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I turned down statins last year as I felt the benefits v the risks were not for me. I may be wrong (probably wrong), but there's been nothing to convince me in the benefit of taking them. Nothing has changed this year, but during my telephone appointment I agreed to take them. However I'm now...

I am travelling a couple of times this year within the EU and plan to take only hand luggage on the plane. Can I take my Metformin tablets and tester/strips with me without any issues?

Hi all - hope everyone is keeping well. I am currently on 2,000mg of Metformin and 2mg of Glimepiride per day. 2 weeks ago I reduced my glimepiride from 4mg to 3mg per day due to hypos in the afternoon, as advised by my surgery. As these hypos continued, the surgery took me down again to 2mg...

Very brief background - I was diagnosed in 2011 with T2 and quickly changed into a healthier lifestyle. I was removed from all medication and I was managing my condition with diet and exercise. I then stopped exercising quite as much, and although I kept eating a lot more veg and home-cooked...

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes back in January 2011 when I had a very unhealthy lifestyle and horrible results to tests in the doctor/clinic. Hba1c results were 92 mmol/mol (10.6%) back then. By March 2011 I had it down to 62 (7.8%) and 31 (5%) by May 2011. Since then the highest it has...

I am not sure if this is diabetes related or not (as it doesn't make sense for it to be), but I have came here because you guys are knowledgable on the stuff that I am going to be talking about. A bit of background. I was diagnosed as diabetic just over 2 years ago and shortly after I took up...

Good news. As my Hba1c was good yesterday, my doctor has decided to take me off of the last of my medication. Was on 500mg Metformin daily after coming down from 2x500mg some time ago. My hba1c has been good the past twice that I have been to the clinic and they have therefore decided to take me...

I''ve had a lot of hard, dry skin on my feet for a while now. I went in to Boots yesterday and bought a cream for this and a file specifically for this. On getting home I noticed on the side of the packet "Not for people with Diabetes." Does anyone use these products regardless of the warning...

I have recently started running and plan to run a half marathon in July. I am just wondering if it is worth doing it for charity or not and whether there are any good Diabetes charities (I assume Diabetes UK would be the best one) worth doing it for. Does anyone have any info on this that...

An interesting feature on Radio 4 today during the 'You and Yours' programme (was on at 12:17 to 12:25 during the one hour programme, for those that want to catch it on iPlayer). A doctor having a go at Diabetes UK regarding their advice to include starchy carbs in every meal and a diabetes UK...

What is the relationship between depression and diabetes? I ask, because at my clinic appointment they asked if I had any signs of depression.

Normally, I come home from work to change and go to the gym. Last Thursday I felt really tired after work, lay down and slept for an hour. That night, I went to go to bed in the evening and got a thunderclap headache while I was getting ready. This was accompanied by blurred vision and nausia...

Anyone else really hate the dentist? :( Ah well, that's it for 6 months again. Phew!

Is there anyone here into exercise classes? I joined a gym in February and very quickly got bored with running on a treadmill, so thought I'd try this Spinning class that I had heard so much about. Wow - I almost died! lol... 45 minutes of hell followed by 15 minutes of abs. On looking around...

I'm an Unlimited card holder, with a Cinema practically in my back yard (OK, not quite true - I don't really have a back yard. It is that close though :) lol). Anyone else go regularly? What have you seen recently?

I normally go to get my eyes check every two year (recommended time period), have done for a long time now. The eye exam that you now get in Scotland is the full test - not just eyesight, they check the health of your eyes and check for any diseases/problems that can be picked up in your eyes...

I was listening to Radio 4 this morning, and a professor from Glasgow university was on and they were talking about studies which were done. The first point that they raised, was the fact that overweight men are more at risk of problems such as type 2 diabetes than woman, due to the fact that...

I used to feel like this all of the time in the afternoons; not a normal tired, more like someone has actually drained all of the energy out. When I was diagnosed and treated with diabetes, this shortly improved and I felt a lot better, full of beans until the end of the day. Recently (past...

Anyone heard of this or tried it? Sounds interesting... http://www.motleyhealth.com/diet-and-nu ... w-approach

Hey all, heading out this afternoon to buy new trainers for the gym. What kinda things should I be looking for? I do a lot of exercise classes in a week - Les Mills BodyPump, BodyCombat and BodyAttack; Spinning, etc.