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    First Review

    Just got back from my first review, diagnosed mid January with fasting bg at 16, HBA1C 12.1, and Cholesterol at 7.1, turns out I had a slight misunderstanding with the doc, should have taken 1 metformin a day for a week then stepped up to 2 a day, only been taking 1 for the last 8 weeks but...
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    Dietary advice appreciated

    Hi, Would appreciate some input from some of the more experienced members regarding diet / exercise, I was diagnosed type 2 about 4 weeks ago, fasting BG about 16, on Metformin and Simvastatin, Doctor said to avoid simple carbs white bread, pasta etc and lose weight (17.5 stone BMI 37). First...
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    Optium Monitor Question

    Hi, I bought a cheap Optium Xceed for check my BG, the strips that came with it were out of date so I've bought some of the new Freestyle ones, the new ones don't need calibration but it says it should come up with LOT no 45001 if not call customer care, well it comes up with the lot no of the...
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    Newbie Intro

    Hi All, Just a quick introduction, after a visit to the GP because of some concerns with water retention in my legs, I am now the proud owner of a prescription charge exemption certificate (and T2). Had my suspicions for a while to be fair, few symptoms but I'm a bloke so I didn't do anything...
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