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Hi I have been put onto Gliclazide recently by GP to try and control better. I have been taking it for a month with no real problems but suddenly over the last two days I have been having hypos in the afternoon. Down to 1.6 one day and nearly passed out. Do they take a while to get into the...

Hello Everyone, Can I ask advice regarding getting better immunity from all the bugs and viruses which seem to be going around at the moment. I seem to be constantly poorly just get over one and then go down with another one really quickly. Doc says I need a holiday and some sunshine which I...

Hi Can anyone advise please. I am T2 Diabetic (diet controlled no meds) and have for the past few months been suffering dreadin sweating especially at nightime. It frequently wakes me up with the urge to go to the loo and pass urine. Once I have been it subsides. I wake most mornings with...

Im Diabtic type 2 diet only for the last six months. Lost over stone in weight. HBa1c 6.3, and cholestrol 5.3 was 5.5 six months ago. At reveiw today Doctor has started me on simvastatin as he says the cholestrol is too high for a diabetic and need to come down to the 4's. I also suffer from...

I have been to Doctors today and feeling very despondant. I have been on diet control only since last October, and have lost a stone in weight, initally I felt alot better from cutting out sugar and following better diet. Now I have blurred vision, pins and needles in my arms and hands...

Please advise if Diabetes is covered by the DDA. Does it have to be Type1? Does Type 2 but diet control only at present count.

Hello Can anyone advise me please - I work two days per week and gave up a full time job because I was finding it too stressful and tiring. I was daignosed type2 last September diet control only and feel I am really struggling. I have lost weight but still feel unwell. I am also worried about...

Hi Can anyone advise me please. I was diagnosed in Sept with type 2. I work in cold environment and was only 61 degreees this week just on limit (sit in foyer to big office). I have started to notice both my big toes are going bluey/black along the nail bed, I assume this is due to poor...

Hi I am newly diagnosed type 2 on diet only at the moment. Still trying to come to terms with things, although lost 6lbs in weight in three weeks. Looking at labels most things that are low sugar are higher in fat, and it difficult to decide which is more important. Any advice on what I can...

Im newly diagnosed and looking for advice. Think I may have had T2 for a while, suffering from abdominal pain, and treated as IBS. Recent blood test found bloood sugar of 6.6. Had a glucose tolerance test 1st blood was 6.3. and after drinking glucose drink two hours later it was 12.2. Also had...