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I've just phoned the surgery for the results of my HbA1c test and told nothing to worry about - it's 32. Since I was 5.2 last time this sounds alarming but I've tried out the converter and nothing seems to make sense. Anyone any idea what this means or was the receptionist reading the wrong bit?

I was diagnosed with diabetes last March. Became dizzy on 750 Metformin and asked for Metformin slow release (now on 500x2 daily). But I'm still dizzy at times and it seems to be getting worse. My morning level is around 5.5 - go up to 8/9 after eating, BP is normal, I've lost weight slowly...

Ordered a Frappicino with no sugar -in Starbucks. Very nice indeed - but tasted decidedly sweet, so went back to the counter and asked if there was sugar in it. I was told: 'Definitely not'. Puzzled, I asked the girls who made it in the machine whether they'd put in any sugar - by mistake...

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I read the back'o'the can the other day and it seems that Marvel is high in sugars. Or at least in the medium range. (The bit which says of 'which are sugars' in the carbohydrate section.) How can this be? I'd always presumed it to be a healthy alternative. Am I reading this right, and if...

Everytime I have my blood taken there's always a mighty struggle to get it. The record is three people having a go.... and I just hate all that tapping and pumping :cry: But I asked at the hospital whether there was any group of people who had this deep-set vein thing. And was told that...