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Thanks to respondents some reassuring thoughts and appreciated/very helpful. Taking Whitbys points I will take a look at the link referred to - I am very active, engaging in various sports/cycling plus a decent walk to and from station most days. At 6'2'' told that I am not massively overweight...

Thanks Hobs appreciate your thoughts

I am still very new to this forum and have appreciated contributions from those more experienced in response to a couple of earlier postings. A week and a half into taking combination of metformin and glicazide (now 2 months in total since T2 diagnosed)I am feeling a bit better and having less...

The other aspect I meant ask was in connection with sporting activity eg golf, cycling and racket sports - with Glic do I need to be ultra careful if for example my BS is running in the 7's before embarking on activity?

Hi put a sep positng on over last week or so re recent T2 diagnosis but having started a 2 x 80mg dose of Glic on Weds this week (to hopefully work with my MF 2 x 2 tabs per day) already seeing my post meal BS coming down a bit to in the 7's range from readings still averaging 10.5 to 11.5 when...

Jeremy Thanks for your comments - I am still getting morning readings first thing average around 11 for the last week and feeling more stable during day. Saw my doc this morning and he has put me on 80mg of Gliclazide twice a day to with my MF - told me they want to see single figs and has put...

Thanks H & Sid v helpful - ref H's question at diagnosis I was set a morning target of 10 and once MF dose went up to 3 a day target range advised to me was between 4-7. I am a tall guy 6 foot 2 in height and now weighing 15 and a half stone - finding intial change in diet pretty hard but I read...

Thx Daisy - am seeing my doc next week for an earlier than anticipated HB1AC do you think they will let me persevere with the metformin for a while to see if things improve or should I be preparing for myself for other treatments being introduced??

I was diagnosed with T2 around 7 weeks ago, straight onto metformin and built up to 3 x 500mg within a few weeks. At diagnosis my fasting BG was 17.3 (!) have been struggling with the meds from feeling really good part of day to awful at other times especially late morning. Dose increased from...