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I have just had my 6 monthly check up with nurse. She says my Hbc1A is 6.5% what does it mean and is it normal?

I've now tried 3 different statins and everyone has given me problems. I've just stopped taking the latest statin he gave I told him about the side effects I was having diarrhoea pains in my feet and ankles and extreme tiredness but he had no interest and all he said was 'just lets see how you...

I was 7.2 with a raging thirst and a thumping headache Just a normal morning for me

I was 6.4 about what I normally sm

I had problems when I was on metformin and Gliclazide The metformin was affecting my kidney function and the Gliclazide gave me really bad constipation so much so that I had a perforated bowel that turned in an abscess and required surgery to drain it. I decided to stop taking both Metformin...

I was diagnosed type 2 10 years ago and was put on metformin this was fine till a routine blood test found the my kidney function was low so this was changed to gliclazide but after a while I had to stop taking it when it gave me severe constipation The doctor decided to put me on insulin. I...

I was put on simvastatin which I took till I started to get pains in my feet and legs. I reported it to my doctor and he said that these would soon go. I persevered for another 3 months then stopped taking them and my feet and legs slowly recovered. I was then persuaded to try another statin...