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So who says you are diabetic and what is their definition please?

Thank you to you who have added your comments. My summary of what you have told me is this - (a) there is a long-term benefit of using Metformin and to gain this it is only necessary to take the prescription and not be pedantic about timing through the day, and (b) the most benefit affected by...

I am T2 and am prescribed 3 tablets of Metformin 500mg tablets daily. Can someone tell me what is the specific purpose of Metformin as in: (a) Is it to try and stabilise my blood sugar levels at all times? In which case taking 1 tablet every 8 hours might be seen as optimum, (b) Is it to try...

Hi, I draw your attention to an article in today's "The Times" which reports about a possible newly discovered side effect of taking regular statins - a possible increased probability of getting diabetes T2. They report information stated to be found in the current British Journal of General...

Hi Dave - If you have a Nationwide Building Society Flex account you can get international Travel Insurance for a low price. My wife and I will shortly travel to New Zealand for 5 weeks, Cover was an extra £120 approx and I have T2, cholesterol and my wife has blood pressure problems. You...

Yes - I enjoyed this too. 1 hour long though. It covers the efforts of two sons in helping their T2 father get to grips with pursuit of a reversal of his T2. Messages here for all of us T2s. For me the UK link is / was http://www.fixingdad.com/watch-the-film .

I have just been reading the thread at "Can anyone tell me ..." which talks about "spiking" of blood sugar levels...

Hi Mahola, I was feeling comfortable with drinking 2 or 3 cans of Diet Coke per day for several years but then noticed my teeth were losing enamel at the edges. My dentist then warned about acidic drinks and I found out that such drinks can have an acidic pH of around 2.6 (7.0 is neutral). I...

Hi Sally - thanks for your perfectly clear answer.

Hi Hankjam - sorry to appear pedantic but these links are to some of the pages I had looked at and nowhere can I find a statement as to what 100% of HbA1c is. However I think Sally / Hiitsme above/below has the answer. Thanks for trying.

I have been hunting to find an explanation of what the "percentage" result means for a HbA1c test result with no conclusion. A typical figure is 7% but 7% of what? Thanks for any inputs.

My input is this (and I am a T2 aged 71) - I understand that T2 is not advisable, but I have only altered my desirability of diet choices after suffering myself a potentially very damaging nerve palsy which if it had continued, would have caused me to have to stop driving. In other words my...

Hi, does anyone know if "Xylitol" is dangerous or can it be found as the sweetener in any drinks?

Hi, Thanks for that comment - I will check out Vimto myself, I used to drink it as a child. Also - is Vimto acidic? I drank Diet Coke for many years and then found the enamel on my teeth was disappearing! Then I tried Xylitol as sugar substitute but now read that to go on seeking sweetness is...

Hi all, I am a 71 year old male with T2. I had drunk Diet Coke for some years but now find that enamel is departing from the edges of my teeth - I understand that this drink has acidity ph around 2.5. I look at a wide range of supermarket drinks and find that they have sugar levels up to 13%...

Hi, I am a T2 diabetic aged 71 with blood sugar around 6.8 mmol/L. I am fairly aggressively reducing my weight and am optimistic that I can reduce my blood sugar level further. If I am able to get myself back into a normal range of say 5.4 or lower, will the known damage already done to my...

I was recently shocked into increasing my attention to controlling my blood sugar - I am Type 2 Diabetic - prescribed and taking 4x500mg = 2g Metformin every day. The "shock" was based on one TV program in on 9th Nov. 2015 and I immediately commenced fasting on two non-adjacent days every week...