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Reducing Metformin from tonight

I thought they worked best if you took them with food, but might give it a try.

Post by: Dougie22, Aug 11, 2016 in forum: Metformin/Biguanides
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Reducing Metformin from tonight

I'm not taking, the slow release version yet. Thought I'd wait and see how the reduced dosage works first.

Post by: Dougie22, Aug 11, 2016 in forum: Metformin/Biguanides
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Reducing Metformin from tonight

This is my last day on 4*500mg (2 with breakfast, 2 with dinner) as I'm moving down to 2*500mg (1 and 1). I read here somewhere that I can expect...

Thread by: Dougie22, Aug 9, 2016, 4 replies, in forum: Metformin/Biguanides
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metformin. can't do it anymore

Many thanks for posting @whompa73. We need this information to be out there, whether embarrassing or not. I've been on Metformin for some time now...

Post by: Dougie22, Jul 28, 2016 in forum: Metformin/Biguanides
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Good but disappointing HbA1c result

Yes, I'm one of the people who've always had an off the graph level of cholesterol but , rightly or wrongly, I'm a statin refuser so it doesn't...

Post by: Dougie22, Jun 17, 2016 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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Good but disappointing HbA1c result

I'm no expert on blood pressure, but in my case it seems very well correlated to my weight. When my weight goes down (or up) so does my BP. I...

Post by: Dougie22, Jun 17, 2016 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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Good but disappointing HbA1c result

Update..... Visited my doctor this morning and we had a really good discussion on progress. We jointly decided to leave the Ramipril at 5mg per...

Post by: Dougie22, Jun 17, 2016 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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Good but disappointing HbA1c result

I use the Myfitnesspal app to track my daily intake and it gives me both calories and carbs. It's easy to use, especially as you can scan barcodes...

Post by: Dougie22, Jun 16, 2016 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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Good but disappointing HbA1c result

Many thanks for all of your supportive comments. They are much appreciated. I feel that this is the only place that I can discuss these things...

Post by: Dougie22, Jun 15, 2016 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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Good but disappointing HbA1c result

Three months ago, my HbA1c had come down from 65 to 48 and I felt there was scope for more improvement. Over the last three months I have been...

Thread by: Dougie22, Jun 15, 2016, 31 replies, in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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Type 2 High Cholesterol

If you want an alternative view to that of our NHS, you should have a read of "The great cholesterol con" by Dr Malcolm Kendrick. You can make...

Post by: Dougie22, May 11, 2016 in forum: Ask A Question
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Type 2 Body working hard overnight to undo my good work!

Just to show there's no consistency at all, my 2 hour last night was a less than perfect 8.2, and my 3 hour a good 6.0, so what would my fasting...

Post by: Dougie22, May 3, 2016 in forum: Ask A Question
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Type 2 Body working hard overnight to undo my good work!

Thanks @urbanracer. I was aware of this and I've said before that I can't understand why the NHS puts such faith in fasting tests. In my case I...

Post by: Dougie22, May 2, 2016 in forum: Ask A Question
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Type 2 Body working hard overnight to undo my good work!

Great day yesterday and kept to all my targets. After dinner readings were excellent for me, 2 hour 6.2, 3 hour 5.6.....marvellous! Go to bed,...

Thread by: Dougie22, May 2, 2016, 4 replies, in forum: Ask A Question
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Type 2 How quickly do you recover to good BGs after a lapse?

My new favourite high fat dessert is whipped double cream and blueberries. I had some of that on my recovery day.

Post by: Dougie22, Apr 30, 2016 in forum: Ask A Question
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Type 2 How quickly do you recover to good BGs after a lapse?

If you have a two or three day lapse and your BG levels go up a bit, how long do you feel it takes for them to come back down again after you've...

Thread by: Dougie22, Apr 29, 2016, 5 replies, in forum: Ask A Question
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First real week of liberal low carb - my thoughts

So I've been trying to get to this stage for a few weeks now. Came back from a short holiday on Saturday and have spent the week trying to achieve...

Thread by: Dougie22, Apr 15, 2016, 0 replies, in forum: Low-carb Diet Forum
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10 week low carb program glitches

Just beneath the big green box that says "sign up", there's a less obvious log in text. Click on that and supply email address and password and...

Post by: Dougie22, Apr 15, 2016 in forum: Low-carb Diet Forum
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How do we convince the healthcare professionals.

[ATTACH] Just found this paragraph in one of the sheets given to me,( the highlighting is mine) published by the BDA, the Association of UK...

Post by: Dougie22, Apr 15, 2016 in forum: Low-carb Diet Forum
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How do we convince the healthcare professionals.

You are very lucky!

Post by: Dougie22, Apr 15, 2016 in forum: Low-carb Diet Forum

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