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The results are there somewhere.. I've never asked for them but thinking about it it must have been 13 or 14 years ago and I've lived in several different parts of the country so not sure how well my medical records will have travelled or been logged into the system. They said something about...

AllBran has 18g of added sugar per 100g.. ALL BRAN are they kidding they should be done for blatant false advertising.

Hi, I'm actually a T1 diabetic but I figured there are going to be way more T2 diabetics on metformin than T1 so I put it in this catagory. My questions are: 1. What counts as actual food to take with metformin? 2. Would half a digestive enzyme do the same job as food to aid absorption? My...

I do get what you're saying.. I think perhaps because I ALWAYS have ketones (I think due to swinging blood sugars over many years) this complicates things further.. A couple of years ago I was taken to hospital after not having eaten or drank anything for 6 days (bad episode of gastroparesis)...

I know the symptoms of DKA though have not had it since being on the pump and I've had a few times where I've thought that if my blood sugar dont start showing signs of dropping soon then I'm going to take myself to hospital but have never actually needed to go..I'm not concerned about DKA I'm...

I've beenm t1 diabetic for 30 years now and I have brittle diabetes and I get ketones if my blood sugar rises just a little. My question is.. why do I need to test for ketones if my blood sugar is above the recommended 13? If I'm aiming to get my blood sugar down anyway so why do I need to...

I'm incorporating this into my furiously blinking for a couple mins lol

Shame it didn't work for you but yeah it's always good to try different things.. Hate waking in the middle of the night going low but at least it woke you.. I'm hoping the blinking will strengthen my eye muscles which are weak due to having severe tunnel vision after diabetes retinopathy and...

I can't wait til bedtime to try it again lol if all my years of insomnia couldve been avoided tho I'll be a bit ****** I didn't find this earlier lol

Well according to google.. "The fact that blinking eyes rapidly for 1 or 2 minutes helps falling asleep faster is due to the basic muscle nature. ... Same things happens with blinking eye rapidly. When you blink eyes, the muscles accompanying blinking get tired. So with your muscles exhausted...

Thats the dose I take though I think I was just put on the full dose.. I'm not entirely sure why I take it.. god that sounds thick but I was put on it years ago to help keep my blood pressure down to help prevent further damage to my kidneys and since then have come off one medication completely...

12 years ago I was on the kidney transplant list because my kidney function was so bad.. My consultant persuaded me that the transplant was a huge thing and I should leave it til my last resort and I was seeing better results coz of tablets they had put me on (but it could not improve my...

That was my intention but I have ended up taking 500mg twice a day plus 1000 slow release metformin.. I am starting to wonder whether the metformin even at this lower dose is making me feel as rubbish as I do right now.. I had a few days off my usual healthy life as I went to visit friends and...

I am taking 500mg 4times a day and one 1000mg slow release metformin and was seeing similar results to when I was on three times the metformin but the side effects were unbearable.. Since last night my usual low carb healthy eating has gone right out of the window and I'm currently higher than...

Wow that's **** for you all! You''d have thought they'd have more sense its a big market over there! When I'm looking at stuff on ebay it seems like loads comes from Australia so you'd have thought they'd fill the ships going back! Hey if there's anything you really want I'll send it over to...