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Just rang surgery and they said I have to see GP because of my result for a serum test that my diabetes nurse did last week and I havn't a clue what they mean and the receptionist didn't either and couldn't find out before they closed for me, the earliest appt I could get was on the 26th

Thanks LJ - will have a look Caroline

Oh good, maybe I'm doing something right then lol ... yes I only take one a day and was told to take it with a meal in the morning, but the pharmacist said I must eat enough with the tablet so my levels don't drop too much, so its finding the right balance. Yes, I carry lucozade tablets in my...

Ok, starting to get to grips with my new meter and have just tested 2hrs after eating my brekkie, I had 2 oatabix with milk and a cup of coffee, took my gliclizide tablet after eating and have tested my blood 2hrs later. My result is 4.1, that is quite low isn't it? last night my levels 2hrs...

Holidays ... what are they lol?? but hopefully I will one day persaude the other half to take me away .... 8) Thanks for info, may spend some time at weekend digging out paperwork, I know I have mortgage life insurance and my ex-husband has a life insurance policy taken out on me, so if I...

Thanks all, I will phone the insurance company in the next day or so. Think that maybe they should tell you this in the diabetes information leaflets they give you when diagnosed. Its only because I know from a neighbour who was diagnosed and I remember him saying he had to tell the DVLA that...

Ok, so according to the DVLA site, I am OK at the moment and don't need to inform them, does that mean I don't have to tell the insurance company or do they require more information than the DVLA and require informing no matter what stage you are at? thanks for your help Caroline

At what point of diagnosis do you have to report to them? For instance if I have just been diagnosed as type 2 - am on gliclizide now but hope to be off that within next 3 weeks and possibly onto metformin instead, would I have to tell them anything now or just if I got progressively worse and...

Mels - 10K a day ... well done lol, all my exercise has to be in the evening after work and as I like to have my son in bed by 7.30pm it can be quite a rush around to fit it all in, but I like to try and go swimming a couple of times a week, I find it chills me out and hardly feels like exercise...

Well my meter has just been delivered by the postie, will have to sit down for 10 minutes and read the instructions, it came with 10 test strips and lancets so can get started and have sourced some replacements a cheaper than the £25 mark on ebay. Am also monitoring my blood pressure as that...

Its the diabetes nurse that I see, but have only seen her at my initial appointment as newly diagnosed, she put me on gliclizide which one of the side effects can be Hypos. Blood glucose meters were not even mentioned at our meeting and its only because all my family members with diabetes live...

Thanks for the reply, no they did not issue me with one and I am type 2, just told me if I feel shaky or anything to have something with glucose or sugar in. I have ordered a little freestyle freedom meter online but it won't be here for a few more days, hopefully that'll give me a better idea...

I'm sat at my desk at work and about 10 mins ago felt like my heart was racing and then came very close to feeling like I was gonna to faint, I quickly grabbed a boiled sweet from my desk drawer and ate that, still feel a bit woozy but not as bad. Could it be symptoms of coming close to a hypo...

Thanks for the welcome both :) Luckally I had quite a bit of knowledge about diabetes before being diagnosed, I am one in a succession of family members to get it and also I work in a hospital so know quite a bit about treatments, the drugs used and about the facts of it all from working with...

Just popping on to say Hi, will probably have stacks of questions as time goes on. Was diagnosed about 2 weeks ago with type 2 diabetes. Seen Diabetes nurse yesterday and spent over an hour with her, she was great and I have been prescribed Gliclazide 80mg once a day for the next month to try...