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Thanks Nigel. As regards 5-a-day quantities, strawberries for example equate to 7 fruit (according to the NHS) which is approx 4.2 grams of carbs (according to fruit carbs charts), mainly sugar - a teaspoonful. OK it's fructose. But anything with an ose is sugar eventually. My blood sugars don't...

Very interesting reading last year's medication posts! Type II for about 15 years - father had it - and his brothers, and his father and his brothers... I used to be on "upto" 3000mg of Metformin. I say upto as normally 2000mg (4 x 500) but with enough "stock" to pop another pill if, say, I had...

It's a problem isn't it!? Any fruit or root veg send my Type II levels soaring! We could do with a scientific risk assessment - is it better to have elevated levels but getting the supposed benefit from fruit/root veg? Or cut it out and have lower levels? Though there was an article in The...

Personally I find that putting on just 6 pounds in weight renders Metformin ineffective!! Watch your weight - this is probably the most important thing for Type 2's that are not on insulin. I agree with earlier postings about porridge, pasta - add bread, cereals, fruit, cakes, potatoes, root...

Thanks Sugarless Sue! I've found it's very easy for bg levels to creep up if you don't test for a while. Regular testing brings you back down to earth. He refused to sign my prescription unless I tried his regime for six weeks. It might work, but getting a frequent dry mouth and tingling lips so...

Incidentally (following my post just submitted), had a big battle with current doc recently about Metformin dosage & half-life etc. The mantra used to be that patients should be empowered to help manage their own disease. Now, he said that has all changed and the advice is NOT to do regular...

15 years ago I had "cotton wool" headaches most mornings, a bit like a weak hangover. I was losing feeling in my toes and then feet. Thirsty. Penile thrush. Kept going to the docs over a period of 2 years. They (saw several docs at the practice) kept saying "you've got to expect these things as...

Hello All. A "first time" user here - though have been Type II for about 10 years - genetic, my father & all his brothers, his father and all his brothers etc. All pancreas degradations are different - and at different stages. So effects/symptoms/solutions will be different for each person...