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    advice during bout of food poisoning

    Hi there, Im fairly sure ive got food poisoning. Husband and I shared a takeaway sunday eve, and both of us affected monday morning - unlucky for me im getting it much worse than him though. I ate a couple of biscuits last night to just eat something. I threw up my food in the afternoon, and...
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    how long before body realises 8 mmol/l is not low?

    Hi, Im fairly newly diagnosed T2 (5 weeks) and just started taking 1 dose 500mg metformin (up to 3 a day in 3 weeks). Before the metformin, as i was changing my diet i found that when my bg level his 7.5-8 i would start feeling horrendous, dizzy, sick, tired etc, as though i had low blood...
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    Metformin advice with sickness?

    Ive just started taking metformin (1 a day this week then up to 3 a day). My background: actually i was diagnosed with diabetes after suffering a severe allergic reaction. I keep on having these severe reactions where I vomit/diarrhea, then itch and head/hands etc swell up and i turn a...
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    first bg meter readings - advice

    Ive been diagnosed T2 for 2 and a half weeks now. Attempting to do diet and exercise and see if i can reduce bg levels this way. I've a lot of weight to lose, i reckon probably 5 stone. Since I was diagnosed 2 weeks ago I have managed to lose 1/2 a stone on a low carb/low cal diet which im...
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    confused about urine test

    So i was diagnosed with type 2 about 10 days ago now. I have now had my hbA1c test result back, 109. which is very high. Dr says thats what we measure everything against in the future, im getting another test in 3 months and hopefully it will be much lower. My blood glucose was apparently 2...
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    diagnosed this week, and gave the nurse a laugh already

    Hi there, So i was diagnosed as diabetic on Tuesday by the doc, after a suite of blood tests following a severe allergic reaction, which picked it up. This morning i went to the nurse for yet another blood test. I have veins that just dont want to give up their blood, so it took 2 nurses to...
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    Im new

    Ive come to join the club. Diagnosed 2 days ago, but if im honest i suspected it for a few months. I was going to the loo all the time, almost every hour, and having to get up up to 3 times a night sometimes for a wee. I had a severe allergic reaction a few weeks ago, ended up at A&E, and...
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