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Hi there, I too get them and mine has also been put down to medication i take for my heart!! There doesn't seem anything they want to do at the moment, so i just stand still holding on to something when they appear! Hope this helps Tony

Re: Controlling multiple conditions - new study: only 1 in 3 Hi All, I read this with interest as just over a year ago i was diagnosed T2, some 6 months after being told i have serious CVD, and just before stents 8, 9 and 10 were inserted. At the time my BP was really low (110/65), but still...

Hi Danny, Have a look at NICE guideline CG15.....It gives some info to HCP's on CGM use in patients. Good Luck

Spot on advice......just to add that IF they do make forced redundancies, they should have a points system in place that would have been agreed with the union prior to the redundancies going ahead. Also if they have not followed their HR procedures relating to your sickness abscence to the...

Hi there, As you probably know there are many types of statins.....Some may have adverse effects on you while others do not. The problem is that they each effect different people differently. Personally i am on high dose Atorvastatin (80mg) with no side effects whatsoever, so i'm happy to...

If they're not 'treating' you, why not let the Govt know and see if you can get the payment stopped!! thatmight make them get their fingers out :lol:

He certainly is :D I've just had a review with my Cardiologist, and had picked up this piece before i went....Discussed it with him, and his answer was that thousands do not support this theory and therefore they must be right :( We agreed to disagree but he promised to carry out some...

Sorry to disillusion you Jopar, the hospitals make a very tidy amount from parking charges :!: They contract out the management and keep a large percentage of the fees. :(

Hi Catherine, My personal opinion is that i would be happy for private companies to deal with long term or short term illnesses/conditions, as long as the provision was still 'free' to the patient, was provided at no additional cost to the Central budget, was at least as good as your current...

Hi Doug, Thats interesting.....However i note that your HCP diagnose Metformin when your HBA1C is below 7, and i presume was somewhere around there at diagnosis, but mine don't. I am wondering what the cut off is? As i said i don't particularly want any more meds (i take 13 pills a day for...

Hi all, I often browse the :?: s and threads on here, and have one to raise myself. quite often you get people diagnosed with a HBA1C of 7 or less some cases they are 6.5, and they are put on Metformin. At my diagnosis of 7.0 it was clearly stated that there was no requirement fro me to go...

The difference is only a couple of letters.............and we can't breathe either of them :)

Without seeming to be pedantic I always thought it was a build up of carbon monoxide in the throat that causes the gasping reflex not lack of oxygen!: Sid surely you meant Carbon dioxide!! I to am a diving instructor. :thumbup: tony

Hi there, I was prescribed Ramipril when i was diagnosed with Coronary Heart disease!! My BP has always been good, and currently sits in the 105/65 area. I've had no issues with the Ramipril, not even the cough, BUT my Kidney function is deteriorating, due to the plethora of drugs i now have...

Sid, You want to move up north......cost of a private angiogram round here is £650.00. :)