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Put simply, can menstruation affect Blood sugars?? I've been diagnosed for 2 months and last month wasn't really paying attention but this month I'm struggling to keep them down below 9 despite eating similar to what I have all month?? Is this just another obstacle that needs sorting?? :(

I feel a bit the same :( I'm 31 and pretty much feel like I'm not allowed anything I enjoy lol I must admit though I had Gestational Diabetes with my last pregnancy and was put on a really strict diet and insulin, and like the previous poster said, it just becomes the norm after a while...

Brilliant!! Well done :D

Welcome to the forum :D I'm new too here, and new to the diabetes thing too.. Was diagnosed two months ago! I'm 31. Hopefully, we will all get into the swing of things eventually!

Thanks guys!! I did have an initial appointment where I was told my hba1c was 6.5 but was not told to come back at all! They didn't weigh me just assumed I was still overweight because the weight they have on their system says I am (I was when I was weighed about a year ago, but gave list...

I keep reading if people seeing their Diabetic nurse??? is everyone supposed to see one? So far, I just had my initial appointment with go to confirm diagnosis and my deal course! That's it???? I have a retinopathy scan thing booked but have never actually heard from a nurse!? I'm confused :(...

Ooh thanks for the tip!! I take it with my breakfast which is normally porridge as it said on the packet to take in the morning but I might try taking with my evening meal? Which tends to be lower carb. Thanks guys

Thank you! Argh I can't go through this everyday :( it's horrid :( just seemed odd that it took 3 weeks to come out x

I'm only on 500mg a day at the moment but I posted the other day about a tummy bug I had. I stopped the metformin that day and was fine yesterday so felt well enough this morning to take my metformin again as usual.. Well I'm back to the same situation I was the other day :( I've been taking it...

Yay :) well done!! X

Hey guys! I've come down with a tummy bug at about 3am thus morning :( it's not pleasant at all I can't keep anything down! My levels are a little high today although ice not eaten anything, is thus normal? Also what do I do about my metformin? If I take it without any food in me then I know...

I think she's been given harsher targets because she's pregnant, things need to be under a strict control as if could affect baby. Also , type 2 used to be classed as a thing you get over 40 but that's not necessarily the case these days. People of all ages can be diagnosed type 2. She may be...

Thanks for your replies :) she's had her meds upped to 2000mg of metformin and 40g gliclazide so hopefully that night help! She didn't have ketones today thankfully xx

When you say yours are dietary what does that mean? And can you tell the difference? Sorry I'm just clueless lol x

No she hasn't been tested since and is actually worrying about the ketones :( she's got an appointment thus morning thank god! X

Hi all :) My mum was diagnosed two weeks after me as type 2. She came round mine one day feeling rubbish so I tested her and she was very high 20's :/ I sent her straight to docs who of course sent her for a fasting glucose and hba1c. She also had ketones?? my question us this : I have...

Hey :D I was in exactly the same position as you this time last year... I now have a perfectly healthy (7lb baby at birth) boy who is one next month :D You sound like you are doing fab! Yes, the insulin isn't great but you are lucky to have the freedom as such of the two different insulins. As...

Have they given you any kind of dietary advice? Like swapping to whole versions if things? Like granary bread, brown rice Etc? insulin really isn't that bad for a short term thing, you will prob be put back on metformin as soon as baby is born, once the placenta has been delivered you start to...

Have they given you any kind of dietary advice? Like swapping to whole versions if things? Like granary bread, brown rice Etc? insulin really isn't that bad for a short term thing, you will prob be put back on metformin as soon as baby is born, once the placenta has been delivered you start to...

Hey! I was diagnosed gestational and now I'm type 2. First of all, I know it's easier said than done, but don't panic! I know the nurse has told you to eat more carbs and that peon contradicts everything here on this site for type 2 but you gotta remember things are treated differently because...