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Hi all, not posted on here recently we thought everything was under control. However OH has returned from his standard nurse appt in surgery with the news that his HBA1c is now back up to 124 despite being on 1 x Pregabalin per day. He did not want me to go with him to the appt so I have to...

Hi all OH just come back from GP with a prescription for Glidipion I have read the side-effects and it doesn't look too good. Anyone else on here take these? Goodle says they are banned in France. He was trying to be drug free, cannot tolerate Metformin or Glyclacide, is slightly underweight...

hi I have posted on here before but now we have a fresh set of challenges. My OH t2 was controlling his diabetes with diet and got down from somewhere near 150 to 55 with diet including doing the Expert course. He has just been to the surgery for his 3 month check and his latest reading is...

can anyone tell me why a diabetic who has been coping with diet would be offered totally unsuitable meals e.g white pasta whilst in hospital and obviously trying to keep Bg down, tonight's menu was lasagne - while pasta, sandwich (plastic bread) or quiche ( egg allergy)? tia

hi long story short, oh very poorly with lack of appetite, stomach pains, burping, unable to ear a meal etc GP miffed, has had loads of scans and blood tests. All negative/normal. I came across this today, would the symptons appear as being stabbed in the stomach? Tia Chrissie

Hi all, I was trying to tack this onto a previous post but not sure how to search with it. My partner was put on Metformin in December and was subsequently very very ill. He now is down to 12 1/2 stone and had such bad stomach issues he has stopped all medications. We ended up in A & E a few...

Hi all Wondering if this rings any bells with anyone? Partner been on 2 different types of metformin since being diagnosed at Christmas, he has suffered almost constantly with his stomach cramps and last week we were in France (he had been a bit naughty with his food eg he ate a hot x bun 2 days...

Hello I might have posted before but cannot find it, my partner was diagnosed with T2 just before Christmas and given Metformin 3 X day He was told to eat normally (?) and would be sent on a course with a dietician He has changed his very high sugar cereal to porridge with a few blue/red frozen...

hi all Just joined up on behalf of my partner who has been diagnosed T2, I cook the main meal so thought I'd see if there were any good hints/tips. He hasn't been given a test kit yet