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Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone could please help me with this? My mum is almost 80 years old and she is a Type 2 Diabetic. It is controlled with Merformin 500mg (one daily) and also with diet. For a long while now my mums feet have been giving her trouble. She feels like she is...

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this with a possible explanation? My mum is 77 years old and she is a Type 2 Diabetic. Her diabetes is controlled via Metformin 500mg (one daily). My mum had a vacuum hysterectomy 40 years ago to remove her womb but her ovaries were...

Hi @Enclave, thank you so much for messaging me. Sadly my mum is still feeling very poorly and the doctors don't seem to know what is going on. They think that it could possibly be ME (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) but we have to wait until she sees someone at the hospital. Her head is still very...

Thank you so much @zand, that means a lot. I now that along with the specialist, mum will also see a dietician. This will put us on the "right track" and hopefully have her feeling a lot better. Im only 29 and have medical complications as well, so its hard going in trying to keep us both well...

Good morning, thank you all so much for your care support and incredibly wonderful help. I really cannot thank you all enough. I have decided that for mums sake and my own, that I am going to book the appointment for mum to see the Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist. We will be paying...

This is brilliant.....thank you so so much. I will read this and take note of what I need to know. Thank you ever so much. X

Sorry my mum is 76 years old. I should have stated that at the start, sorry. X

You see we were never given any guidelines at all in how to manage things. The doctor just told us that mum is a type 2 diabetic and this is her medication. We were given a script to collect the Metformin and that was it. Everything else was left to us to find out and discover. I am thinking...

Mum had her lunch at about 12.10pm and she was feeling a wee bit shaky on it and for some reason fancied a scone with a little strawberry jam, so that could possibly explain the high reading? Mums diet is usually like this:- 7am:- Porridge and 2 toast (wholemeal with sugar free marmalade) and...

Hi Enclave, thank you so much for your thoughts. You are very kind and I am very thankful :) Not much change in mum today to be honest. She's not feeling any worse but not feeling any better. I am keeping her well hydrated and making sure that she's eating often too. Her readings today are as...

Hi Daibell, sorry I am only replying. My mum has been on this BP medication for a few years now and never suffered symptoms like this. Thats what is worrying me. I took her BP this morning when she woke up and it was 137/67 and her BG (upon waking up) was 6.1. I got myself into a state last...

I hope with all my heart that, that could be the cause and we finally have the answer and treatment. Poor mummy is just not herself at all and it breaks my heart. I am taking her over on Wednesday morning, so if its ok I will let you know. I am going to monitor her BP (3 times per day) and her...

Good evening Enclave. I thank you so much for reading my post, it means so much. The only OTC medicine mum was taking was Nytol Herbal. This has been from about December/Jan. Along with that, I was giving her (but no longer) was Berocca vitamin 1 per day, but that was all. Mum left in a urine...

We have a BP monitor here at home, so I think I will start taking her blood pressure 3/4 times per day until we see a GP on Wednesday. The only medication mum is on now is Lisinopril 10mg, Fluoxetine 20mg and Nexium 40mg (for acid reflux). The Metformin 500mg has been removed this 3 days and her...

Dear Kimbo1962, I see from your post that you could not tolerate the Metformin medication. May I ask you what symptoms you had as my mum is also not coping too well with it. xx

Its 3 days now from my mum has stopped the Metformin 500mg (1 per day) and she still is not feeling any better. Still very shaky, sweating, stumbling, light headed and incredibly fatigued. I can see that other people one here are/were on Metformin 500mg 2/3/4 times per day and have been...

Thank you all so much for taking the time to read my post and for replying. I am incredibly thankful and deeply appreciate it very much. I am just so worried about her and I just fearing that something will happen. I am trying my up most best to care for her but I feel helpless. I hope that...

As stated in my post in April about my mum (please read recap):- Hi everyone, please can anyone help me with this as I am very worried about my mum. She is a type 2 diabetic (diagnosed last summer). This past few weeks (also two months) she has not been feeling at all well....extreme sweating...

Hi everyone, please can anyone help me with this as I am very worried about my mum. She is a type 2 diabetic (diagnosed last summer). This past few weeks (also two months) she has not been feeling at all well....extreme sweating, very tired, nauseated, no energy etc. Her blood glucose is tested...

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone would have any suggestions on what the best vitamins and supplements to take for type 2 diabetes? My mum use to take Berocca but I am not sure if they are suitable for a diabetic? My mum is very run down and looks "washed out". Have you any...