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    Covid Vaccine Trials

    Has anyone here applied to take part in a vaccine trial such as the AstraZeneca/Oxford trial, and been accepted? I wondered if they're still only concentrating on "healthy" subjects or whether they've extended it yet. I've applied but not heard anything.
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    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    8.8 I started low carb 2 weeks ago. I've swapped to black sugarless coffee from Tassimo latte. Cut out all potatoes, rice and pasta. Wondering how long it will take until I can drop the Januvia or a Glucophage.
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    Anyone been shopping yet?

    Thank you for providing this information. You're the first diabetic I've heard of who got the virus and didn't end up in hospital. You give me hope.
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    Anyone been shopping yet?

    I've been looking for data. I read weeks ago that 40% of the hospitalized cases are diabetics. But that doesn't tell us what percentage of diabetics are asymptomatic or mild or moderate or severe. It's very difficult to take responsibility for your own health without more information. It's...
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    Introduce Yourself: Answer Some Personal Questions

    I wondered about that but none of the questions are in any way related to any passwords etc. and I've been vague with some answers.
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    Introduce Yourself: Answer Some Personal Questions

    The fact that I'm back working in Admin instead of writing more books.
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    New not new

    Thank you all for the responses. I've ordered a Libre sensor starter kit. I'm hoping it will give me a good view of what's going on with me. I know it gives different results to BG testing but if I test both for a while I should find some correlation between the results. Anyway, I'm a bit of a...
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    Doing the Newcastle

    This is fascinating!
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    New not new

    Hi, I was diagnosed in 2014 but opted for the "la la la I'm not listening" approach. Consequently, I've just been given metformin. I was given it a few days ago but haven't started taking it yet. Ideally, I'd like a do-over to go back and take it seriously when they said I was pre-diabetic...