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For the past three months I have been having very disturbing faecal incontinence and have read that this is sometimes due to inability of muscles in the area to "hold on" to bowel contents in diabetics. It is making me really depressed and miserable as nothing I do seems to help and I am being...

I am T2 on one Gliclazide 80mg a day as could not tolerate Merformin either standard or SR. Morning reading is usually around 7.5 mmol sometimes a bit higher. I have been feeling so depressed for a couple of months now since I have had to have both a CT angiogram and a cardiac catheter...

I am T2 for around 3 years now and been on 3 x 500 SR Metformin. However about 3 months ago my Bs readings had gone up so Gliclazide 80 mg was added. Since then I have been having the most horrendous "hot flushes" from the neck up into my head on and off all day. It is driving me mad as...

I've been on Metformin for 3 years now and the last three months the doctor has added Gliclazide. I was having bowel problems with the Metformin and now things are even worse and some days cannot risk going out at all or, if I do, icome back having messed pants and having to change everything...

I find it outrageous that T2 diabetics like myself are denied test strips on the NHS whilst T1 which do get them free on the NHS are selling them and not cheaply on Ebay to those of us T2 who wish to keep track of our BS reading and adjust our diet accordingly. I can only assume that they...

For the past 3/4 weeks I have had a recurrent problem with my right foot. The big toe is painful and difficult to move and the foot itself seems to swell up across the instep. If I press down the big toe and surround goes completely white/dead looking - anyone else had this sort of thing? I...

At the age of 73 I was diagnosed with Type 2 and am at present on Metformin 2 x a day. I packed up smoking some 8 years ago, have never been one for alcohol, and have always been careful when buying my food, although I do enjoy a sweet now and then or a cake or ice cream. Yesterday I went to...

Have just read the e-mail from Diabetes UK regarding the new drug for T2 called dapagliflozin (Forxigatm) which sounds good as it helps with weight loss as well as controlling BS. The problem is - not only with Diabetics - new drugs are introduced by the drug companies which could help...

Have had your an e-mail from Diabetes UK regarding diabetics claiming the DLA Alowance if you are under 65. Why can you not claim if you are over 65 - anyone know? Or is there another benefit you can claim once you are classed as a Diabetic Pensioner.

I could not believe it to see the front page news today that GPs are to be obliged to treat asylum seekers, overseas students and tourists coming for a holiday to England and that they will be entitled to the same NHS care as all other patients and can receive free blood tests, jabs and, in some...

I was diagnosed Type 2 just over a ago. Prior to the diagnosis and ever since I have been suffering the most prolific sweating-mainly head and neck (not sweaty palms etc) and it is literally driving me mad. Have told several of the GPs in my group practice and also DN - none of whom seem to...

I have been told to stop taking MetforminSR 2 weeks ago because I have got Lichen Planus all over m y legs, arms upper back and scalp. The first week I didn't feel too bad but this week I feel really unwell, shivering, headachy a bit like a bad dose of flu. My BG level has gone up quite a bit...

FOr the past six months I have been suffering from Lichen Planus, a rather unsightly, although not contagious, skin complaint. This has not responded to treatment with steroid creams and oinments and the Dermatologist now suspects it is being caused by a reaction to taking Metformin since the...

I was diagnosed T2 almost a year ago now and have lost 2 stone in weight and reduced my HBA1C from an initial 12.7 down to 7.8 in February which GP states is "going in the right direction." However this last couple of weeks I have taken a reading a good three hours after my evening meal...

I have had a really virulent chest and urinary infection over the last three weeks and been on Keflex and Doxycycline antibiotics which dont seem to have cleared things up. I am T2 and take 2 x 500 Metformin SR a day and whilst I have been taking these antibiotics, my BS seems to have risen...

I was diagnosed Type 2 last August and am on 2 x 500mg Metformin daily. I am getting worried since I have lost nearly 2 stone in that time although, apart from cutting out cakes, swapped bread for Ryvita, I have not drastically altered my diet. My morning fasting reading is around 7 - 8...

I have been told I am type 2 and have had one HB1Ac reading (wasn't told what it was). Have been put on Metformin as a result (2 x 500 at present). My fasting reading and that a couple of hours or so after eating seem to be around 7 - 8 but I took a reading this afternoon about one hour after...

Since being diagnosed in August with T2 I have suffered from the most horrendous tiredness and feel like a rag doll most of the time. I have to get up three times or more a night to go to the loo which obviously constantly breaks my sleep and is a factor but it it unlike any other tiredness I...

Have only been on Metformin for four days but am walking around like a zombie, so tired and feel like I'm not really on this planet. Needless to say I feel a bit nervous of going out and especially driving whilst feeling this way. Anyone else had this problem or could it be unconnected to...

I was diagnosed a month ago with Type 2 and told by GP to try dieting for three months before they will do anything - other than a check with the diabetic nurse (due 30th of this month). I have been feeling really unwell - sweating profusely, tired to the point of feeling comatosed, lack of...