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TBH the only positive I have taken is my cholesterol is down from 5.3 to 3.8 but she pushed for statins. I refused the first couple of times then relented. I find I’m having to be more firm and maybe obnoxious to the point of actually saying it works for me, her response was ‘ I’ve got 17 years...

I am increasingly frustrated by the ‘advice’ from my doctors diabetes nurse. I am type 2 on metformin extended release she says I test far to often and I will get sore fingers. I test 2-5 times a day depending on activities and what I intend to eat. I use my BS level to determine how much or...

I refused a Desmond course as I was also told it was aimed at the ‘dumbest’ person in the room on the day. I also was at in front of a diabetic nurse who was at least a size 22 (UK) and a dietitian who looked like she hadn’t eaten a square meal in her life. I have always been a carb and protein...

so I was diagnosed in February when my Hba was 98. They haven’t been able to tell me what type yet as I don’t fit a particular criteria which is frustrating but redone my Hba and it is now 51 Put on 3 kilos when they started me on insulin then I have lost 2 kilos since being on Merformin and an...

So the official explanation from both the GP and D nurse is as I presented with a reading of 98 for HBA1C and lost 4-5 kilos they treat aggressively with insulin injections. As my test results are completed and the picture appears clearer (to them) they think? it may be T2 but possibility T1.5...

Waiting call-back's from Diabetes nurse and my own GP. Im going to insist on new blood tests as the info given so far is just so confusing

I had bloods taken but as my HB1AC wasn't back I w called in to have a prick blood test in the doctors which said my glucose was 24. I was told to go the hospital straight away and spent a couple of hrs there before being sent home with a shot of insulin. I went back the next day and was told it...

So totally confused now. HBA1C 98 3 weeks ago, weight loss (4-5 Kilos), thirsty and a bit tired but I work shifts anyway so always tired. Went to hospital today and they now want to wean me off the insulin I have been injecting and placed me on tablets. After starting to get used to the idea im...