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    GPs reporting unfit to drive

    Hi . Liked your comment. I was of with depression and was told to go out for walks an visit friends but always felt guilty going out thinking that if I was seen people would think I was just skiving of work Clive
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    Erratic BG Levels! Advice please

    Hi . Iv just been taken of gliclazide as my hba1c was to low at 33 . Just change to sitagliptin 100 mg with 2 x 500 metformin .. I will let you know how I get on and keep on eye out to see how you are doing. . Hope it works for you Clive
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    Small NHS breakthrough

    Hi all just thought I'd share my first experience with my diabetic nurse . I have to say she was so helpful my hba1c was to low so she suggested I change my medication . And was told that if I felt that I needed to test my blood sugar levels I should carry on . It's so sad that some people are...
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    Does over eating give you Type 2 diabetes or does diabetes make you over eat

    Hi .i seam to have lost weight without trying . im 11 stone so dont need to loose any . i sometimes wonder why some people have to try really hard and some people can without any effort . i guess one day we will find out . hope your efforts go well and merry christmass Clive
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    Does over eating give you Type 2 diabetes or does diabetes make you over eat

    Hi . I did read about this research and found it very interesting . I'm thin myself so it is one explanation about why I have diabetes . The paper I read also went on to say that if they could fine a way to target weight lose in the pancreas it would only take a lose of only one gram of fat to...
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    Does over eating give you Type 2 diabetes or does diabetes make you over eat

    yes it is sad that some people think that way . Clive
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    Meter Died on me :(

    Hi . i have a jazz wavwsence .and it has just died after 4 months . iv manage to get one from ebay for £10.00 . so not to bad . i also put my reading on an app so have not lost all my reading . if you cant get a replacment look on ebay Clive
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    Testing Strips....

    Hi . this subject has been going on a long time now and it still needs to be sorted out . i would try and tell your doctor that you need the test strips to moniter you levels not test them as a test implies a pass or fail . And put it in writing so if you do have any problems you can then hold...
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    Does over eating give you Type 2 diabetes or does diabetes make you over eat

    hi all . just watched a blogger on you tube telling how he hates people who make stuped comments on his diabetes . he then gose on to tell that he has type-1 diabetes . and not to confuse it with type-2 which you get from eating to much . it did make me cringe
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    Sugar cravings

    Hi . Thanks for the reply . Sadly it was not the news I hoped for but I did expect it. Went out Saturday for xmass meal on Saturday I had cheeses for a desert but there was an extra potion of xmas pudding on the table and it took a lot of will power not to eat it . Again thanks for the reply...
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    Does over eating give you Type 2 diabetes or does diabetes make you over eat

    Hi . thanks for the responce . there is a book that might interest you its called .sugar the bitter truth . it can explain why diabetes can make you over eat clive
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    Sugar cravings

    hi . thanks for the info . ill give them a try . and let you know when iv tried them . again thanks clive
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    Sugar cravings

    Hi . How long have you been since you gave up Clive
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    Sugar cravings

    Hi . It's now been 4 months since iv given up sugar and in the last week iv been having cravings . I even went to the sweets section at my supermarket . And started looking for some sweets with only a little sugar . And I know that there is no such thing . Iv tried sweets with artificial...
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    Does over eating give you Type 2 diabetes or does diabetes make you over eat

    Hi . I don't thing the problem with sugar is its glycemic rate . It's the fact that it has absolutely no nutrition at all it's been striped of anything valuable to us the only value is commercial Clive
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    What pressure is being put on the government to ban sugar in non dessert products?

    They will keep putting sugar in food until we stop buying it . I don't think that the government should ban sugar but I think It would be nice if there was information on the label saying how much sugar has been added to a product along with the total sugar . We don't need a nanny state telling...
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    Boy unable to trade any of his lunch with friends

    Hi . I was just wondering if squire fulwoods avatar has such a big nose to make good use of his bag of free air he would only need to open the bag a little Clive
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    Sugar free sweets?

    Hi . I got some sugar free sweets from eBay . Eat a few in the first week of getting them and the threw The rest away . I found that they did not help with my sugar cravings and just made things worst . It's been about 2 months now with no sugar cravings Clive
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    Has Anyone Had a Good Experience of Metformin?

    Hi . I was diagnosed with type 2 3 months ago . My levels where very high at 27 . I was given metformin and gliclazide . Iv now come of the gliclazide . And I'm now talking metformin 2 x 500 mg one at lunch and one with evening meals . Iv had no side effects . So I can only say my experience has...