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Been four weeks now ,still hoping the insulin ,now on 26 in morning and 26 at night and the morning bs is coming in at around 6-7 but by 10pm still in high teens with the odd rogue 23.5 .Diabetic nurse says to monitor till next hb1ac. Starting rehab next week so will see if they have any ideas

Yes before I came out they changed all my meds and one they added was a statin.yes ringing my nurse on monday.went from 26 to 23 in night and been 16 to 19 all day.have increased the dose as they suggested. Have spent six hours today in another of the trust's a&e depts.think it's angina .what a...

Had a heart attack in ED which ended in having a stent fitted In the hospital they were concerned the blood sugar level was increasing and advise came back to increase my insulin(insuman 25)from 20 units in the morning to 25 and the evening one to stay at 20.i came out tonight and have tested...

I went to my DN a few weeks ago and mentioned if i had ever had my B12 or Thyroid tested.She couldnt find an answer on her computer so arranged a blood test .Whilst the B12 and Throid were OK it turned out that my folates were 3.2 instead af 3.9 so now on Folic Acid I am a 68 year old male on...

That's what I thought but I have been on insulin for two years now .I can understand the night ones when I test and they are in the 3.3 to 4.5 range but not the day ones . Unless last night's was a bad test strip and all the symptoms were as a hypo I just took two glucotabs and it had gone in...

Just had a letter to say my £12 sub is going up to £36. Personally not worth it as most is adverts tobuy .Was useful for advice line What does everyone think?

i am type two and after trying the rest ended up on insuman25 Making me tired all the time hb1ac down to 57 however weight is increasing 97ki;os and bmi 31.5 average reading in morning pre breakfast 6-8 and evenings 11.2 getting hypos in morning once a week around 1.30am BUT also getting them...

I place a script online with my normal meds and both pick up dispose of via our local pharmacy .South Worcestershire

Just been into our local Lidl in Evesham which is having a refit including a new look babery section -and they were selling Low GI Rolls at 29p

Well I'm type two and now on insulin and my hb1ac is now down from 85 to 74 so yes yours is very high

Was on Victosa then moved to trulicity - both useless ,now on Insuman 25 twice daily insulin - fidlt getting the dose right but no side effects other than a little tiredness - my hbiac has come down so I'm thinking forget the rest insulin is the best

I was on Victosa for about nine months before being put on trulicity. Didn't like either . Now on Insuman 25 twice daily ,struggling to get the doseage right as while I get a low morning reading it goes up to 13\16 by evening . Better than the readings on Victosa or trulicity and no side effects...

I have now come off trulicity after seven months,didn't do much to be honest. Now gone on insuman 25 - long and slow acting insulin twice daily on A total of 40 units - slightly better by readings so far so will adjust every four days upwards

Have just had to come off trulicity 1.5 after 14 months .I'm also on insulin and whilst it worked for the lower dose caused too many problems . Have also tried Victosa but was same issues. Now being tried on insuman 25 so will see how that goes - twice a day ,a long and slow acting insulin...

I was on trulicity for six months starting at .75 and going up to 1.50 .slight sugar reduction but seemed like Victosa to be less effective on the higher dose. Lots of hard stools and tender abdomen especially the two days prior to the next injection .Had to come off last week due to those...

I was on insulin and trulicity for six months starting at .75 and going up to 1.50 .had tried Insulin + Metformin sr but had to come off due to bowel problems. Have now come off trulicity as on the higher dose had tender abdomen and hard stools. They are trying me on something else soon...

Been on trulicity for five weeks now ,moved up to the higher dose two weeks ago. Minor stomach irritation and occasionally loose bowels mainly just before next injection. Feel like I'm losing my appetite some days. Slight reduction in sugars .worse is the tiredness. Was on Victosa before and...

Our GPS in the UK provide me with a free meter and test strips and have done since I was diagnosisnosed as type two some 10 years ago . originally a meter and strips to test whilst on diet only but then through Metformin,glicazide,pioglitizone,Victosa, trulicity and now insulin .As it's more...

Had been on Metformin -both types - prior to going on Victosa but came of due to the side effects . They did try me again when on both Victosa and trulicity but same side effects. Just had odd case of the runs with Victosa and for some reason the day before my next injection with trulicity ...

I was on Victosa and whilst I lost some weight and levels came down when on 0.6 it went the other way when I went to the higher dose .It then stabilised ,have now been changed to insulin and Trulicity . Personally Victosa did not work long term ,at least Trulicity has the advantage of being only...