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thanks cugila, My mum had a severe case of phlebitis( she was on antibiotics ) and she recognised it straight away. I am doing what doctors told me to do for the sprain. until told otherwise i am treating it as a sprain and the treatment for phlebitis and a sprain are basically the same . use...

I have phlebitis on my foot ...Internet check of symptoms fits exactly Very painfull ,on anti inflamitories for a sprain. slipped on ice and next day had a very sore and swollen foot what is the best way to get rid off it? Doctors are treating it as a bad sprain have it bandaged up. iain

Hello I am a type 2 diabetic 4 x 500mg metforminSR and 2 x 10mg injections of Byetta I weigh 24 stone 5 lb haveing lost 3 stone I have a new found confidence and i am much more mobile. The problem is -- 3 years ago i broke a bone in my right foot ,done as i was told by the doctors ,told it had...

Thank you Cugila That thread answered all my questions and didnt make me feel as though it was just me. I kept taking the new metformin and i have started to cope well with it. just the change over made me ill. Thank you Iain

Monique, I have been given the different brand metformin...I posted to see if anyone else had been ill with them,i was directed here to this thread. I started taking the Bolamyn SR instead off Glucophage SR on saturday night,I was ill ,really sick on Saturday night. When i was sick all i could...

I am a type 2 diabetic I have been taking Metformin prolonged release 500mg x4 Rosiglitazon 4mg x1 Gilclazide 80mg x2 Omeprazole 20mg x1 Bendroflumethiazide 2.5mg x1 Perindopril...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hi cugila, My pen is stored at normal room temperature,Not near any heat sources and not in too cold an area. Iain

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hello, I started the 10mg pen on Tuesday 1st Dec. I have been fine ......Just once i felt a bit queezy and didnt want to eat,This morning my blood sugar reading was at 12.4 but dropped again to 6.1 before lunch,My usual readings now on byetta are between 5.7 and 6.1 a...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hi Cugila - I was told to check 7/8 times a day for the first week of byetta .I phoned in my sugar readings to my diabetic nurse and i have been told to check once a day ,varying the time off day i check. Is this wrong should i be checking more often ,i used to check...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hi Just wanted to pop in and say that i have had no side effects with byetta that i started on the 2nd November, Only one but i dont know if that is with eating healthily ( veg ect) or the byetta!!!!! I have been having a lot off wind. I have lost half a stone in the...

Hi john, sorry for the late response :oops: Being type 2 it is Ok to drive buses as long as my diabetes is well controlled. Type 1 and injecting insulin is a NO NO for driving buses. Iain

Hello Mike, This place is great lots of advice and help. I learned more here i one night than i have learned through my diabetes care team .who have just realized that i slipped through the net. Luckily nothing serious happened. Iain

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hi I started Byetta today. 25 stone of bare a***d scottish guy and i couldnt inject myself ,I was scared.I had to wake my wife and she done it ,this morning. I have felt fine all day nothing out the norm,blood sugars fine as well. I came home and it took me 30 minutes...

Thank you Byetta or Bynotta I am going to give it a go even if and it is only an IF , My medication is going to make me a high risk to having a hypo. and I will have to go through tests to prove to the dvla that i am capable ( more than capable ) of still carrying out my daily duties as a bus...

Hi John I was similar. I was feeling tired and needing a wee ,usually when i had a bus load of passengers in the middle of a town with no toilets about . Being so tired i drank energy drinks Lucozade and Red Bull as if they were never going to be sold again...I think i was sort off addicted on...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Thanks one or the other is fine but both could be a problem. all depends on how my body reacts to the Byetta. Iain

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hi Just new to this forum I have been prescribed Byetta ,which i have to start using On monday 2nd November................I am not sure about it!!!!! I have not read this thread but i will go back and read through it My concerns.. I am a psv driver ( bus driver) I...

Hello My name is Iain I have been a Type2 diabetic for 5 years,At first i looked after myself checked and checked and checked until i could not prick my fingers any more.I was frightened off my condition i thought " OH NO i have diabetes ",I thought i couldnt work i couldnt do this or that .I...