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Hi Tricia thanks for the reply. I’m missing a big bar of chocolate to be honest and chips & even my porridge. Daft I know. Also mainly the feeling of being a free spirit. I might go to Waitrose tonight and treat myself to something

Hi have you tried the food supplements This is food in chocolate flavour? I have that as a treat and it hardly affects my sugars and tastes amazing! Hope this may help a bit

So I unsuccessfully tried glyclazide, after two hypos , one which I thought was a heart attack, went from 11 to 3 in an hour. Severe severe tiredness , and my fingers are so sore from all the testing. So now back to square one. Want to try me on Jardiance but I am very prone to water...

Hi could anyone advise best monitor please and what the costs are likely to be? Thank you

Thank you

Hello I am being offered Jardiance but I am prone to urine infections. I know and accept it can give you thrush it’s the UTIS that worry me most. Has anyone else experienced UTIS on this led please? Thank you

Hope it eases I had one earlier terrible things. Eating something helps me

Hi I have started on gliclozide meds I am type 2. I am noticing I feel low anything 7 or below where it should be 5 apparently I went got a walk for 30 mins with a reading of 9 and planned to have lunch after. I think I had a hypo when I got back my reading was 5.9 but I was shaking ...

Hello I have started testing due to new medication I have to now.(gliclazide) My morning reads have been around 8 which I think is pretty good. When I eat they go up to 10-14 afterwards. Is this normal please? Am I right thinking ad long as my first read of the day is low I’m ok? Thank you

Hope it helps , so disappointing & frustrating when it’s for that reason

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Thank you for your reply -Yes I am on glyclozide, just a bit nerve wracking I guess I’m scared if I go too low and don’t realise in my day to day or in my sleep

Hello I have recently started a new medication and it is dramatically reducing my sugar readings! Whilst this is good (today was 7 after lunch and a walk) how do I know what reading is too low? I’m nervous at 7? Especially since DVLA won’t let you drive at 5 below. Thanks in advance for any...

Yes 115 it was I got it to 100:( I had covid twice and my sugars shot up Type 2

Great shot!

Nothing to be sorry for ,thank you for your reply

Thank you for the information, I think I will go with the law over common sense however hence the question, have a lovely morning thank you

Thank you for your reply, my only worry is if I am at 5 DVLA say it’s hypoglycaemic , and I can’t drive which is making me try stay higher. I think I need a chat with doc - mission impossible lol [emoji23] thank you though that is useful

Hi sorry another question about glyclozide- So if I set off for a coffee in morning- blood test before leaving - Then go in shop for 5 minutes do I have to retest after that before I set off again? I make loads of these little trips to shops then might sit in my car ten minutes So my...

9.6 this morning better than 12-15 previous what should I aim for pls ? Is it 5? Iv only recently starting testing