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As the title says, seems taking a new (to me) medication has caused Thrush. I will speak to my diabetes nurse but I need to understand what my options are here as the medication appears to work really well but all that glucose shedding in my urine is going to cause a challenge long term as I...

I have been T2 diabetic for about 6 years now. Luckily I have been able to effectively control this with diet & 500mg of Metformin in the morning and another in the evening before my meal The last couple of months my sugars have been poor, no matter how well I avoided carbs or how hard I would...

Does anybody know if you can get Metformin in 250mg tablets. I have been taking 500mg tablets twice a day, with breakfast and before my evening meal for the last 5 years. I started playing about recently and splitting the tablets so they are spread throughout the day, before each of my 3 main...

1st HbA1c test results are in following diagnosis end of August this year where the result was 84 mmol/mol....... Now at 51 mmol/mol. I think I have had a good crack at getting my sugars back on track, now I just need to get my lardy ass down the gym more and shed some weight, I have lost a...

On the last insurance renewal quote I did if answering 'yes' to the do you have a medical condition the DVLA need to be aware of, 2 additional responses were required: 1) DVLA 'Aware' or 2) DVLA 'Unaware' As a T2 on diet & Metformin tablet control who has never had a hypo the guideline on the...

Hi all Received my diagnosis at the end of Aug, through a combination of eating less, getting off my lazy *ss & a little Metformin every day my weight has reduced and my blood sugars have fallen significantly I guess given my pre-diagnosis 1Ac test was 11.8 I have had to self fund my meter &...

Had my Type II diabetes diagnosis confirmed mid August. I have been checking my blood glucose typically twice a day for a while now, kind of anticipating what the doc was going to tell me. (when I wake up & before my evening meal) before I started my Metformin meds a week ago my blood...