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Hi i haven't been on in awhile,i had a bad attack of Neuralgia and went into depression and i didn't care what i ate,then it got a bit better and we took a holiday (more wrong food) and to finish Christmas.I hadn't been testing my BS but i did yesterday and it was 16.3 which i know is far to...

Hi haven't been on in a while cause i went on holiday and fell of the wagon with a bump but i'm sorting myself out again.What i wanted to ask is a few things about feet as i've asked my doctor a couple of times and not got an answer i hope i may get some help here.In the morning my feet feel...

As i suffer with Trigeminal neuralgia and my usual pills stopped working i went to the doc's and he's put me on Lyrica(pregabalin) as i was looking this drug up i found it's given to diabetic's for neuropathy so i thought i would ask on here if any one took this and how did you get on with it.I...

I had Trigeminal Neuralgia three years ago before i was told i had Diabetes,for the people who don't know about this its very painful it affects three nerves from the brain to above the eye and to top and bottom of the jaw when it starts it feels like terrible tooth ache all the time some...

Hi,i think i've just had a false Hypo but i'm not sure.i did an hour of exercise with a dvd i've got and i was ok while i was doing it but started to feel shakey and a bit dazed,so i tested my BS usually i'm between 10mg-7mg,but this time it was 6mg i've never been that before.I know this is a...

Hi i was just wondering about re starting on xenical again i have been on it in the passed way before i was diabetic but to be fair i didn't really try very hard on it and got all the yucky side affects and came back off :oops: ,but that was years ago and now i'm more set to drop some weight...

Hi,can any one advise me please i've just run out of Gliclazide 80mg(twice a day) and my chemist and doctors is closed i also take metformin,hospital is to far to walk to,will i be ok till tuesday or should i take an extra metformin i take 850mg twice a day i know the tablets work differantly to...

I made a mistake tonight i ate some yoghurt with sugar and inverted sugar in it,i only had half then realised what was in it but i've just tested and it was 20.2 will i be ok ? i'm sat here with a dry wine hopeing it will help it go down,i've never had a reading like this,panicing a bit,shan x

As i posted yesterday my D.nurse has asked me to test first thing in morning before each meal and before bed twice a week,after two and a half hours i also did a test for my own benifit to see how the test were after i'd eaten,i have been getting quite high readings last week testing after low...

I've been to see the diabetic nurse today as my blood sugar readings have been high,i've been testing two to two and a half hours after eating,i've been noting every thing down and the blood tests results and i showed her this,she took one look at it and said your testing wrong you should be...

I'm on Metformin 850mg twice a day and Gliclazide 80mg twice a day, i've been low carb for nearly four weeks,no weight loss infact its gone up 2lb,i've shown my doctor my results for my blood sugar testing and what i've been eating,she's told me to see my diabetic nurse,i'll see her thursday,all...

Not to sure what to think,personally i think the Gliclazide(80mg twice a day) is doing me any good,i was all ready on Metformin(850mg twice a day),still on Metformin but since i've been on the Gliclazide as well my weight loss stoped and my bg is between 10,5 - 7.6 and following a low carb diet...

How do i put my weight ticker with my posts as some of you have please,shan x

I've been reading the threads on cinnamon how does it work does it get into the blood stream ? also is it an over powering flavour ,which are the nice ways of adding it and how quick do you get results,how much a day do you take,sorry if i ask a lot about things trying to learn all i can,shan x

Hi,my blood sugar tests have been quite high between 11.5- 9.5 this is while i've been low carb,i was a veggie but started to eat fish again for the first time i bought myself a cod in batter peeled off the batter ate the fish and when i tested it was 7.1,is this a good reading? shan x

I've been on a low carb diet now for nearly three weeks i've been testing myself and my blood sugar is all ways between 13.5 and 9.6,this morning without breakfast it was 11.6,i'm starting to think i might be type 1 and not type 2 after all,still got blurry eyes and sleepy,i'm on 850g...

Just would like to know are they low carbs? shan x

I was wondering if any one had gone to being a strict veggie to eating fish i know theres a lot of quorn things around and i eat all of them in differant ways but i'm starting to thing it might be good for me to start eating fish again and it would help me have a more varied low carb diet,Also...

Seems i am looking for ideas i wondered if the low carbers on here would help a few of us newbies out if you wouldn't mind,what i would like to ask if the people that have been low carb for awhile could give us a typical run down on a days food from breakfast to tea and snacks,i think this could...

I'm trying to do this low carb thing but it seems that all i can eat is some veg,egg and cheese and plain quorn i'm a non meat eater,sat here in tears,surely i can't live like this forever,ran out of eggs so all i can have tonight is a plate full of veg i'd rather go hungry,i've looked at...