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It's interesting I've been Type 1 now for almost a year but I am not yet on insulin, yet over the weekend before lunch I tested my blood and if i'm honest I normally really only test in the evening after my main meal, but about 3 hours after my breakfast (yes it was a later breakfast!) I tested...

I take them after I've eaten breakfast, which is usually around 10am on week day, then in the evening after my dinner which is normally between 8-11 depending on what I'm doing. I am on 2x500 twice a day.

They should settle down. Well at least mine did, my vision went blurry after about 2 weeks of taking Metformin took about a couple of weeks to settle down but it went back to being absolutely normal after. I also had my diabetic eye test done about 3 months after being diagnosed (so Jan this...

@azure So today, I decided to go private before seeing my NHS doctor on the 21st, since being diagnosed Type 2 then Type 1, on my referral letter it said I was MODY and Type 1 which I thought was odd. The doctor I saw is a specialist in Endocrinology. After going through all my details it was...

@azure Thanks I have just found it and purchased it, looks like it will be a good read. I'll post back and let you know how it goes after appointment.. Interesting about beta cells I didn't know that - the doctor on the phone did mention to me even though it appears I am type 1 - I he is not...

@azure No they told me on the phone this morning but I am booked in for the 21st so will see them then. I'm hoping that my pills will keep me going for while am just going to do blood test more often between now and the appointment as I was just doing it a couple of times a week, interestingly...

I was told I had Type 2 last Oct as a then 32 year old, I am overweight but never considered myself overly unhealthy in terms of fitness, I regularly play tennis went swimming once a week, someone who always walked upstairs rather than taking the lift. my reading at the time was 11.1% fast...