lowest (before breakfast in the morning) is 10.5 mmol/l. Since the 28 on Sunday I've tried to cut down on carbs in my diet and eaten almost no...