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Hi, not been on the forum for a long time. I'm now on prescription Freestyle libre 2 which is great, when it works. DN fixed the first sensor ..fine. Fitted the 2nd myself no problems. Fitted 3rd myself and it went into a start up loop, each time 60 minutes were up I scanned by phone app as...

What an idiot. I've just injected my night time basal dose but used 26 units of novorapid by mistake. BG was around 6. I've taken 400ml juice, 6 glucose tabs and a slab of white bread slathered in honey.

I ran out of metformin on Friday, forgot to request repeat prescription, I thought I had plenty..silly me. Chemist won't open til Tuesday. I'm LADA on 2x 500mg met x twice daily, 14 units Levimir at night and a bolus at meals. Wobbly control at best. Is it essential to take met when on insulin...

ok so two and a half years since T2 diagnosis, bullying DN with intelligent and informed arguments to give me a meter and strips on prescription, been through Metformin, Sitagliptin and Gliclazide, now on Met 500g x4 a day and Forxiga (Dapagliflozin) HBA1C currently 69, Finally got to see a...

Hi All, I hope you are all very well. I haven't been on here for a while, I was doing OK on Metformin 1000mg twice a day, but over the past few months my BG has soared. DN put me on Januvia which had zero effect, so I've stopped that, she has given me Gliclazide now but I'm afraid of putting on...

Well I have followed the stupid Eat Well plate and attended the Xpert classes and now since wangling strips on prescription I reckon I need to go for the Low Carbs high Fat approach as I cant get BG down below average 10. However, I dont want to get any thinner (honestly never thought I would...

Indeed, I finally persuaded the diabetic nurse to give me a monitor and . . . prescription for strips! I used all the best key words and phrases, self management, future savings for nhs, not going to test randomly, broaden my diet and stop starving in the secure knowledge that what I am doing is...

I am on Metformin, my last Hba1c was 6.1. I don't get strips on prescription in spite of trying all the wheedling and intelligent argument tactics with GP, so testing occasionally. Recently I've found that I have really quite low post prandial readings, less than 4 sometimes 3.3 Is this...

I am type 2 and not overweight, on Metformin and simvastatin. I've dropped loads of weight which is fine except none of my jeans fit anymore, but I am in danger of losing too much. What the heck can I eat to prevent me turning into a skellybone? I have cereal with fruit and skimmed milk for...

My doctor won't issue me with a bg monitor nor test strips, if I apply to Abbot for one of their free ones are they likely to turn me down as I am type 2? Has anyone received one or been turned down?

I have read that Metformin is not a good idea for alcoholics. I don't drink very often and haven't had even a sniff of the bar maids apron since type 2 diagnosis but I want to be able to go out with some lovely new friends whose favourite place to go is a Belgian Beer Cellar, I would only have a...

Since my T2 diagnosis and being turned down for testing equipment I have been deeply regretting not having all the lovely things in the bakery aisle when I could have. I always deprived myself thinking No, Be good, it'll make you fat, (which I am not). Now I wish I had. Well today I did, a...

I am three weeks on from type 2 revelation and now on statins and metformin, my bg was so high I wasn't given the opportunity to try diet and exercise alone. The question is, will a low carb plus high fat diet be detrimental to my high cholesterol reading or do the statins offset it? Sent from...

Hello I'm Jan, This is a brilliant site, I've been lurking for a while and now I'm taking the plunge. I'm newly diagnosed with Type 2, and I am lost. This is day 4 post diagnosis. I'm on Metformin 500mg /day, which I've forgotten to take this morning, :( so I hope it doesn't matter if it's...