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I'm having some nasty side affect associated with metaformin, I've rung the doctors as advised on here to speak with the diabetic nurse and they wont let me speak to her or the doctor, just said we cant help. shall I just keep taking the metaformin and hope it goes away soon?

Been on metaformin for three weeks now, just stepped up the dose as directed had some stomach issues over the last week, when these days come up I'm in a horrendous state at the time I'm sweating profusely, shaking, then left feeling weak and shattered for the rest of the day, this morning it...

Ok so thursday i was ecstatic, I have been dieting since january but after being diagnosed a couple weeks ago with type 2 I've swapped to very low if anything carb diet, thursday I was 15.9 down from nearly 18st in jan, yesterday had an awful reaction to the metaformin I've been put on. It was...

Type 2 newly diagnosed and still learning what I can and cant have to eat.the metaformin is really kicking in so hadnt ate much yesterday so was low in calories mmol had been within range all day so I had some strawberries with greek yoghurt on one weetabix which sent my mmol to 13.9 two hours...

I've now got my meter as suggested and have been reading that my mmol reading should be as per the picture below, ost of the day it's been 6.7mmol for dinner I had crabstick salad with spinach, mushroom,a tiny bit of mozzarella, half a tomato, teaspoon of cottage cheese, cucumber,green pepper...

Hi recently joined so still learning, can someone be kind enough to explain what a hypo is please? Thank you

Hi newly diagnosed T2, Are we allowed to have sweeteners in our tea or coffee?

Hello everyone complete newbie to this so bear with me, had some symptoms over the last few months that led me to believe I may be diabetic which was confirmed today, I started the year at nearly 19 stone after the last few years of utter hell, I have now dropped to just under 16 my mmol reading...