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Hi all, After fighting a slowly losing battle for 6 years, I have now been put on insulin along with my Metformin. (I'm type 2) After talking to my Diabetic nurse Julie and now my Diabetic specialist Frank, we were all in agreement that through no fault of mine, my pancreas has decide to give up...

Having started my diet once again to help get my blood sugars back to how they were before, I tested today and results were..... Before breakfast 7.1 After 10.8 not so good breakfast was cup of tea with 2 slices weight watchers malted bread toasted. Skipped lunch Before dinner 5.7 After...

Hi everyone, Wow has been a long time since I last posted on here, (over 3 years ago) so where do I begin? Was diagnosed type 2 on 23rd November 2009 and was started on oral medication and straight away went on a diet to help, along with the help I received on here (a lot from Cugila, :) thanks...

Hi all, has been awhile since I was on the forums due to health and mental problems arising from losing the weight to quickly. I am now on Lyrica Pregabalin 75mg, one daily at bedtime, for the pians in both feet. Also my scar on left shin has decided to really play up now and become infected at...

Well as it says there is always a downside to everything. Was with the doctor this morning and although he is extremely pleased with the effort I put in to get control of my diabetes and getting all that was needed done, the downside is I have now got to take Pregabalin 75mg, as my feet are now...

For the last 4 mornings on the trot I have woken around 4am/5am feeling absolutely dreadful. My head feels as if someone were pressing the sides in, my brain feels numb. my toes are tingling and I have burning sensations on both feet around the toe nails. When I have checked my BS I get a...

My Dr gave me 6 months to get my HbA1c lvl down from 10.2% to at least 7% or he will have to put me on insulin. that was back in January. Well after only 3 months, lots of hard work at my diet and the great advice on these forums. I have managed to get my HbA1c lvl down to 5.9%. So to those who...

Two years ago I had woken at 3.30am with chest pains, thinking it was my hiatus hernia playing up I spent all day till 3pm taking anti acids to no avail. It was not until I called the out of hours Dr and was asked to come in for an ECG, was it found that I had been walking around all day with a...

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Ok silly question time again. It has been bugging me that whenever I get freestyle lancets on prescription they are grey in colour, yet when I buy the same lancets in the same style box they are light cyan blue?

Bad news is a letter addressed to me went next door and only now been put through my letter box, Good news is, it is from the hospital ref my retinal scan last month, everything is in order and dont have to see them again for a year :D They did say that the scan does not cover all other eye...

Hi all Over the last 2/3 weeks I have noticed that when ever I have eaten fish from either the tin or fresh, my Bs's have reduced to 5.0 and below. My question is, taking into account the chance of hypo, would eating to much fish be worryingsome. I eat at least, 6 tins of mackeral, 4/6 tins...

Exactly how important is to have to eat first thing in the mornings? as I really cannot face food untill at least midday. I have tried for the last 5 weeks but have got to where I was before, never hungry on wakening. I will have say mackeral or sardines around lunch time, then something between...

Woke up this morning to the funniest feelings ever, thought I was back in the swinging 60’s :shock: Usually I am in bed between 2300/2330 each night, but last night my daughter decide to whack her nose on the toilet doorframe, hearing a crack as she did, so had to take her to A&E, but she...

I keep reading here there and everywhere that diabetes can lead to heart attack and heart disease. Now as most of you know I had a heart attack in March 2008 and subsequently was diagnosed with heart disease. Does it seem plausible then, that although being diagnosed T2 November 2009, I could...

Well I am extremely unhappy today as there is a woman called Lyn who lives not far from me who is deliberately getting as fat as she can eating everything junk so that she will get diabetes. Why is she doing this you ask? SO SHE CAN CLAIM DISSABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE!!!!!!!!!!!! because she is...

A few people I have spoken to have mentioned this berry and said that they had found it useful in their diets, has anyone tried this yet? pure-acai.co.uk/

I am on metformin 3 x 500mg a day, if I miss the afternoon tablet can I take it with the bedtime tablet?

Checked my blood pressure on one of them machines in the health centre today and the reading was 158/64, anyone know if this is in the "no worries range" someone did mention in the HC that 120/80 was more normal.

Well it definately does work. I am now in the habit (no im not a nun :twisted: ) of keeping tabs on the lowest and highest readings each week. This week the scores on the doors are..... Lowest - 4.9 Highest - 8.1 The highest being because I had tomato's on toast :oops: