Recent Content by Zeptra86

Ah I see, yeah I do have my own monitor and going to follow it closely to get it down after meals as I know my fasting blood glucose is usually averaging around 7 as I have been checking in the morning, thank-you for your advice :)

My diabetic nurse just phoned me and said that my average 3 month reading is 7.5 and was slightly higher than last blood test, is this good or not? X

Thank-you I'm scared to say the least

They reckon it's pad peripheral artery disease causing my leg pains I have to have a doppler and all sorts of tests done today as it's just getting worse and I'm having unexplained bruising on my calfs x

What is a liver dump as I don't really understand my readings after eating have usually been from 6.0 to 9.5 max

Thank-you I'll check that out Im new to all this x

Why is my bg 8.4 I haven't eaten or drunk yet?

My doc was going to prescribe me quinine for the cramps but decided against as it interacts with my other meds x

I do drink fluids but not really water and I'm on candersartan for high blood pressure and citolapram which is an anti depressant and codeine for back pain x

Thanks for your answers I have stopped taking metformin for a week now and no improvement do you reckon it will take a while to improve if so,I have docs on Wednesday

Hi I'm a type 2 diabetic I started taking metformin for a month now as only recently diagnosed, I've developed severe leg cramps whilst exercising if feels like my legs are locking and is so painful my docs did bloods which came back okay apart from I have an underactive thyroid he know wants to...

Ah I see I will speak to my diabetic nurse thank you x

Its pre diabetic x

Hope this helps

Mine was 55 when I was diagnosed with type 2 my last was 49 before that x