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My dad has been my rock and major support in my quest to live healthily since my diabetes diagnosis 2 years ago. He's undergone several heart operations in the past, including a double heart bypass and as a result of this he has changed his lifestyle - he lost weight and took up exercising.. He...

I went for my appt with the DSN today and so glad I did. Little recap, saw practise nurse a couple of weeks ago and she said she wanted me back on metformin but I refused because they made me feel ill but I wanted to try victoza but apparently its not licensed... :/ Anyway, DSN said that my...

I have a Codefree monitor that I have been using the past couple of years since I was diagnised but recently I received a Glucomen LX Plus.. Today I thought I would compare results - I used the blood from the same prick and the Codefree gave me a result of 9.0 and the Glucomen result was 8.1 -...

Yesterday I went for a med review with the practise nurse and she had the results of my blood tests and HbA1c which is 52 (last time it was 48). I asked her about Victoza but she told me its not licensed here in the UK??? and then said it was rubbish anyway and they wont prescribe me it. She...

I had my HbA1C blood test done a couple of weeks ago and went for my diabetes check up with the nurse today.. My results were 6.8 and she said it was fine.. My bloods indicate that I need my BP meds upping and that I should start taking statins for my cholesterol.. anyway, we had a chat and we...

Hi, I have diabetes type 2, was diagnosed a year ago and I manage it successfully on diet alone. Anyway, my youngest daughter, who is 6, around a month ago began wetting the bed after being totally dry for nearly 4 yrs. She's constantly thirsty, will even drink from the upstairs tap so I have...

I was diagnosed around 3 weeks ago with type 2 and on monday I had my first hba1c test done and today I got the result back as 48.. I understand this is pretty low? Does this mean my diagnosis was wrong?

Can Type 2's have hypo's? Reason I ask is because I have heard several type 2's mention it but my gp and nurse said its impossible for type 2's to hypo

I was diagnosed type 2 a few weeks ago now and since then I have received lots of useful information from both here and diabetic friends. I am monitoring my blood levels, as I have for a week or so now and I am finally starting to see lower readings (under 10) than when I first started. I am...

Hi, well tomorrow will make it exactly 1 week since I found out that I have type 2. I went to see the GP yesterday and he's changed my BP meds, booked me in for a blood test on my kidneys and asked me to see the diabetic nurse, who I saw today. She has organised me to have a HBA1C for next...

Hi, I was only diagnosed last week and not seeing the GP until tomorrow morning. I have started eating more healthily, cutting out carbs, sugar and drinking plenty of water. This weekend however I have felt terrible.. My head is pounding, last night I was sweating like mad despite the fan...

Hi, I've been feeling not 'right' for sometime now and a couple of weeks ago I begged my GP to listen and run some tests.. Anyway I had a fasting blood gloucose done last week and the results came back at 9.2 so I was asked to come in for another one yesterday, I just got the results back for...