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    Blood sugars and driving.

    Here in the UK, I received a letter from the DVLC saying that I should notg drive if my BG falls below 4.5 and if it is at 5, then I should eat a small meal before getting behind the wheel. I am Type 2 on insulin and Gliclazide.
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    What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

    Diabetes has given me a fatty liver and am told to avoid fat, so I have eaten yoghourt, oats and blueberries for breakfast. Low fat cheese with beetroot for lunch, and small portion rice pudding. Chicken and veg stir fry for evening meal and blackberries and yoghourt .
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    Lucazade Zero Ignorance Dangerous!

    I have been on Gliclazide , Metformin and Insulin for several years (Type 2) It is not unusual as diabetes progresses (25 years now)
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    Eating alone and injecting in a restraunt how?

    I am Type 2 and I dodo inject as do many other Type 2 when everything else has failed. I cannot bring myself to either test or inject in public. Maybe it,s an age thing.
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    Confusion within NHS Over The Treatment of Tyoe 2

    I was given Pioglitazone about 12 years ago I broke out in huge blisters all over and itched beyond belief. I was immediately referred to a skin specialist who said that this would be recorded as an official side effect and placed on some register or other. Even now, after 12 years, it...
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    Type 2 UTI Infections

    Yes, I did so after 3 months the drug was stopped. It did lower my blood glucose levels considerably though.
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    Can Type 2 Become Type 1?

    Not overweight me. Always eaten healthy diet, plenty of exercise but now after 18 year inject insulin (Type 2) + 3 Metformin and 4 Gliclazide.
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    Why do some T2’s need insulin?

    I am Type 2. inject basal insulin.