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Trying to reduce my carb intake from today and save a few test strips....generally speaking are products stated to have no added sugar safe for type 2's? Am thinking about fizzy drinks listed as having zero sugar, diluting juice listed as having no added sugar [0.3g carbs per 100ml] or little...

Hello all, Shocking HBA1C at my last test has finally spurred me to count my carbs....it has been building since i stopped smoking in feb 2016 with reading of 54, 65, 75 and now this. GP has kept me on 2000mg of metformin and 100mg of januvia and made me an appointment to see the...

Hello all....anyone know if is legal to keep driving while the DVLA carry out their investigations? Looks like I will be progressing from Metformin to Gliclizide in the near future, HBA1C hasnt been that bad - think it was 55 under new readings the last time - but because of the dreaded "family...

Hello all and Merry Christmas :-) Had been on normal metformin [2x500mg morning and evening] since my diagnosis in '08 and everything was reasonably well controlled, but i started getting bad bouts of diarhea in the summer past, and without much investigation my gp changed me to 2x1000mg of...

Bit of an urgent one if anyone can advise.....my morning readings have generally plummeted since i stopped drinking beer, to such an extent that am a bit wary of taking my metformin today lest i go hypo.....was 4.1 when i tested then 4.0 when i double checked 5 mins later, should i skip my tabs??

Hello. Has anyone else noticed a rubbery taste off the metformin tablets lately? Dont mean an after-taste but off the tablets themselves?

Hello everyone. How come if I eat nothing after 7pm and go for a two mile walk my waking reading is 7.4 Yet if i eat a packet of rolo, a bag of hula hoops, a bar of snickers and eat a bowl of special k [by way of experiment :oops: ] at 9pm and lie on my **** watching tv my waking reading is 4.4

Hello Folks. This past three weeks or so i have been waking up with pins and needles in both hands [ring finger and pinky this morning, and all of left hand] it goes away in a minute and doesn't cause any problems the rest of the day.....i dont think i've started laying any differently in bed...

Since being started on 4 x 500mg of metformin, every day i have taken a waking bg reading and the trend has been downward....6.42 avg in 1st week, 6.08 2nd week and 5.90 3rd week. Then for no apparent reason that i can put my finger on, my waking bg was 7.2 saturday morning and 7.3 this...

Any link between diabetes and these monstrosities?? Have a major one brewing on bottom lip as i type and feel totally rotten, swollen gland the lot :( Be at least 5 years [before diabetes] since i had a cold sore this bad.

What would be considered high for protein in a urine test? Had first set of test results since going onto 1000mg of metformin per day, my hba1c was 7.3 :( am now on 1500mg per day. But a locum doctor has recommended i switch my bp meds from losartan to ramipril because a urine sample was...

Consequence of current good weather is being tormented by prickly heat.....so popped an antihistamine about an hour before performing my daily 9am blood test which came up as 8.1 Am hoping someone can tell me if it was the anithistamine. Thanks.

6.2 down from 6.88 last time....despite some dietary lapses :D Fasting bloods were 6.0 and triglycerides 1.74....overall cholesterol 4.09 although i forgot to ask for the mix.

Been using it the guts of 6 months now, would readings still be reliable? I only ask because have had 3 "7+" 9am readings [normally only readings i check this past while]this week and yet my lunchtime pre was "5.1" and 2 hour post "5.9".

Anyone had any bother with insurance premiums going up after diagnosis? I have car insured through Tesco and bike insured through Rampdale and neither have increased premiums mid-term, be interesting to see what happens come renewal time though. Also am i right in thinking that with type 2...

6.8% down from 10.8%....said if i was under 7.0 she'd let me remain off meds :D Blood sugar was 6.2 fasting which is high side of normal but a major improvement on the 15.1 i got last time out :shock: Cholesterol was 4 which doc said was high?? perhaps she meant good cholesterol was low...

My sister in law got me some diabetic chocolate for crimbo....4 wee bars and a big bar....now i'd read that this stuff was little or no different to the real stuff, noticed carb content was still round the 50% mark, but says i "sure its christmas"...big mistake. Nibbled away at the wee bars all...

Hello all, had my appointment with podiatrist yesterday morning - a lovely girl - she was quite pleased with my feet and said unless i've any probs just to make an appointment in a years time. Carried out a vibration test on big toes, on left felt it around 3 but on right couldnt feel it till...

I tend to only change my lancet every morning, is this a bad thing? The reason i ask is that if i get a high reading, then change lancet reading tends to drop significantly, just wondered if there could be a link. Took a two hour post-p earlier after steak, chips, peas, onions & 2 slices of...

Got fed up with all the good readings i'd had this past while, so decided out of curiousity to do a one hour post prandial.....12.1....wish i hadn't bothered :( Presume this is way too high :cry: