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Hi, I need urgent advice and I hope some of you lovely people might be able to help. I'm type 2, and through diet and metformin have kept my blood sugars relatively level. Never gave it a thought when I booked a 2 week trip to China. Arrived in China this morning, the inflight meals should...

Hi. I was diagnosed with type 2 back in July 2012 and through diet and metformin, I have bought my HbA1c down each year from 2012-67mmol, 2013-41mmol, 2014-36mmol, 2015-36mmol. So since 2013 my HbA1c readings have been in the non-diabetic range meaning excellent diabetic control. However, when...

Hi, I am going for a HbA1c test Monday afternoon, so I cannot eat beforehand. I read that I can drink water, if so, how much? Previous fasting I limited myself to very small sips in the night (suffer from very dry mouth at night) and water to take.my morning medication. Is there a limit to my...

Since being diagnosed type 2 in July this year the doctor prescribed metformin 3 x 500mg a day and 1 simvastatin each night. (my cholesterol level was 4.6 at the time). I have been researching both drugs and the statin seems to be one that I should be very wary of. I stopped taking it for a...

I have been tring to stick to a low carb diet since type 2 diagnosis In July this year. However, I have just read on another site that cutting carbs cause ketones and they recommend that complex carbs are required to keep ketones at bay? Ketones and Diabetes What are ketones? Ketones are...

Hi all, Sorry if this as a little long but i need some advice A little background info:- I was diagnosed as type 2 early July this year and prescribed 500mg Metformin 3 times a day. Needless to say I went straight on pc to research what I could. It wasn't long before I found this site, among...

I gave in to the urge to eat a kit kat last night so my bg went up 12.4 . Today when I woke it was 9. I decided to keep carbs low. 2hrs after breakfast it read 7.7. Late afternoon not much different. I went to low impact Zumba for first time after work and felt that I achieved something. when I...

Obviously, I know that no one will be able to answer this, but I am wondering how long I have had diabetes before being diagnosed. As someone who has been on medication for a few years for high blood pressure, I need to see doctor every 6 months before reinstating my repeat prescriptions. I...

I've recently been diagnosed Type 2 diabetic. Now when I went for my gtt, the nurse who took a blood sample prior to the glucose drink said that she may not be able to administer the drink. This was because I was just over 9.2 after a 12hr fast and she feared that after the drink I would go...

When the diabetic nurse checked my feet she remarked on the hard skin. So when I was in Superdrug the other day wondering what to spend my voucher on, I saw a hard skin softener cream which I bought. Later when reading the leaflet I saw 'not suitable for diabetics'. Does anyone here know why?

How important is it that Metformin is taken with food, and if it is essential, how much food? I found 1 the in morning and 1 in evening easy to remember, but I've just progressed to 3 metformin a day (my 3rd wk on meds) I'm finding it difficult to have 3 meals at regular intervals to fit in my...

Hi everyone, was told I had diabetes a couple of weeks ago, but just got results from my gtt last week (I was 9.4 at my initial bt after fasting for 12 hours and before I drank the glucose drink) for the life of me i can't remember what it went up to 2hrs after. As you can imagine, my head's...