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I do watch my diet and have lost 2 stone since this all started. I avoid sweets and high sugar items. I do not take sugar in tea and drink water or diet drinks. No fruit juice. My appetite is very poor atm but i do try to adhere to low carb, low GI low sugar. I also go to the gym but today my...

- What is your name? Gail - How old are you? 43 - Are you male or female? Female - Which country are you from? UK - Which city/area do you live in? Berkshire - Are you religious? Not really - Pick three words to describe your personality. friendly, sensitive, caring - Do you have any pets? 2...

I was diagnosed 4yrs ago. My GP has done very little to help me until the last year when the neawly trained diabetic nurse got involved. This time in 2015 my sugar was on avergage 37 throughout the day. Metformin worked for a while and got it down to around 9 but then stomach issues started. I...

Blood for HbA1c was taken yesterday. I did book on Monday and they sent the wrong test. I went to get the results and found out they ran a fasting cholesterol instead of HbA1c. No, I did not fast so what was the point of that. Picked up a fuss and they agreed to take my blood again for the right...

Yes, I am considering changing my GP. I am very unhappy with the care I have been recievig. I was diagnosed in 2012 and was told that monitoring my BG was not necessary. I was on metformin, which makes me physically ill. Eventually after a lot of moaning they changed it to metformin SR and now...

So my BG today has been 18.1 then 24 then 23.3 I visited my GP who told me high figures like this won't make me sick ermmm.....I feel really rubbish. I have sores that have not healed in 10mnths, constant anti-biotics and recurrent thrush.... Im just really confused how high numbers like...