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I am really worried for my friend she was diagnosed as type 2 and been that for 20 years but never given much information on diabetics. She takes sugar in her tea and has quite a few cups during the day. Her early morning used to be 9 which is high but now its in the 20 which is miles to high...

My brother who is also diabetic (myself as well) has a large cancerous tumour in his liver which is inoperable and once he gets the results of his biopsy they will start chemo but not just being worried about his liver how will this effect his diabetis? I can recall Ken I think reading his...

I have received my appointment to see the DN nurse (my 6 months review) and was asked to make an appt to have my Blood Test done as a non-fasting one. When I phoned up to make the appt I queried this and the reception told me that they sometimes do this but this doesn't seem right to me. :? I...

Just before Christmas it hit home hard what being a diabetic is all about. Since then I have got more and more depressed about it all. I even get depressed coming on site and reading the problems everyone has and haven't been coming onto the site much at all as I just couldn't face it. There...

I am low carbing and have lost 2:1/2 stone and check everything for their carbs value etc but am not sure how many carbs I should have per day. :?: I still have another 2:1/2 stone to lose and with this weather now turning cold salad has gone off my menu or at least not as often as I used to...

Gosh I was walking round the shops on Monday and they had all the Christmas fair out you know the cakes and chocolate and it dawned on me that I wont be able to eat the chocolates etc - we normally buy a tin of Roses or Quality Street which do last us until around March or May if we have 2 tins...

Got the test results of my Hbca1 whatever its called and I was 6.2 down from 9.9 over the moon the DN nurse was really pleased and the increase of my metformin is now not an option. She confirmed my loss of a further 1 stone in weight and wants to see me in 6 months time. I thought these were...

I was told by my DN that type 2s don't get hypos or get hyper especially if they are on metformin (2x500mg twice a day morning and evening). Yesterday I had my niece round and we played board games. When I went to get some lunch all of a sudden I started to shake and felt so ill my whole body...

Is there anything we as a collective set of people can do to try and get the price of these tabs down? What about contacting the companies and asking why they are so expensive. Type 2s are being blamed theirselves for their condition through eating badly but it is not always the case. You...

A couple of times 9when at work) I have after having breakfast of porridge forgot to take my Metformin and have done so about half hour to hour later. The 3rd time I took it an hour later shortly after started to feel shaky and my legs felt wobbly and just felt like I was going to faint. Took...