Search Results

  1. G

    Driving and type 2 diabetes

    I phoned the DVLA and my insurance company , the DVLA gave me the go ahead to keep driving and my insurance company weren't in the slightest bit interested . I'm type 2 and just using metformin
  2. G

    Confused !!

    Thank you all for your replies given me plenty of reading to do. Thanks
  3. G

    Confused !!

    Thanks
  4. G

    Confused !!

    Hi, I'm looking for some help with testing. I got diagnosed with type 2 last Christmas but I only started blood testing this week. My first test said 14.1 mmol/l and then 15.5 and this morning 17.7 mmol/L . This means nothing to me at all . Is there a level I need to be aiming for ? Is there a...
  5. G

    Driving license and type two

    Thanks I'll get on to that straight away
  6. G

    Driving license and type two

    Hi all , I have just been diagnosed with type 2 and started on metformin do I need to inform the DVLA and my insurance company?? Being a newbie I'm not sure where to find all this information or who to ask, any help or advice would be greatly appreciated
  7. G

    Sudden tiredness

    Hi , I only got a type two diagnosis about 3 weeks ago so I'm very new to all this, I would just like to ask about sudden tiredness, I am altering my diet and have cut out a lot of the rubbish but I find myself getting very tired all the time and occasionally it's like everything shuts down ...
  8. G

    Daft question from a newbie

    Hi, I just got my type two diagnosis last week and have been put on metformin, my question is , would I benefit from using a blood testing thingy ?? If so can anyone recommend an easy to use one as I'm a bit of a technopillok !! Thanks , in advance, for any help or advice as both will be more...
  9. G

    Hi from Sheffield.

    Hi , I'm Gary from Sheffield and got diagnosed type two last week !! Shocked would be an understatement but I'm pleased to have found this forum as, no doubt, I will have a lot of questions so thanks in advance to all