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    NHS Direct doctor says... NO testing when taking Metformin

    This is precisely the point. To make matters worse, since i was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes some three years ago, i have had reasonably regular fasting blood tests. Now, suddenly, I've just had a non-feasting test. Apparently this is the new standard. But I haven't a clue how this is...
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    Any recommended cold remedies please

    One thing to avoid if you have high blood pressure as well is any commercial remedy containing decongestant. It works by increasing your blood pressure!!
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    Worst date ever!

    She sounds remarkably ill-mannered and immature; you may well have had a lucky escape, as one or two other people have said. Mind you, mention of manners leads me to the thought that, at one time, it was considered remarkably bad form to self-medicate in any way in public, either in a...