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Thankyou, that makes sense. I will keep a can of coke in the cupboard (with hypo written on it do it doesn’t get used hehe) dont tend to have orange juice in gives me stomach ache, but in the hospital after my daughter was born I do remember them giving me orange juice and buscuits actually...

That’s great advice thankyou! I think I eat too many jelly babies in a panic at the moment. I’ll try following with a bread or biscuit.

Hello, I think any news you weren’t expecting is a big shock! And then makes most of us feel upset and confused. This website has loads of useful information and this forum has lots of practical real advice from people in the same boat, all trying to find out what it all means and how best to...

Hello, I am Awaiting to see if I am MODY and have been started on Repaglinide 500mcg, low dose, I take it before each meal. My starting waking number 2 weeks ago was 10, and I’m now getting readings of 4-8, which for me is brilliant! Without meds I go higher and higher running at 24.9. Today I...

Hi I took it for one week but stopped due to side effects. It did work and bring my numbers down during that time as I was literally weeing out every bit of sugar! But that leads to very awful side effects. You should be given a sheet of paper with the DKA risk with this drug. As you can appear...

Hi I was offered alogliptin by my DRs, I took it daily for 2 months and during that time continued to test my sugars which ran in the teens throughout. I went back and said it wasn’t working, and stopped taking that med. I think it’s often used alongside another med. For me it didn’t make any...

Good luck definitely worth a try! As I took SR met for a while, then opened my box at home after picking up from pharmacy and was a different brand. Thought nothing of it, but did make a difference so went back and pharmacist said to always have exact same brand need to state that on the...

Do you have a med review with a diabetes consultant? Rather than a gp? After such an experience and ending up in hospital I would ask the practice manager at the gp to refer you to consultant. I took empagliflozin, and recently Gliclazide, I felt very unwell on Gliclazide as the dose was too...

Maybe ask the pharmacist if there’s another sr brand? Whether it’s smaller? Don’t think would come in liquid form as that would be fast release I’m guessing!

Agree, yoghurt can be an easier way. Also agree it’s often more the fear than the size actually being too big to swallow safely. I took sr met and I found having a big glass water useful, had to sometimes keep gulping water. But I wouldn’t cut them as the coating is the slow release form I...

I only fast for blood tests when specifically asked to. Recent annual hba1c with diabetes nurse, wasn’t a fasting blood test.

Oh I really like carrot cake too! Thankyou for the recipe links, time to get baking yay!

Thankyou that looks amazing! I like that it’s small too so can’t over indulge, love the website name too hehe.

Hello everyone, it is that time of year when I will be turning another year wiser ☺️ and would quite like to bake a cake to celebrate..any good recipes/ideas...

It is a common side effect I believe. The specialist d nurse said to me it needs treating straight away. I only lasted one week on empagliflozin, I was weeing so much sugar, had yeast in my urine by day 4! Ouch! Stopped it, and had the worst case of thrush I’ve ever experienced. Didn’t wait for...

Have you had a recent hba1c? If that’s still high despite the meds and altered diet, and if you are still loosing weight then the tests of cpeptide, GAD and then on those perhaps for MODY which is a rare genetic form. Sounds like they need rule out LADA or MODY. Like you I was on gliclazide...

I think about it quite a lot of the time! When I plan a meal, when I cook for the family and when I’m due an HBA1c. Or when I feel unwell with the symptoms from high or too low bs. Over this past year as my average sugar levels have steadily risen, and the less in control the more it’s on my...

I also like dark chocolate now, doesn’t spike bs and feels like a real treat!

Hello, I’m waiting to see nurse for my cpeptide results and a letter came through from the consultant saying I may have MODY, family history of diabetes over 3 generations and I had gestational twice. They automatically said I was type 2 when my blood sugars jumped, and have gone up steadily...

Congratulations on a beautiful new arrival to your family, you have got a lot going on at the moment as a busy mum. I had gestational twice, once 25 years old diet controlled and once 30 years old insulin. After both births my blood sugars where normal...but then jumped up. I too am awaiting...