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    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    Mine was 7.6 , which is around what it normaly is. It tends to be a range of 7-8.5. I whish it were lower.
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    Metformin side effects

    I was on metformin standard and very unwell, stomach cramps, bowels in uproer etc. Then slow release was OK for a few days and then no better than standard. My blood sugsrs were in the teens when I was taking metformin. I told doctor that my bg was up when on metformin and she told me to stop...
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    LADA / Gestational link?

    I don,t know eirher. I,ve been into the gp's surgery a couple of times and asked whether the letter from the specialist has come through, but as of last week (3 weeks post appointment) they've heard nothing. I'm assuming he'll tell them. He warned me that he can only classify people as type 1 if...
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    LADA / Gestational link?

    It took 4 months to get any extra blood tests done after the initial information that I have diabetes, which came from a routine blood test. The routine blood test was because I have hypothyroidism because I had Grave's disease as a child in junior (grade) school that culminated in a subtotal...
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    LADA / Gestational link?

    I have, what the diabetes expert I eventually saw referred to as a "strong autoimmune footprint". I have significant numbers of GAD auto antibodies attacking my pancrease, but the ICA test couldn't be read because there were too many ANA autoantibodies covering the slide. Therefore he decided to...
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    Introduce Yourself: Answer Some Personal Questions

    Why has everything I wrote disappeared?