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hi just wanted to pick people brains my type two is stable since been diagnosed 3 years ago i have tended to eat in small quantities , strawberry's , raspberry's , a pear , an apple . i have read that fresh figs in small quantities can help in regulating blood sugars just wondered what other...

hi just asking for advice i have type 2 take Metformin: 5oomg x 2 am and pm i take felodapine 5mg x2 . doxazosin 4 mg,x 3 indapamide 1.5 mg ramipril 10 mg for my blood pressure this week some of my toes have started to tingle and some tips of my fingers i presume it is peripheral neuropathy...

in my area the health service are reorganising health provision, A&E and ,long term care clinics . Future fit is more not fit for purpose. this comes at the same time as the council will cut £1.6 million from there health provision the impact for me is instead of a clinic ten minutes walk away...

just wonder how everyone in the forum is coping with this heat i know that with diabetes extremes of temperature can affect insulin levels and can impact on you bodys ability to cool , i have noticed that my insulin levels seem to fluctuate more as prior to this heatwave they were fairly stable...

hi i wanted to just say a very big thank you , the people on this forum you are amazing , you have been so informative and kind to me when diagnosed i was very scared my surgery were a waste of space ,moved surgery the diabetic doctor was just as useless as the other one they just wanted to...

hi all i have high blood pressure on four tablets and have type 2 for just over a year and take Metformin, my HbA1c came down from high 90'S TO 48 my cholesterol is in the healthy range( i do have a fatty liver ) i am obese and weigh 19 stone 13lbs it was over 21 stone i have found 16/8...

hi everyone I am sorry if this has been posted before but i wanted to test this out https://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/blog/timing-exercise-for-maximum-blood-glucose-control/ i had what i would have i felt was a normal meal before my diabetes ( carb heavy) two hours later my blood sugars...

Hi over a year My HbA1c has come down from 91 to 47. i cant find my last cholesterol levels but these are my latest ones and they are lower my total cholesterol is 4.1 serum triglycerides 1.8 serum HDL cholesterol is 1.17 serum cholesterol /HDL ratio 3.5 non HDL cholesterol level 2.9 i would...

hi i have had type 2 since june 2016 my numbers are coming down but are still high normally 6. to 6.8 in the morning and anything from 8 to 10 after a meal .i have found intermittent fasting helps so i eat from 12 till 8 pm . my question is my blood sugars were 8.2 2 hours after tea and i...

hi All i had to finish the newcastle diet as i was admitted to hospital with a non diabetic problem, i lost two stone ,so i had a week of phasing back food no weight gain and went on to low carb high fat diet and put 5lbs on in a week !, i can only assume i got carried away with butter ,cream...

Dear All sorry this is rather long i have type two diabetes diagnosed about 8 weeks ago and on metformin and i have hypertension treated with meds i heard about the Newcastle diet about low carb high fat diet on this site, so i decided to try this and take half my prescribed metformin(2 not 4)...

hi I have type two diabetes i get heavy legs and arms i presume this is linked to my blood sugar levels been high my HbA1c was 90. does this reduce when you get it under control ? also if you lose the weight get your number back to pre diabetes levels does the pancreas repair itself or just...

hi i have recently been diagnosed with type 2 and trying to get my head round things i am on metformin .i get intermittent heavy legs and arms with sudden sharp pains in my shoulder ? is this due to high sugar levels ?

hi all i have very recently been diagnosed with type 2