Recent Content by Scarlet

Hi ken, this was post million and one test results coming back, after nothing seemed to be working, my GP got advice from the hospital consultants on which tests to run apparently...this was tests being done pre seeing the Endo later in August ... thanxs chocoholic... i had the c-peptide...

saw my GP yesterday and apparently i am not type 2 ... which is kinda odd, he says i have done remarkably well not to end up in hospital.. he is calling me this afternoon after speaking to a specialist regarding insulin.. so if not type 2 what am i, and what does this mean, anyone else been...

ok clear up confusion... i am eating low carb (apart from that PMT have to have a warm, baguette craving we all get....dont we? well fine...~sheepish look~) and as well as i can do being a working mum of 4 i am in ways perfect..but i do try my dammed hardest.... meds were stopped 2 weeks ago...

just got mine back from the nice Dr its 7.7 seeing him tomorrow but wondering how this measured up, seeing that no meds seem to be working... call me nosey.... or uninformed but anyone any idea what he is likely to do meds wise?

i have many piercing's ranging from normal to below the belt so to speak.. the main thing is to make sure you keep the piercing afterwards as clean as humanly possibly....simple salt baths (egg cup boiled water and a pinch of salt) twice a day and provisional cleaning around it has always...

bit of a bizzare question, My nephew who is 15 and has ADHD was uber interested in me testing my blood, asked me to test him which i did, and his reading was 8.1 before breakfast....ok so 8.1 isnt that high but as he is meant to be a healthy (although only weighs 4 stone) teenager it worried...

ahh now Tramadol i know..... i have been on and off it for a few years (mainly due to horse riding accidents....horse always wins)... Tramadol has had no major nasty side effects for me (bar perhaps a bit of a blocked up tummy), however i have done stoooooopid things like accidently take an...

hey guys thanks for the warm welcome... well i went to see the nice Dr last night.....he said i am running high but not "dangerously" high, so he is sending me too see the Endo next week... at the moment i have been charting 4 times a day and pre-meal figures as he told me to do which is odd...

Hi, i'm kinda new round these parts, i have been diagnosed with type 2 for the past 18 months or so, and so far failing quite epically to get it under control! I have been on Metformin -both types (apparently i am allergic :roll: ) Gliclazide - was up to maximum dose it did nothing.... and...