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Hi All, Recently, i posted something on another popular Diabetes forum on how exercise has helped me get better control, reduce insulin needs and in general just feel better. believe it or not, quite a few people went mental saying exercise doesn't work, which i found not only narrow minded...

Hi, just been on holiday and my numbers have gone all wrong i had been averaging 4 to 7 for months. Last hba1c was 44 (6%) i take a mixed insulin, and was 20 units on the morning, 32 at night. Last week i had to increase to 30 am and 45 pm as im not averaging 11 to 16. this has been...

Hi All, Im not sure if this is diabetes related, but every couple of days i get bouts of dizziness, especially in artificial light. Ive never fallen over or feinted, and its definitly not caused by hypo/hyper. I have only been diagnosed since june 2011 and i currently inject twice a day...

Hi, I was diagnosed in June and was started on 80mg x glicazide a day. 6 Months down the line and im now on 160mg glicazide twice a day, plus 500mg metformin twice a day. My fasting average is 9.9. I spoke to the dns at my doctors clinic and she said we need to consider insulin. Could...

Hi All, I have been off work ill for the last week with the wonderful winter vomiting virus. Im pretty much ok from it now. BEcuase ive not been well I have followed the rules and tested a bit more than usual, and my readings have been low as expected as ive only really just got my apetite...

Hi, I was diagnosed in June with an hba1c of 11% and started taking 2 x 80mg glicazide per day. My bmi was 26.7. The pills worked for a few weeks but average readings were back in the 10's. Over the coming weeks my doses went up, readings stabalised for a couple of weeks, and started going...