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    Questions re first diabetic nurse appointment tomorrow.

    No-one has spoken to me about anything regarding my diabetes. What I am doing is to just taking the tablets shes demanding i take and doing the tests. I tried doing low carb but it's so hard. It's getting to the point I'm hardly eating and drinking. I'm rough every day. The pic below is now...
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    Questions re first diabetic nurse appointment tomorrow.

    I'm glad your DN will see you, mine rang me once to say your HBA1C was 93 and needed to go to glicazide as doctor prescribed metformin but it affected my stomach. At the end of that call she said I'll leave you to it and ring you in 3 months. Nothing else just that and was gone. I've only been...
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    any thoughts on what i can do?

    I have digestive issues and they made my stomach so much worse and couldn't take the being on the loo 10 times a day.
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    any thoughts on what i can do?

    Hi, I'm was taking the slow release ones, I mistakenly wrote M/R instead of S/R oops... diabetes is ruling me, not the other way round way at the moment.
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    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    Morning, a relatively good 14.5 for me.
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    any thoughts on what i can do?

    I have recently been diagnosed as T2, was put straight onto metformin M/R which I told them my stomach couldn't tolerate but they told me i had to take it anyway, after a couple weeks I couldn't take that because it gave me terrible stomach pains and cramps. Then they decide I had to take...
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    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    15.7 this morning not going to bother with breakfast as it will make it much worse, this diabetes lark is kicking my ****, feel like utter *****, doc started me on Gliclazide so will start taking that in next couple days.
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    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    15.7 not going to eat breakfast this morning.
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    Quit!!

    Well I’m still struggling and not getting any help from DR… I have not taken any medication in nearly 2 weeks, my sugars are between 16 and 25…. Feels like utter ****,have had headache for 3 days. Hope everyone is having great Saturday? X
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    Quit!!

    Thank you for the advice but I do believe that I am done with this now and will take whatever comes in the future. If I have asked for help and they don’t want to know what more can I do. Many thanks
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    Quit!!

    I have tested daily and still getting results of between 18-20 but there’s no point anymore when even the professionals don’t care. Why should I!!
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    Quit!!

    My surgery aren’t forthcoming with any help at all, apart from report me to mental health team. My surgery has just been voted the worst one in the whole of Devon!! I’m in agony with all my other issues because I’ve stopped them all in protest. What doesn’t kill you…and all that.
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    Quit!!

    3 weeks ago I was started on metformin, 1 tab nightly for 10 days then 2 nightly, when I got to 13 days I started noticing my levels going up every time I did them. 24.1 was the highest, spoke to GP as I was worried, got told off for buying a blood monitor as I shouldn’t be testing because...
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    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    This morning mine was 16.0 was 24.1 when I went to bed. Newly diabetic on metformin, but have noticed my levels going up and up with the tablets. They have me on 2 metformin daily, I hate to think what they will be by 4 tablets. My 1st diabetic nurse appt and foot check is via a phone call, From...
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