Hi All
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In the interest of providing some meaning,T2 age 33 completely out of the blue 6foot 1inch 14stone on diagnosis. Low carbing down to 13stone in four months. readings are now in pre diabetic levels.
I'm on 2000mg (4 tabs a day) at the moment and never had a side effect. I'm sooooo lucky my doc on prescription basically said "you will get the squits......."
You need a medical exemption form. Your docs practice will have these. Ask at reception doc will sign off send to address and you'll get the card in the post. All you need to do then is show pharmacy your card when you hand in a signed prescription for your meds.
thanks all for the good comments!!, to be blatently honest this forum has been amazing for me, I dont post a lot but I've gone over soooooo many threads for advice it's been an utter godsend and I'm glad I've got this community to dip into!!.
If anyone is reading this and is unsure of what to...
yeah to be honest the chol levels I knew were high but with the sugar levels being so high it was more deal with the sugars then we'll move onto cholesterol!!. Diet still neds to be tweaked I dont eat enough fish and I need to research what's good to lower it!!.
all in all though a lot better...
Hi All just wanted to share some good news
Just got back from the docs surgey and just received my my latest sets of results, the scorecards are
HbA1c level 43mmol/mol
Cholesterol level 5.8mmol/L
Trig 2.3
HDL 0.96
LDL 3.9
Weight 84kg down from 90kg (height is 6ft 2)
Now the 1c level is...
My wife works by the motto all pharmacists are failed doctors/scientists....... Horribly sweeping but in her line of work (research and development scientist) she deals with a lot if em!!!.
I've switched mine after my first pickup of strips/lancets and meds made me feel very self conscious in...
yeah just echo the above, wait to you're review notes.
I was the same, went to docs with a ankle injury came out diabetic!!!,
use this forum, lots of really good advice over everything and anything.
I've got a Braun omnitest 3 kit on prescription. Seems a good little meter.
Seems to differ county to county regarding prescription, I'm lucky to have a good medical team
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