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Hi update he has been given a bigger dose of pioglitazone 30mg he goes back in March for a blood test I was worried that he would really put weight on with the bigger dose but he seems to have lost some (don’t know how with just having Xmas) so will have to see if they work

So the hubby has been prescribed 100mg per day of the above but it has given him a raging thirst and dry mouth is this common for this drug ?

So hubby is type 2 for about 8 years his levels have gone up so he's trying low carb and pioglitazone 15mg if this doesn't help what next he doesn't want to go onto insulin

Thanks for all your support without this forum I would not have been able to do it!

Well just been for my latest Habc1 result and it's now 41 down from 51 in July so now I have been taken off my medication apart from 500mg of metformin so happy

So for the last week I have been on Antibiotics and also my knees and ankles have been aching badly is this a effect of the antibiotics or is it diabetes related my levels have been between 4-5 before meals and 7-8 2 hours after apart from 1 blip (celebration in the family) any ideas

Can anyone help the last few days my feet and ankles ache (not so much when on a good walk) but walking around house and sitting they ache, I have my feet checked every 6 weeks by my podiatrist, she tests with a Doppler and with the filament all ok my levels when I test are between 4-5 before...

So I have just bought myself some 600mg is this the correct dose to have ?

Yes hopefully next review will be low 40's I test myself and I am usually 5 before food and about 6.8 2 hours after , the strange feeling in my little finger is doing my head in

So I am type 2 on metformin 1000mg pioglitazone 15mg saxagliptine 5mg doctors said I am quite well controlled last test was 50 in July but for a while now I have had my right hand feels cold and the little finger gets either a tingling on the end or a pain if I put my hands in warm water it...

I know what low carb is but my husband is a very stubborn man and I have to do it gradually with him

Yes I know I said low carb but he's cut down the carbs a lot!! And this is someone who ate quite a bit of carbs so 1 slice of bread is good for him , so just tested him again 2 hours after his tea of baked fish and a small jacket potato (yes I know carb ) but he insisted plus that is all he has...

Ok will try my thinking is he's been running in high double figures for a while and it may be that 10/11 may be good for him (obviously not very good)

Agggh right didn't test before his breakfast, but the test I did was done at 1.30 today and he ate breakfast at 8 this morning

So today for breakfast he had 2 eggs on 1 slice of whole meal bread and he's had nothing but water since just tested his blood 10.1

So if his pancreas is not producing enough insulin what will this mean for him( he already takes 2000 metformin and 15mg pioglitazone daily and he's not eaten anything today at all

So hubby is type 2 diagnosis about 10 years ago slowly his numbers have gone up he's had his head stuck in the sand , now just after Xmas his level was 97 now he got it down to 72 3 months back but I have been testing his bloods and it's Range from 10-18 now I have started him on low carb this...

If his levels keep at between 8-11 range what will the gp suggest he goes on he's already taking 15mg pioglitazone so if this isn't working what else can he try?

So last couple of days I have tested his bloods when he has come home from work before his tea and it's been between 8.1 - 9.1 hopefully we can get him going in the right direction

Yes he has a clean work place , I tested his blood when he came home from work today and it was 8.6 ! So I have made him a salad for work tomorrow think I may have to try baby steps with him