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I was put on metformin in November starting with one and gradually building to 4 a day. I have had in the past month had about half a dozen occasions when I have felt rather shaky which I think is one of the symptoms of a hypo had one a short time ago and checked my reading it was 3.4. I had...

My doctor added metformin to my medications about 4 weeks ago because my HBA1c had risen from my last test. I do seem to be tolerating them I take 2 a day. Since I started them I have been testing with strips bought by myself and I now have average of 7 for 30 days and 6.2 in the last week, if...

I was on holiday for 2 weeks in the sunshine, I walked for miles every day, drank lots of water and ate and drank some things I wouldn't have here but not excessively. Result, lowest fasting readings I have ever had, and never above 7.5 any other time. Have been home for a week and am being...

Can you be a little less strict with diet when you are on medication? I can't seem to work out which foods suit me at all. When I expect my reading to be up it is good and vice versa. The other day I took a reading 2 hrs after lunch and it was 15 a large drink of water and a 1 mile brisk walk...

I walk almost every day for at least an hour not at power walking pace but fairly steady, is this considered exercise for a diabetic?

Once you are prescribed medication is it likely that you will ever be able to stop and get back to controlling by diet alone or is it for life?

I was undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer and was given a bs test because I complained of a raging thirst. The result was 17.2 which they said might be high because of the steroids I had been given these were stopped. An appointment was made with my GP who did the hbA1c test and told me...

Hi all I just joined here, hoping to pick some folks brains. I was diagnosed type 2 last year while receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer. For a while I kept my bs under control and then get a bit lazy or maybe greedy. Doc has now given me tablets. I have been to see dietitian but still...