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  1. jamesni

    No test strips or lancets on the NHS?!!!

    Strange my nurse give me a meter and said just order your strips when you need them. Then you read on here people can't get them. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
  2. jamesni

    E Cig

    Hi I have been using an e cig for 18 months now. Its a genesis rebuildable attimizer type. I use tobacco flavour oil and it doesn't effect my bg. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
  3. jamesni

    type 2

    Hi Thanks everyone for the excellent advice. I know it's took me a long long time to reply. But anyway due to your advice and reading the post on this forum. I have finally got some control on bg. Im now on only 2x500 metformin and my doc says if I keep going the way thing are going he will be...
  4. jamesni

    How old were you when you were diagnosed?

    T2 at 46 Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
  5. jamesni

    free prescriptions question

    Hi i am type 2 and live in northern ireland.i get free prescriptions for my test strips. i think its madness the some people in differnt parts of the uk have to pay. when i went on medformin i was given a free meter. if i was to buy the strips for it they would cost £25. im sure there is...
  6. jamesni

    hypos and metformin

    Hi i found out i was type 2 after a stroke last october. at the moment i am on 3x500 metformin aday. My bg level is pretty good but recently i have been taking hypos just before lunch.
  7. jamesni

    Type 2's: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning?

    Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn Hi 5.5
  8. jamesni

    type 2

    Hi i am sort of new to diabetes i found out after i had a stroke last october. im on 3x500 metformin aday. the problem is my bg drops to 3.4-3.8 sometimes during the day. leaving me feeling real bad for a day or 2. this seems to happen at the same time of day am i doing somthing wrong or is it...