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Well my diabetic nurse said that any beer or cider will up the sugar...but it sounds like its different for everyone...I'm starting to think my nurse is a bit of an idiiot!!! or just likes to put the wind up me and scare me into being a T totaller! dont think so....I like a drink but dont go...

Hi Colin.. They say to avoid alcohol ..BUT they say that to cover themselves ...you can drink in moderation but remember it will raise ur blood sugars..cider n beer are the worst for that...wine isnt too bad red is best but if ur a mans man keep it to a couple of pints but dont be suprised if...

Thanks daisy :) Getting it all out on the page really helped me actually...I was sliding back into a pity party and denial and reading through some relevant threads on this site has led me to why my sugars were climbing. One of the factors being my levo thyroxine has a moderate drug...

Can really empathise with your post there :) Diabetese is a pain the the bum..yes..it makes you depressed and demoralised when your body throws a strop and your sugars go up and down like a yoyo...sometimes it feels like no one understands and gives a fig about you and what your facing but the...

Hello. Byetta does not suit everyone.. I too struggled with Byetta..made me feel sick and depressed and i couldnt control my sugars with it.. In the end after another disasterous Hbn1 test my diabetic nurse and I decided that it was time to call it a day and go onto insulin.... Every drug has...

Hello all... I found this forum again after a while...took me a while and had to re register as my old email account I no longer use and forgot the password! I have been diabetic 4 years or so...18 months on byetta...this past year or so on levamir...glicazide and metformin... I got my levels...

Hello all... I had a fantastic result with my last blood and hb1 tests in july...I was the talk of the surgery but now the wheels have come off the bus and my readings especially the mornin ones have crept upto 8.4 ...not going any higher than 10.4 but its really getting me down... I admit I...