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Below 6.5 is good. Have they advised on medication? If the Dr & nurse aren't bothered, find a new practice. When I was first diagnosed, the HbA1c was 11. I immediately gave up sugar, & a confirming test a few weeks later was 8. To get that 2nd result, I was called to the surgery where the Dr...

Darling (if I may call you that) I recommend you see the Dr asap. Its better to know your condition & get it under control than to worry about it. You WILL feel better. Controlled blood sugar & sensible eating & drinking will have a beneficial effect. You're not alone - that's why you came...

Re: A week or so after the above post, I developed a leg muscle pain problem - I could get out of bed as bending my right leg was intensely painful. I reported this on the Neuropathy thread as IanD. The pain disappeared suddenly Tuesday - April 8. I then check my overnight BSL readings for...

I eat plenty of fruit & veg. By the time I've finished my daily porage I've had 4-5 dried apricots, & a spoonful of sultanas (in the porage) together with oat bran & wheatgerm, aspirin & saccharin, I don't take metformin with breakfast as my bsl drops below 5 by lunch then between meals...

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Dennis</i> <br />Ebenezer, Remember that if you want to experiment with replacement of prescribed drugs with alternative treatments, you should...

I got one on March 10 from "Alkaline Water Technologies" <[email protected]> signed Raj.

Thanks, Dennis. I knew of the state & the gourd, but hadn't noticed the difference in spelling. I don't think google noticed either. Further testing & observation indicates that replacing 1 metformin tablet with karela is possible with much the same effect on my BS levels (which are...

Now kerala seems to have ceased to work:- last 4 results overnight: 7.7, 7.8, 7.6, 7.4 in reverse order

I'm trying Karela. It is included in Julia's Melabic, but I have read of its claimed benefits previously. The recommendation is 2 tablespoons of juice daily. I bought 2 kerala's from a local Indian shop for 45p. They yielded 3 tbs which I drank after breakfast. I don't take my Metformin...

A tea spoon of jam will contribute less glucose than the bread you spread it on. I substitute apple sauce (10-20% sugar) & cranberry sauce (38%)if I am feeling virtuous for spreading on bread & flavouring yoghurt.

My friend Sarah has been diabetic-2 for many years. She went totally blind with glaucomaabout 10 years ago, so cannot manage insulin or a BS meter. A year ago her HbA1c was about 9, so they started her on insulin - 6 units Glargine administered by the district nurse each morning. They...

Sorry to hear all that, Highmoor. I hope your condition will soon stabilise.

I can't convince my wife to try leaving out statin. Her blood pressure is rising (140/80) & she is due for a hospital review soon. Atorvastatin has been mentioned as a statin with reduced side effects, but the Dr suggested Niacin for me as it is totally different chemically. After 3 weeks my...

On diagnosis (2000) my cholesterol was 7.6. Diet reduced it to about 5.0 - low sugar, low fat, low salt, lots of fruit & veg, oat bran, Flora pro-active ... Dr tried me on Simvastatin 10 mg & total Chol fell to about 4.0. After about 8 months on Simv, muscle pain became so severe that I had...

You are living dangerously. Does the dr know you've stopped taking your medicine? There is a range of medications available. I would hope for instance that insulin would not cause side effects as it simply replaces the natural substance in the body. Blindness is a serious risk. Diabetes is...

Losing weight will help but not cure. Healthy blood sugar readings stay below about 7. The system can cope. Being overweight increases the probability but is not the primary cause. Losing weight will help with many of the dangers which diabetes contributes to, & will help to maintain...

When I was diagnosed with type 2, 8 years ago, at age 60, Steve had just won his 4th Olympic gold medal for rowing - diabetes was obviously no problem. Then the doctor carefully explained about heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, amputation, blindness ... and finished up computing the...

Hi Milly, Sleepiness can be emabarrassing :oops: - I'm church organist:o I take notes during the sermons to try to keep awake. Its not 100% successful. Our church sermons are 30-40 miutes. I only once didn't hear the hymn number & played the wrong one :oops: I have to be very careful...