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I am a mid-eighties male with type two Diabetes and a few other minor medical problems taking daily injections of Lyxumia 20 mg and who had experienced diarrhoea as a result of taking Metformin. My doctor stopped the Metformin and put me onto a once a week injection of Ozempic I had stopped...

I have to start Ozempic injections today Thursday and would have preffered injecting on a Monday. Would it cause problems if I missed a day for the next three weeks?

BrianMMember Type of Diabetes: Type 2 I went out to eat taking my Lyxumia pen as I always ask the waiter/waitress how long the meal will be so that I don't inject and then find that I have reached the hour within which one is supposed to eat. I had not checked and found that the pen had run...

I thought that my new regime Lyxumia would have sorted itself out by now but its become even more difficult and I’m not sure what to do to get into a reasonable reaction from it. Yesterday after a normal light lunch od soup at midday I took my injection at the normal time of 17.30 and waited...

The patient has type 2 Diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and atrial fibrillation and takes the following medication. They have stated that they intend to stop taking all medication. What will be the effect and over what time period? Metformin 500mg 2 tablets twice a day...

I am close to 80 years of age and have been Type 2 diabetic for over five years. For some time now I find that I have to go to the toilet at least three times during the night and they are not just small amounts that I pass. Could anyone tell me what is happening?

I have let things slip lately and would like to read something that will help me what I should eat and how much of it. Can anyone suggest some good titles?

The nurse that normally takes my blood test is superb, doesn’t hurt me and leaves only a small bruise. However, the last blood test I had was taken by a different nurse and it was quite painful and left a large bruise. I had to have a blood test a day ago and noted that it was the nurse who...

I hear that either there already is or there will soon be restrictions placed on what weight motor home a diabetic can drive. Does anyone know what these are?

I have been type 2 for over five years and at the moment I'm running at around 6.0 but lastnight I fell from grace when I succumbed to the offer of half a large Easter egg which was not Diabetic chocolate. Half an hour later I started to have painful wind stomach pains and had to go to the...

I am 75 years of age and in reasonable good mobile health but I have been type two diabetic for about five years, have high blood pressure, high cholesterol and was recently diagnosed with Atrial Fibulaion. I hope I’ve spelt that correctly. Currently I take the following drugs: Simvastin...

I used to take Metaformin which I hope I spelt correctly but my last lot of tablets were changed to Metabet SR and they have a strange taste that Metafor,in did not. Can anyone tell me who makes the Metaabet SR and how I can contact them?

A few weeks ago I had a respiratory infection which always push my Blood Sugar levels up. The infection went away and the Blood Sugar level dropped to 7.0 which is good reading for me then I found out that I have been experiencing Atrial Fibrillation and I was put on Warfarin. Since then my...

I have been a type 2 diabetic for three or four years probably as a result of being overweight and not taking enough exercise. Recently I have had a number of what I will refer to as, "Hypoglycaemia Events" if only because I'm not sure what I should refer to them as. I suddenly start to feel...

Is Depression associated with diabetes?

I saw a piece on Teletex today that mentions a study which sugested that type 2 Diabetes reduces intelligence which worried me a trifle because I'm not that bright to start with. Any comments?

I am due for my annual diabetic check up and have received a questioner from the surgery which asks me: Have I been bothered by little interest or pleasure in doing things? Have I been bothered by feeling down, depressed or hopeless? So what’s the point of those questions?

I am taking two Glucophage 500 mg tablets twice a day and some days it goes right through me after an hour or so. Is this the same with anyone else and has the tablet had enough time to do its job?