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I think I might have spoke too soon! Just a day after posting the above, I had onset of rotten egg-tasting burps and very liquid runs. The following day the burps and bathroom visits were more frequent. Then last night I was woken up with a REALLY urgent need to go to the bathroom and barely...

I don't know about increasing 2mg at a time. It's certainly not the recommended route. TO be honest, although each increase left me nauseous for 2-3 days, each increase wasn't any worse than the others. I certainly felt it more the following morning after increase i.e. approx 20-22 hours...

Nobody else on a Victoza journey? I went up to the full 1.8mg dose last Saturday. Same as when I started and went to 1.2mg I was pretty nauseous, especially in the morning for the first 3-4 days. However, since starting nearly a month ago I've lost 5kg which is nice. I'm also OMAD in the...

I'm three days in to week two, dose of 1.2 now. Nausea has stepped up a notch, having to drink tons to combat dehydration (on account of Forxiga and Diamicron). I've found that if I skip breakfast the nausea is worse. I only have a shake but it does make a difference. I'm eating fairly low...

Are you finger pricking often? I thought I read somewhere on here that NHS guidelines require frequent testing for anyone prescribed SGLT2 inhibitors.

Ok to put it another way, is there any evidence to suggest that using CBD (or cannabis) negatively affects BG?

I'm also on Forxiga (with Diamicron, Victoza and Met). You're not on any insulin or sulphonylureas, so the risk of hypo is low. However you should be aware of the symptoms just in case. I think, in terms of SGLT2 inhibitors I see more posts on here regarding Jardiance so you might get more...

How are you getting on? I'm on day 3 and feel like you - slightly nauseous and off my food!

I am! It saves me around 250 finger prick holes a month! My Endo gets my scans immediately and calls if I need to adjust doses. We, as a community, need this kind of technology to work to make our lives easier. As a relative newbie I am researching like mad and trying to filter the facts from...

In all fairness, I'm not going to deep dive into the finer details of the ISO standard when referencing for brevity on a forum. 15-20% accuracy is a fair summary of the standard I think. From your link: In 2013 new, tighter accuracy standards (ISO: 15197:2013) were drawn up, requiring that 95%...

The NICE guidelines for diagnosis of T2 point to the WHO guidelines amended in 2015. "The current WHO diagnostic criteria for diabetes should be maintained – fasting plasma glucose ≥ 7.0mmol/l (126mg/dl) or 2–h plasma glucose ≥ 11.1mmol/l (200mg/dl)." Am I to understand that your diagnosis was...

I agree that Libre sensors are good for trends, and any anomalous readings should be double checked. Certainly you get a more instant read from blood than you do interstitial fluid. But it's a bit misleading to say that readings are not always accurate and can be 1.5mmol/L out or more. This...

It's not necessarily a choice of either/or when it comes to insulin or incretic mimetics. I'm on Soliqua 100/50 which is combination insulin/incretin mimetic. I guess the idea is to balance the weight gain potential of insulin with the weight loss potential of incretin mimetics while...

There are lots of tables of target BG levels (including this site), but my Endo advised me to basically remember "5678" as targets. 5 = Fasting BG 6-7 = preprandial 7-8 = 2 hrs postprandial Your mileage may vary!

So, T2 for 14 months. Had an episode over Christmas that sent my BG to over 34mmol. You can read more here: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/steroids-and-antibiotics.170863/#post-2192307 I ended up in hospital for a couple of days last weekend, and the Doctor discharged me with "the...

I'm fairly sure that Prednisolone screwed me up over the holidays. Just before Christmas I injured my right knee so bad I can't walk. So Dec 26th I visited a Family doctor where I was spending the holidays (Singapore), discussed my T2 at length and he prescribed Celecoxib and Prednisolone for...

Thanks. Certainly exercise would be good...I walk around 8,000-10,000 steps per day but its hardly aerobic. May be time to dust off the hiking boots...HK has some wonderful hills!

Thanks for the advice. Before the meal was 8.3. Yesterday was better: 7.5 and 9.5. My first reading below 8 since I was diagnosed! Deviations are all trending to 2 or less...but my first bite readings are higher in the morning and get lower with later meals. All I can think is its the FBG...

It does help thanks. I will request those tests on my next visit, just to be sure. Diabetes care is a little behind the times here, so Doc probably just saw a fat guy and decided T2!

Hi all, I was diagnosed T2 a week ago. Male, 46. Firstly, I'm glad I found you. I've been reading everything I can. Resources here in Hong Kong are limited, or in Chinese. So as an expat Brit this feels like the place to be. My tale starts a year ago with extreme fatigue, constant headaches...