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I've been t2d for about 17 years I used to test frequently in the early years but stopped I felt like I might as well be using a random number generator. The numbers were all over the place. Recently I've been hospitalized ( bowel cancer, an ileostomy, bowel resection , liver resection ....) and...

metformin has a fairly rare side effect of lowering vitamin b12. Low b12 levels can cause neuropathy problems.

I am type 2 diabetic. Diagnosed when I was 50 ish. I also had similar problems to all of the above. It turned out that I had CMT ( Charcot-Marie-Tooth ) disease ( also called hereditary motor sensory neuropathy ). This was discovered about 5 years later. CMT causes lots of neuropathy etc and...

I voted YES. I had an angina scare about 15 years ago ( turned out that it was only scare ). Anywho, I was prescribed statins and beta blockers for a few months and I suffered from extreme muscle weakness and tiredness. Scare went away, meds were stopped and tiredness went away. Muscle weakness...

I am type 2 diabetic. My last 2 GP's ( I moved house) have not used MMOL as a measure of blood sugar level for well over a year ( maybe as much as 2 ). Just about everything on the site is in mmol's. All the blood testing devices (including mine) also seem to be in mmol ( not that it matters...