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    Blood sugars 17.2 mmol/l

    Yes, please do tell your doctor. when your sugar is high. you will urinate more frequently and of course your vision will be effected too from the high sugar levels. but when you bring down your levels im sure your symptoms will go away very quick.
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    diabetes neuropathy

    i have started to feel it more in the past few years. - but it is more noticeable when im running or when im in bed or if im at work constantly walking. i appreciate your message :)
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    diabetes neuropathy

    Hi, yes they did tell me find the right dose my titrating every 4 days and i did initially start on 14 units and went up.. the diabetes nurses at the diabetes clinic want me to go even further up with the Fiasp, not so much the Toujeo. - the DN nurse at my GP practice, just wants me to see a...
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    diabetes neuropathy

    I am taking 30 fiasp and 30 tougeo
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    diabetes neuropathy

    Has anyone experienced DN, - I have pain or discomfort when walking/running - even when im sleeping in bed my legs feel noticeable i sometimes struggle to sleep with this annoyance. - all i get told is bring down your sugars - but mine constantly stay elevated - 12mmol-15mool average but, can...
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    Type 2 Insulin

    Hi thank you I don't want to go to high in my insulin use as i'd gain weight which i don't need or want.
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    Type 2 Insulin

    I have had C-peptide test done 3x and i can get it checked again but it will probably be the same results -
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    dapagliflozin

    Your GP can provide you with a glucose monitor free of charge. - as a diabetic you should be able to get test strips on prescription. i don't know if the rules have changed but i am on insulin but even when i was on just metformin alone i was still getting test strips from the pharmacy...
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    dapagliflozin

    Definitely test your sugars since you could be going low.
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    Type 2 Insulin

    Hi everyone I am having problems understanding this insulin stuff. so, whenever i take both Fisap and Tougeo i don't come down in sugar levels. but, when i take Fiasp by itself i come down but of course since its a meal insulin i will go back up again after a few hours. having asked the DN...
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    support has gone

    i am so sorry to hear about this - i will look up the news of Victoza don't know why they stopped making the medicine or / supply is shortage. if it worked for you and helped you it is difficult to then not be able to take the medicine that helped you. i have been on many medications which at...
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    Type 2 Pioglitazone

    Quick Question for the people on here. anyone been on this medicine or with insulin also, and had any side effects. that are listed? many thanks
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    Type 2 Insulin and Nurse appointment

    Hey people. So, i am now on a fast acting insulin, called Fias; and also was offered Pioglitazone 15mg, the nurse told me that the insulin wasn't working since i had a bump on my belly/ i am now taking long and fast acting....I am just really hoping to bring my level down so i am glad that...
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    Dietitian advice to me

    Thank you yes i remember weetabix used to spike me so high when i used to have it. no longer have it. i only went to see the dietitian since i didn't want to say no if it was offered and of course to learn anything that maybe i didn't know. but, of course i won't stop prawns or eggs since i...
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    Dietitian advice to me

    i a thank you, i will give it a read.
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    Dietitian advice to me

    Personally, i think my GP think i am eating bad since they think my numbers wouldn't be high unless i was eating bad. understandable but, i have mentioned my meals to them and they said from what i have listed i shouldn't be going high at all. / and cheese and saturated fats she told me to cut...
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    Dietitian advice to me

    my GP arranged for me to see a dietitian in the GP surgery. the advice she gave to me was avoid saturated fats/carbs. brown rice over white. carry on with the chapatti but chose wholemeal flour cut out cheese - the most worrying thing she said was have Weetabix for breakfast instead of eggs...
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    support has gone

    No I haven’t will try it tomorrow if it’s better than stomach
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    support has gone

    i follow the chart that was inside the insulin box. i inject where i have fat or i usually pinch my fat spot and inject near my belly button mostly i rotate sites
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    support has gone

    interesting.. i was just told as a type 2 i would need more insulin since i am insulin resistant. i know T1 like my uncle who use less insulin than i do.. both types are very different i am aware. my sugars just stay high regardless of the medicines and insulins. this is what i hope to...