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I have been on empaflogrozin since Feb 2018. I was worried about this drug as I am one of the "1in 100,000" people who get complications. This med I have had nowt. It has helped reduce my BG from 78 to 56 between Feb 2nd and May 1st. I have lost about 3 stone since May and have normal blood...

The NHS is now tightening up the rules on free eye tests. I was getting my annual check up with the diabetic clinic.. eyes, feet, weight etc and then I would get an opticians check 6 months later. The optician said last time that the NHS has made it 2 yearly now although I can request a yearly...

Im out at the moment but I will post the recipe later. Of course I have choked a few chimps in my day. Actually coming from Hartlepool where we famously "hung the monkey" in the 18th C we are known as the monkeyhangers.. updated to chimpchoker..

Not in my home made sausages. Generally they are touching 95 to 97% meat and taste gorgeous, but yes I understand the idea. Thanks. Edited by Mod for language

Hi folks since the last post I have spoken to my nurse and she suggested that Imight be taking to many drugs no the weight has dropped. We decided to stop the sitagliptin ( Januvia) and go in to get my Hba1C done then follow up with her the following week for the results. Since dropping the...

Hi. I didn't take a reading to confirm an actual hypo but I had all the usual symptoms. sweating, blurred vision, fatigue, falling asleep so I took the orange juice which my nurse said would raise my sugar by 2 to three points. About 3 weeks ago I had 1 reading of 3.7 but felt fine and...

Hi folks, I've been type 2 for about 6 years now and if I'm honest I never really done anything about it for 4 years. Treatment started with diet only then 1 x 500 metaformin then 2 then 4 metaformin then add a januvia 25 then up to januvia 100 and after fighting the weight loss my eyes started...

Hi folks, I've been type 2 for about 6 years now and if I'm honest I never really done anything about it for 4 years. Treatment started with diet only then 1 x 500 metaformin then 2 then 4 metaformin then add a januvia 25 then up to januvia 100 and after fighting the weight loss my eyes started...

Hi folks. I have been trying to do the ND since the 18th of May and only last about 2 -3 days without some form of cheating. Once fathers day is out of the way I'm going to do the nd religiously for 8 weeks. It will be easier having read many of the tips and tricks on here. Since the 18th of...

hi folks, Chimpchoker here or chimpy for short. I've been diagnosed with type 2 for 4 years with pre diagnosis for about 6 years before that. Morbidly obese but did nothing about it even though I was petrified of DB due to the scare stories I'd heard about being blind an d losing limbs etc. I...