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Well nearly a year has passed.... I am currently 16st 12, so roughly 3 st lost in 12 months and that was not from trying, just a diet change to be fair. I had no problems taking the Metformin up until about 6 weeks ago when every time I took it I started feeling like rubbish about 30 mins...

I was diagnosed on 22nd October 2012, nearly a year ago, and was prescribed metformin 500mg, 1 tablet twice a day. My original mmol was 14 but greatly reduced to more normal levels of 6-8 after being upped to two tablets twice a day in December. I was regularly checking my levels and changed...

Been fine on the Metformin, no obvious side effects which is always nice. Up to 2 500mg tabs a day now. Morning BG readings have been from 11.2 to 9.9 since taking the tablets since Friday, but nowhere near the 14.2 when I had my "official" bg test a few weeks ago at the quacks, so I am...

Had my consultation today. Had a BG test which came out at 11.2, fasting from around 12 last night, down from the 14.2 five days previously. Will be keeping my eye on this. Was given Metformin 500mg (once a day for the first week then twice a day) and Simvastatin 20mg to (once a day) start...

Sorry to hijack, this just reminded me of a friend who was told by their GP last year that they did not deserve to get DLA, that other people were more deserving, and then refused to help them fill out the forms on that basis. MY friend has chronic arthritis.

Was told Monday just gone that I was diabetic (the signs were there and have been for years, just not picked up on by the doctors). Im 36, type 2, 19 1/2 stone, little exercise, with a 14.2 after 10hrs of fasting. Apparently thats pretty bad? Had the glucose tolerance test (the Lucozade one)...