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    NEWBIE WITH HBA1C PROBS

    Evening all, how are you all? How are you Whitby Jet? haven't heard from you for a while :?: I am 3 weeks into summer holiday hell :evil: driving here there and every where getting two kids to holiday club and nursery :roll: Not enough respite this year thanks to governement, getting a...
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    VICTOZA users

    Re: VICTOZA Hi I have been on victoza since last October, to be quite frank, it has not made a blind bit of difference to my bg, my appetite has never really been a poblem, I eat a lite lunch any way and tend to have a sandwchich or soup at about 4pm. I am off to the hospital on the 16th to...
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    I am a type 2 taking metformin, gliclazide and Byetta

    Hi I went on Byetta in June, last year, I don't think this is relevant, but ask about ahstma. No one in my family has it, and after phnumonia last year then going on the byetta and switching to victoza in Nov I had a dry cough at night, would wake up in the middle of the night and would cough...
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    NEWBIE WITH HBA1C PROBS

    had pooridge for breakfast, salad with once slice of ham, cup of tea with one rich tea biscuit at 3pm. water and thats all, so don't undersstand, not many carbs in that lot!
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    NEWBIE WITH HBA1C PROBS

    Hi everyone, how are you all today? I have sorted one problem, the foul taste and ulcers in my mouth were a result of the ahstma inhailer I was on, they have swapped the steriod pump for a kinder and gentler one which I breathe through a chamber. today is the firs morning that I haven't woken...
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    NEWBIE WITH HBA1C PROBS

    Hi I have got an infection so on antibiotics and with the hba1c level at 8.2 the Gp said the mouth ulcers are a sympton of the cause and they can't do anything till I see consultant at hospital. I do get respite 2 days and one night A MONTH! lost a day thanks to government cut backs, you'd...
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    NEWBIE WITH HBA1C PROBS

    Hi thanks for the advic e. I'm not worried about injecting, because I have to inject the victoza, its just the worry of complications that will occur later on in life through going onto insulin. I can't afford to get complications later on in life, have to little people that are going to...
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    NEWBIE WITH HBA1C PROBS

    dear whitbyjet Don't worry I have tough skin, been through to much. Deling with my sons health comes naturally and I am a well seasoned carer now, more that then a mother. When it comes to taking care of myself, thats another matter, I don't think any full time carer puts themselves first...
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    NEWBIE WITH HBA1C PROBS

    Hi thanksfor your advice. I try not to eat to much bread, I have sandwhiches every other day, pasta once week, porridge in the morning, potatoes twice aweek. i am worried about going on insulin because of the weight issue and I know insulin has come in the last 30 years, but I watched a very...
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    NEWBIE WITH HBA1C PROBS

    Evening All. I need some help and advice. I have been type 2 for 8 years now and have ALWAYs been well controlled my hb1c level never rose above 6.8. My brief history (so as not to bore you all :roll: ) is that I have a 9 year old seriously disabled with cerebral palsy and life limiting...