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Having trouble! Have been taken off Metformin 2000mg daily because of diarrohea and put on Sitagliptin 100mg daily. This morning, two readings - before breakfast 20 mmol/L - just now for before lunch and it's 23.3 mmol/L !! Help!

I've been on 500 x 2 Metformin for about four years with no ill affects whatsoever. However, over the past year my BGL has been creeping back up from a really good level so the surgery doubled my dosage (2000 once daily) and put me on slow release. What a change! BGLs have been all over the...

Can anyone suggest the best place to shop for genuine seamless socks for diabetics please? My feet don't have a particular problem but I would like to replace the socks I already have which have never been entirely comfortable with their seams to ones which will be. Daily dog(s) walking is my...

I've just taken my blood prior to going to bed and got a reading of 13.0 :o , so took another - 14.1 :shock: and so took yet another which was 12.6. This is all within a couple of minutes. What's going on? My dinner tonight consisted of grilled pork chop, one tiny potato, one equally tiny...

Is anyone else experiencing problems adding to their logs on this? I cannot access my own previous data input but I can access someone else's which is rather alarming. I have reported it (twice) but I am concerned because it is supposed to be secure and private and it obviously is not :x

I am quite sure other people have had the same problem. I have been testing BS from my fingertips since diagnosis a year ago but I have recently found them become ultra sensitive and boy do they hurt when pricked. I alternate hands to keep usage to the minimum but testing 4-6 times a day seems...

It began with a bad cold between Xmas & NY which has now developed into a chest infection - it doesnt seem to want to shift. My main concern are my BG levels which have escalated alarmingly (15-17's)!! :shock: How on earth can I keep them down? My (GI) diet has remained the same, plenty of...

I have considered ID jewellery to alert medical teams of my diabetes in an emergency but it would be just my luck to not be wearing it at the crucial time! I thought of having a tattoo on a strategic part of my body to alert anyone if I should be unconscious or carted off to hospital. Has...

Only diagnosed T2 a couple of months ago but I am losing a lot of hair :oops: To be honest this had started many months previous and I should have suspected something was wrong then as my hair is always the first thing to show any health change. However, although I know why - I would like...

I have just read an article in "The Food Pharmacy" written by Jean Carter which may prompt varying comments from you all. This pulled me up a bit sharp! For years I have been taking 2100mg omega-3 fish oil capsules nightly for arthritic joint pain (it works) and for heart health (hope it...

Only diagnosed six weeks ago (when my bs was 31.8!) and have doing quite well bringing that down to single figures (just). I had lost my appetite and 10kgs in weight (down to 70) prior to diagnosis so I am pleased that I have gained 3kgs again but don't want it to escalate. As my weight seems...

Hello, Fast approaching 62 and newly diagnosed. Live in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire with my partner. It has taken over a month to get my blood sugar down to single figures after an initial high of 31.1 :roll: but am feeling SO much better. Looking forward to reading the various...