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  1. Kiwigal

    Struggling with side effects, T2 and steroids

    Test your ketones levels. As you might need to go hospital to bring down your high glucose and high ketones going on IV and insulin treatments. I'm Type 2 Diabetes currently on prednisolone - Day 2 (for asthma trigger due to bush fire smoke in the air yesterday) - I have got high glucose and...
  2. Kiwigal

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    6.7mmol - currently I'm waiting for doctor appointment next month. Recently discovered I've got gallstones in gallbladder which is impacted by the neck of gallbladder. How fun.
  3. Kiwigal

    Ultrasound scan of liver and pancreas - anyone had this?

    I had ultrasound back in 2023 due to abdominal left upper pains after covid+ (late 2022) - normal pancreas and fatty liver. Recently I went for ultrasound appointment today... due to on-going abdominal pains off and on over 2 years plus and abdominal pains have slowly spreaded more from left...
  4. Kiwigal

    The results are in..

    Well done, keep up the good work!
  5. Kiwigal

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    7.3mmol this morning. Fun bit - had to go on short course of prednisolone a week before Christmas.. due to fires smoke in the air triggered my asthma. Horrible summer bush fires happens out there somewhere. Now I got those evidences on CGM - my time in ranges went below 56% to 42% when I'm...
  6. Kiwigal

    GP ignores me

    Ouch that is a bit ignorant of GP not listening to Pharmacy, letter from hospital. Have you try ask GP at the appointment time face to face and get them fill in script so you can check if it written/typed in cartridges Tresiba? If they wrote it in Tresiba pens... you can tell GP to fix up to...
  7. Kiwigal

    Metformin is making me miserable

    I would recommend write down the lists of side effects you are getting from metformin xr. As you may be intolerance/allergic to metformin for the worse side effects. Take the lists of side effects with you to your doctor appointment. Hopefully your doctor will find another medication. Once I...
  8. Kiwigal

    Type 2 Type 2 for 34 years. Glucose 250-360. Now @ 75-250. Considering Humalog. Never used insulin. Help!

    Has your doctor done C-peptide blood test - to check how much of your own insulin you are producing? Esp you are Type 2 Diabetes for many years... would gradually decreased your beta cells over the years. And also checked for antibodies of GAD test to rule out LADA and Type 1 Diabetes?
  9. Kiwigal

    Type 2 Low HbA[emoji637]c

    Bit difficult to read your post with emoji numbers. I wouldn't get removed off the diabetes list esp once you are Diabetic, it is always will be there, esp your glucose may rise up again. Plus you would need to get other diabetes check up ie foot care, eyes check up etc. Your diabetes would...
  10. Kiwigal

    Ozempic stopped

    How's your diabetes going with Ozempic? Has your glucose and hba1c gone up now? I been on ozempic since 2022 - it has taken a year and 1/2 for ozempic to get my uncontrolled glucose/diabetes into manageable. Then finally ozempic got my hba1c down. If your glucose is becoming unmanageable -...
  11. Kiwigal

    How much weight have YOU lost?

    After first covid + back in late 2022 (Long Covid since then.) - weight loss went down faster over the time. 26kg in total for weight loss and only had 6 months plateau then weight loss resumed. I haven't regained back the weight that I had loss from after covid. At least now getting closer...
  12. Kiwigal

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    7.2 mmol when I woke up. I noticed my glucose kicked up on Dexcom G6 at 1:30am from 6.3 mmol to 11.2 mmol at 2am while I was asleep - 3:05am back to 6.4 mmol.
  13. Kiwigal

    Ozempic Shortage

    Ozempic been on shortage since April 2022 in Australia, and still on-going shortages extended to end of December 2024. (I bet shortages date will get extended to 2025.)
  14. Kiwigal

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    7.3 mmol at 5:15am.
  15. Kiwigal

    Monitoring type 2 gp note on prescription

    Wow, how horrific your GP telling you not to check your own glucose and not giving you glucose strips (I would change GP) I'm Type 2 diabetes and test my own glucose regularly. (At the moment I'm using CGM - Continuous glucose monitor paying my out of my own pocket... and get the glucose...
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