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Would be good to replace the Nitendo Wii I won from HMV a few years ago & my 4 year old daughter uses all the time! :wink:

Re: Family Guy & Diabetes Jokes! Sorry but the humour shouldn't have to be explained here, if you watch the show they take the mickey out of everything and anything no matter what the topic (sometimes deliberately very sick). The joke isn't in that, it's in the way it's actually reflecting the...

Burden - Seriously!!! What exactly is the NHS for if not to treat patients - we are customers & everyone's taxes pay for the NHS. We have rights as customers and poor attitudes towards us where we are considered burdens should lead to disciplinaries. I am absolutely outraged to even contemplate...

Thanks for the facebook link, have put the following on his page & hope he will take more note when it's put in this way as I'm sure he doesn't need the discrimination-based headlines: Predisposition to type 2 diabetes can be genetic so just be very careful what you are advocating here. A...

xyzzy & defren thanks for your kind posts, I am so glad that 4% isn't considered dangerous on here and it may even mean you see more of me around! :roll: Not wanting to hijack the post but, as you asked xyzzy, this is how I got into the 4's :oops: Whilst I was on the Metformin before, &...

Hi wiflib am so glad that you have posted this and have been widely congratulated & I will add my own congratulations here as what you have done is incredible! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D I am pleased this forum seems to have moved on from when I posted my own 4.9% result on the 5%...

I am very pleased for you and long may it continue but wish to sound a word of caution. I also lost 5 stone in weight in just over a year after being put on Metformin and changing my exercise levels. Being on Metformin seemed to stop my body wanting more food and what I was eating was healthy...

Interestingly I used to get cramps a lot in my calves before I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes & since I have been able to control it I have not suffered from these at all -touch wood! I thought the change was just down to a better diet/exercise but if there are a lot of other sufferers could...

Sad this is necessary but not everyone can get the drugs they need to live so very important! Watched the vid & done the test too but only down by 0.2mmol after 14mins of weights. Probably due to the control & exercise I already do.

Hi, I am type 2 & now controlling with diet & exercise but was on Metformin. I lost about 5 stone and when my Hba1c was taken it read 4.9 which the nurse was very happy about (my first reading had been 16 odd) but when I said I was getting light headed feelings she took me off the Metformin. I...

I regularly run for 30 mins as a warmup & then do a weights session. As I am trying to lose weight and improve my fitness levels I have always done high reps of the weights and have been sprinted for 10-15secs about 8-9 times during the warmup run. Nice to see I was doing something right...

susieq987 you are right it does have a plastic ring around the regular dog tag but this does not stop it making a noise when running. To stop myself sounding like I had a bunch of keys around my neck I got a separate rubber surround for the USB part. By the way if you break the chain then...

Type 2 and seen a doctor twice and a good nurse every six months (now a year due to time off for good behaviour) and otherwise just a couple of diabetic nurses at a DESMOND day. I got the impression the DESMOND day was the first time anyone had spoken to most of the diabetics on it about...

Thanks Cuglia this is what I thought I had read but am always open to more informed advice. Sorry if I took this off topic guys! Everyone deserves a lot of credit for doing so well with their results and I appologise if I've taken away from all of your acheivments. :oops: Hopefully we can...

Hi again, Thanks again to everyone for all the kind messages I have been reading them but some of the stories are so close to home (sandymaynard, aadrgon, eliminator, et al) it makes it difficult for me to think about it and I inevitably end up chickening out of posting again. I know this...

Hi Hanadr I thought that as well about Metformin but then was waiting to see the nurse ar my GP's and saw a diabetic mgazine in the waiting room. I read it and it gave all the symptoms of a hypo & said it was unusual but not unknown on tablets and when I said this to the diabetic nurse she...

I've got one of these and got to say it's quite smart & doesn't look as bad as most of the medical braclets/necklaces on the market, even possibly fashionable. The USB part is password protected to edit (so no pranks from friends) and although the information on the USB is only any use with a...

Is there a 4% club? My last test was 4.9 but not recommended as I was starting to feel lightheaded at times and it made the nurse take me off my metformin immediately. I am probably much worse than this now given my lack of self control recently so will be interesting to see if I actually get...

Thanks Dee, I think you may be right as I seem to always be working towards challenges at work & I am probably looking at this totally the wrong way now. It was probably the right way to attack it initially but then I have to learn to adapt to another approach. Anyway the way I am feeling at the...

Hi Willow, Just to say I agree with other comments as to why you are still on Metformin. I had a HbA1C of 16 on diagnosis and have recently got it down to 4.9. My diabetic nurse said she had never seen a result that low and took me off Metformin completely (was on 4 a day). I did mention to...