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all i have is porridge oats with a half a teaspoon of cinnamon at 6am and that does me until dinner at 1pm, have noticed though that the price of porridge oats is going up and up, 1 brand i used to buy has gone from £1.58 to £2.08 so all i get now is that asda own brand which works out a lot...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn i think mine was more a case of it being done then as my last 1 in november was 10.8 and i had a pill change, im hoping it will be around the 5-6 area as my 14 day average is 5.1

ive been on metformin since 2005 and i had problems starting at the end of last year, got put on sr metformin and the prob went away, went back on ordinary metformin in may and lasted about a month before the prob came back so it was back onto the sr metformin and touch wood been ok since

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn mine was 6.3 yestaday morning and 4.7 this morning, havent really gone overboard as iv got another hba1c on the 10 jan, have discovered i cant drink red wine, been having a small glass each night but found iv been getting pains in my...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn ive stopped doing mine every morning, just 2 or 3 times a week now now, wednesday i was 5.6 which after what id had for my tea surprised me, this morning it was 5.0 :thumbup: am really watching what i eat now, my 14 day av is 6.0...

january 2005 i started to lose weight and by march 05 id lost 3 and half stone so thought i was doing something right, then started drinking about 6 litres a day and also peeing a lot :shock: and also was very tired all the time so started doing red bull and pro+ to try to stay awake, then by...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn sounds nasty Viv :shock: mine was 5.9 this morning :D treated meself to a fry up and 2 hours after it was 5.8, this lo carb thing working good

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn 6.4 this mornning :D

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn mine this morning was 8.7, didnt get up until half 9 though and did have a good double whiskey last night :oops:

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn mine was 6.4 this morning which is the best its been for a while

iv been going through something simalar the last few weeks, my BS was through the roof which from what im on shoudnt be happening, had a review with the nurse who did my Hba1c which came back at 10.8, my last 1 in may was 7, last weekend my eyesight started to blur so this week so i knew...

im getting mine on prescription now, got given a bayer contour meter by the nurse last week and she has put the strips on prescription, how long i get them for is another matter, was told that because im on tolbutamide i can have them

now that sounds like a good plan :lol:

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn mine was 9.2 this morning, did have 3 pieces of terrys choc orange b4 bed though :oops:

im on the slow release metformin as ordinary metformin was causing me a bad stomach, it was a case of eat something and dont go far from the loo which not good for me as i work on a farm :lol:

have they forgotten to put it on your prescription, my wife picked my prescription up last monday and when i got home there was no metformin in the bag, on the prescription as sent out had to sort it yestaday as i had enouch for the week

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn mine was 9.9 this morning @9.30 had 1 big bacon buttie for breakfast at half 10 and just tried level and it was 7.7 @1.36pm :D

i had similar problems last year, doctor said it may be the metformin or i could be allergic to wheat, january i went onto slow release metformin and cut out wheat and overnight my dodgy stomach went away, in may i had a 6 month check up and the nurse put me back on ordinary metformin but i...

i had my 6 month check up this morning with the nurse and she had never heard of tolbutamide that im on, checked her book and she said that since tolbutamide can cause low sugar, im can get the strips on prescription, also got a new meter which is good as my sugar level all over the place, so...