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Hi Everyone, I haven't posted on here for a while, but your help was invaluable when my diabetes was so out of control late last year. Just to update on what happened, I was put on gliclazide and metformin to try and get my levels down however I discovered I am allergic to metformin so the DN...

Hi All I just wanted to come back and say thanks for all the excellent advice and to update you on all the awful goings on I have had in last few weeks. I have been rather ill, it seems I am allergic to Metformin, I came out in an awful rash, sores in my mouth and just feeling absolutely...

Thanks for all the wonderful advice everybody, it's much appreciated. I saw the nurse and she was much more helpful than previously, I have had my meds increased to 3 x 500mg of metformin and 2 x 80mg gliclazide to see what effect that has. She said normally they would increase meds gradually...

Hi Thanks for the replies. Yes I am using a meter, they have got me testing 7 times a day at the moment. They have been fine about prescribing me boxes of test strips. I will have a go at cutting carbs out totally and see what happens then, but I am not eating tons of carbs, I don't have...

Hi Everyone, I thought I would come back and update you all on my blood levels. I went to see my doctor, showed him the monitor with levels on and he told me I needed to start medication, so he started me on 80mg of Gliclazide, then I went to see the Dr who specialises in Diabetes and he added...

Hi All Thanks for your replies, I have tried to get an appointment at the doctors but I can't be seen until Wednesday night and to see the diabetic nurse there is a 4 week wait. I don't think the care has been very good, when they diagnosed me all they did was give me a diet sheet and said...

Hello Everyone, I am brand new to the forum and I hope it's ok to ask for some advice. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about 14 months ago, I am diet controlled and I have been doing ok until the last 5 weeks or so. My Ha counts have been 7 7.1 and the last one two months ago was 7.9...