Recent Content by rluscombe

thanx for all your comments. The cramp is terrible I was driving the other day and my accelerator went into spasm it was aweful. I didnt think you could ever come off CPAP therapy. I was told it would be for life by my consultant.I have inserts for my shoes to try and help but they dont make an...

my control is not good i have a hospital appointment for 23/12 for conversion to insulin as eds no longer effective. I currently take 1x15mg pioglitizone 4x500mg metformin and 4x80mg glyclazide. i also take 40mg simvastatin and 5mg ramipril, as well as other meds for other conditions i suffer...

A quick update to the foot situation of mine. I seem to be getting an awful lot of cramps in my feet never experienced before which causes my toes to go into spasm. I was driving to a meeting today and the pain was really awful. Can anyone shed any light on what might be the cause.

My latest A1C is 8.7 having been on medication for two years I currently take 4x500mg metformin 1x15mg pioglitizone and 4x80mg glyclazide my trigs were 5.8 and urine sample came back abnormal for microalbumin. Going onto insulin on 23/12 so hopefully that will sort it. Not sure about the...

Hi Yes I tried that but it says no meter detected and the lights on the usb cable dont flash either so I am at a loss.

I have tried all this and it still doesnt work. I am running windows vista are you running vista as well

I am currently taking metformin 4x500mg slow release 15mg pioglitazone and 2x80 glyclazide two times a day. I have consulted with my doctor who says that this had brought my BG under control between 5 and 7 mmol. He doesnt want me to go onto insulin as yet and says that he can up the...

Going to the GP again this week, removing one of my meds has really not been good. 95% of my BG tests are over target. They are hovering around the 11's and 10's. I dont know why he messed around with my meds in the first place i ws getting better results with it. It has made no difference to...

Hi, I didnt have a lot to eat yesterday I was away so didnt have lunch, didnt have breakfast either I had a small portion of potatoes and 2 sausages. My sugars last night were 9.8 at 7.50pm didnt eat anything after 6pm. I had 2 pieces of toast this morning with low fat spread at 7.45am. Have...

Woke up this morning tested my blood sugars which came out at 9.7 at 6.15am had 2 pieces of toast and took morning meds 2x80mg glyclazide tested at 9.30am sugars still at 10.5 how can this be and what can i do to correct it. I also take 2g metformin and 2x80mg glyclazide in the evening its just...

apparently criminals have broken into boots and stolen all the viagra. Police said they were looking for hardened criminals.couldnt resist that either.

HI, Yes accuchek do software called compass, it is for use for all accucheck test meters the compass software as far as I know is free , you can also purchase an infra red cable which will automatically transfer your BS readings into the software. You can also enter them in manually and print...

I knew it would happen. I have tested my BG before lunch and it comes out at 10.8 and I havent even eaten lunch yet, going to miss lunch to see what my levels will be before evening meal. I dont think the pioglitazone is the tablet that is making me tired, I still feel tired without it and also...

Been to the chest clinic about my sleep apnea they have adjusted the machine with a higher pressure, I have been to my GP today who has put me back on ramapril and told me to stop taking piogitazone because it may be the cause of the tiredness. I was put on pioglitazone initially to lower my BG...

Many thanx for the advice I will certainly look at the rest of the forums.