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    X RAY AND METFORMIN

    Hi I read on a thread yesterday and also in the blurb with my metformin that you shouldn't have Xrays if you are taking metformin. I had an xray last Thursday and wasn't aware of this :( - does anyone know if this will cause a problem? They didn't ask if I was on any medication before...
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    What's going on - sudden hike in BS readings

    Hi everyone/anyone I have been diagnosed with Type 2 for exactly a year (on 11 August). Am on metformin x 500 and have been getting good results with tests up until Monday this week when all of a sudden fasting test 1st thing in the morning is 9.0 where it was anything from 6.5 to 7.3 before...
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    Letter from the doc to fly?

    Hi everyone Going on holiday on Saturday (hurray!!!) but this is first time since diagnosis last August. I have contacted the travel company to say have diabetes etc. etc. but they say I need a letter from the doctor to be able to take testing kit on board plane etc. Is this normal and what...
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    Help with hot flushes

    Hi everyone Been a while since I've posted but have been watching and listening! Anyway now seem to have goodish control but have suddenly started having hot flushes again, will be the dreaded menopause again, sorry chaps. Used to take black cohosh but liver consultant went apopleptic when I...
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    Good news for a change!

    Hi everyone Had to share some good news for a change :D Just got latest HBA1C results and down to 7.0 from 8.3 last time so feeling chuffed. Also cholesterol and liver function better too. Now I know it needs to be lower than 7 but only been diagnosed 3 months and still loads to learn...
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    Glucose Tolerance Test - what does it show?

    Hi folks Hope you can help. The next in my battey of tests that I have had since diagnosis in August is a glucose tolerance test next Monday. I sort of understand what happens - take blood, drink glucose, take blood etc. but what is the purpose of the test. If they have diagnosed my diabetes...
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    Enlarged spleen?????

    Hi everyone Following on from my liver scan, resulting in a fatty liver, have been to docs today and also been told I have an enlarged spleen - it seems to be one thing after another at the moment and I'm starting to get really down about it all and panicking that I am on a downward spiral...
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    What is the honeymoon period

    Hi folks What is the honeymoon period I keep seeing in the posts? Does it only apply to Type 1 or those taking insulin? Also since being diagnosed (7 weeks ago) morning bloods not really been below 8 and usually between 8 and 10 - is this normal for new diagnosis? Am on metformin 500 x 2 a...
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    Diabetes and fatty liver

    Hi folks I am gutted :cry: I have had a liver scan this afternoon following two blood tests with raised enzymes and have been told I have excess fat in my liver probably due to the diabetes. This must mean I have had it longer than I had thought surely?? I was only diagnosed 11 August and...
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    Nuts!

    Hi everyone Another food question I think I am becoming obsessed with food. :evil: If low carbing assume nuts and seeds are Ok but which ones? Take it salted peanuts are out but what about sunflower seeds and are there any nuts that taste similar to salted peanuts but that are better for...
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    Any cure for hot flushes and other newbie queries

    Hi everyone/anyone I was diagnosed as Type 2 diabetic a couple of weeks ago and am now on metformin (no side affects yet, do they have a cumulative effect or would I have noticed by now?). Anyway one of the other probs I have is that I have hot flushes cos of the menopause (great to be a...