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Well I have been to the docs this morning and my HBA1C and under the new criteria I am 35 so very pleased. The doc was understanding about my side effects regarding Simvistatin (spl) but has prescribed another with hopefully less problems and he said my bad cholesterol was significantly down...

Do all statins have these ****** side-effects? Started these 3 months ago and have felt constantly tired, developed a dry cough/back ache/weird muscle aches/cramps alongside what my family have described as a general grumpiness that I don't usually have. Last week I stopped taking them and all...

Hey everyone, just a question about self-testing. This morning I had a bowl of Alpen (no added sugar) with semi-skimmed milk. My morning BG was 5.8 fasting (not even a cuppa). I see that some people say you should test an hour and a quarter after food to see if you are spiking, so I did this...

This week after seeking advise on my diet from members of the forum, I tries brown rice for the first time (I know its still carbs) but I am assuming better than white rice and I can honestly say it was really nice. I am also a bit of a bread eater and therefore went for less bread and used the...

Been diagnosed as type 2 for about a year after feeling fairly unwell for over 6 months, but avoiding the visit to the docs just in-case it was bad news!!!! Anyway, I was 44 yrs old, 19st smoker and putting more and more weight after being fairly fit when younger. Had all the usual symptoms...

Hello everyone. I have been reading the board for about a year and some of the information has been very useful. I was diagnosed as T2 about a year ago :shock: and if there were no forums such as this I would have been very very lost. So thank you all for your posts both helpful and...