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Tonight for the first time in about 4 years my blood glucose is down to 5.8 all down to low carbing. I can't begin to explain how happy this makes me ! A question......do any of you manage to eat apples without it raising your blood sugar, or do you suggest I just try and test and see what...

Please can anyone help. I recently had an ultrasound to check for gallstones. My GP has texted me the results(which came through at 3.30am this morning on my phone!) It says that it did not show gallstones but it showed chronic liver disease due to fatty liver. I am beside myself with worry...

When your finger prick test is running continuously around 18-21, how long should it take to come down to acceptable numbers once you start low carbing ?

After advice please. My figures have been going up for some time(high teens/low twenties). Started on Victoza yesterday at 1.2mg. My figures dropped within 6 hours to 6.9. This morning tested before I have injected and it reads 12. Want advice as to whether I should just proceed to inject...

Well what a mess i am in with my diabetes ! 3 years ago everything was on track with it. Then a member of our family became ill and I cared for them and everything went wrong from that point. I was so stressed and eating all the wrong things, put weight back on, blood sugars are god knows what...

5 years since diagnosed with diabetes type 2 - hba1c in March of 9.2(been creeping upwards every test!) Well, realised I was gonna end up on a shed load of more pills(or worse!) as I already take 4 x 500 mg glucophage a day and sitagliptin and in my mid forties, this was not a good future. So...

Just been reading todays news page on here. Do you think it is ok to keep taking actos or is there an alternative drug. I've just had my prescription increased to 30 mg but after reading about some countries banning this drug I think I might speak to my db nurse about it!

Had a bit of a funny turn on Wednesday - never experienced anything like it before. Got up felt fine, did work on farm then came in to see to my holidaymakers breakfast, stood and sink and dreadful feeling came over me in an instant, thought I was going to pass out(but did not) and pulse was...

Does anyone have problems with numb toes? For a while now I have found that three of my toes have been going numb on and off and are mainly numb when I awake. Is this a common problem? thanks, Ang. :?

I was diagnosed 5 weeks ago - my fasting blood glucose was 17. Put on Metformin(3 x 500mg) and blood pressure pills. Seen nurse, given booklet etc - told I will have appointments for feet, eyes and in 3 months would have blood test for hba1c. Do you not normally have this test to begin with...

Hi again everyone, Could anyone advise me? I've been on Metformin and Lisonopril since last week. Late last night I had sudden cramp in my left leg and left hand.(I don't usually get cramp). Then today my arms and legs have felt like they are about to have cramp - this has gone on all day off...

Hi everybody, I've been reading topics on this forum for a few days and have found it really good. I wanted to introduce myself and get advice(please). I am 42 yr old female, bit overweight but very active life - my job is heavy manual work. I was diagnosed last week aS T2 - had been unwell for...