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I occasionally run out of metformin because the GP willl only give me a months supply at once and I have to work away and sometimes have to go a couple of days until I can apply for the next one. Is this something I need to worry about? I eat totally low cab during those 2 days, no bread...

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a year ago. Initially I was able to control it through diet and exercise but now it has gone too high to do this. So I am now on metformin x2 per day. In the meantime, I have had increasingly sore balls of feet and some numbness alongside the pain. My toes...

My son in law, aged 36 , was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes just over a year ago. He is a nurse so should understand the risks but he is buying large quantities of cakes and other sugary items and binging on them, and then taking higher doses of insulin to counteract it. We have all tried to...

My son in law was prescribed champix (varenicline) and within two weeks began to feel unwell. He was found to have developed type 1 diabetes and his blood glucose levels were off the chart. He was perfectly healthy until this and I checked on the web and see that in the USA the same generic...

I have what they used to call pre diabetes and am told I need to exercise as well as watch my diet. My problem is that I have had four surgical operations over the last two years for a recurring abdominal incisional hernia and this means that I am not allowed to do any sort of workout that puts...

My son in law is in his early 30s and works as a Theatre nurse, which often means him being on duty in theatre for 8 hours without any breaks. He became ill two weeks ago and was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. He is currently in hospital being stabilised but what happens in terms of his work...