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You know your body, all i would suggest is maybe try and if it had an adverse effect get back on it as soon as possible and say, ok but at least i'm not on all that other stuff!!! You know your body, but do be very careful.

Hey Jem, I think thats the point, i can't maintain good numbers and have toast, evething i try either makes me sick or has me feeling rotton for the rest of the day. I'm getting stuck, i honestly don't know what to do. I'm waking at 8.8 which is "fine" apparently. but i am so not happy with...

well the original idea of al this has gone to pot really. i am tkaing a metformin with my brekkie, the only thing that will stop me feeling sick after tqaking it is if i eat toast for brekfast. yeah it makes me spike but i have to not be sick. which is the lesser of the two evils. i have...

My HSBC test isn't done by a syringe? its done with yet another finger prick? they do squeeze to get a lot out and it take 6 minutes in the machine thing. Maybe the Isle of Man is a step ahead with the old technology. (that would be a bloomin first!)

Just a thoought, but does it really matter if the meter is inaccurate as long as it is not wildly so? I may be testing with a meter that may well be say 10% out, but i'm awlays testing with the same meter so my bg fluctuations will still show to the same extent and therefore the reading are...

so it is the tablets. well thats ok. at least i know! I'm concerned, if this is the tablets, in all honestly i feel no better off than i was before i was diagnosed. i feel exactly the same as when i was running my levels of 20+ hm, is it worth this? Don't fear i'm not giving up. i'll give it...

Oh the never ending saga of metformin, This should be a really quick and easy one though. I know the apparent side effects, nausea and the rest of the business, but i ahev been on them since Thursday and has anyone else found that they are just "under the weather" yes the nausua and stuff has...

OMG, you are so helpful! That is a fantastic post! think i will be printing it out. My GP has taken a back seat in all of this and i am under the care of two great Diabetologists at our hospital and two fantastic DSN. they are really very good (except the reluctance to give me my test results)...

Hi, yes i am back on metformin. i have to build my dose over the next 6 weeks to take 4 tabs a day. i'm only on one at the moment and yeah i have been feeling permanently sick since i started them but it does seem to be easier today for the first time. i am still taking my lantus, but that is...

Hi! Oh yes get the tests, but most importently get the medication right. I was diagnosed end of July and they have been messing with what meds to put me on. (just changed again yesterday) but my levels are great now. They still can't figure out what type i have but the importent thing is my BS...

Sorry i had to revive this old thread to tell you my news. i had a HSBC (?? thingy??) test today and it was 6.8!!!!!!!!! Happy days happy days happy days!

i do. Gets me through the hours of tedium at work

"we must apologise Mrs Faragher that letter should never have been sent to you. we do not know what type you are but we would like to try the tablets again just to see how you are doing" so i'm not a type 2 but i might be. sooooooooooooo annoyed

hi Katharine, Thank you for your help, just got back from the doc and yes your bang on. i have to start taking metformin again over the next 6 weeks gradually increaseing my dose. and reducing my Lantus very slowly. They have told me to keep my novo with me at all times just in case i find...

Hi, I'm due at the doc at 3pm but i don't know what to expect. I'm currently on Lantus and Novo. but they want me to go back onto tablets. Has to be said i'm not using my novo that much as i am eating very little carbs and i am very steady with my readings. If they put me back on...

ooooooooo good one! yes thanks i will ask them that too! i'm so reluctant to change what is obviously working, but i'll try it and see what happens. and if it doesn't work find out more. Thanks for all your help, it is really appreciated.

Diabetic Geek, Thank you for the post, yes i have been planning what i am going to say to the Dr, you are right i mean i think i have realised that i know my body and what works, but they know the different treatments available and what tricks might work. I have a limited knowledge of the...

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm kippers. i LOVE kippers. mmmmmmm i am so going down the smoke house this weekend a geting some freshun's. mmmmmmm kippers. lol

jsut a quick note to sy i've been onto the clinic and i am going up there this thursday afternoon. Time to find out what is going on. Thanks for you help"!

thank you for your advice, to be honest i needed to hear that. it is my body and i am getting on well. i've actually lost nearly half a kg in a day ( doesnt sound a lot but i've never monitered my weight before, i know it flutuates but i like seeing it change)from doing low carb and i went...