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Interesting shared experiences of statins from some. Thanks for alerting me to the fact that it can raise BS levels. That isn't something I had heard about before. Will give some serious thought as to whether to continue with statins. Still no obvious side-effects (not tested BS though)...

The DN asked if I was taking statins and when I said no, she asked "why not?". I responded because I did not want to be over-medicated (am already on loads) and had heard of side effects. She said she always recommends all her diabetic patients to take statins to ward off any vascular issues...

I'm grateful for the kind and constructive messages I have received from so many. Had my review with the Diabetes nurse and she was great! She has changed the metformin to a slow release once daily dose as I have been getting lots of gastric issues, shall we say. I have found out that my HBCA1...

I have done nothing but blame myself since I got the result. Blaming stress was just clutching at straws and I know it. The more self-blame and self-hatred I feel, the more hopeless and more impossible to overcome this situation it seems.

Thanks for the tips. What do you do if you really, really fancy a sweet treat or some alcohol?

Thanks. I guess I have not tried without treats, though attempting to keep the treats low carb or sugar-free. I discovered my BS was high in mid September and went on Metformin, starting on 21st September, so just short of 2 months. Feeling very depressed about food and the types of food I can...

Thanks for encouraging words over weight loss. I have my review with the DN on Wednesday. In the meantime, I logged onto my surgery account and discovered my HBCA1 result has come in at 83. This is after 2 months on Metformin. I know it has come down from 95, but 83 is still scarily high. What...

"Big boned", "big ox", "the big one" - then "the fat one", "the obese one". Well, now we know there is a tendency in the family as Dad is prediabetes, the others had better watch themselves. I can totally identify with your situation. Not enjoying my diet particularly but I have lost half a...

Got a BT this Friday to check BS now I have been on Metformin for a couple of months. I stopped testing my BS because when I found it was high, was getting so frightened with each test, that I was in a constant state of anxiety and couldn't sleep at night. I'm worried about the result in case...

Thanks so much for the advice and the low carb food advocacy. I take Xylitol in coffee and no sweetener of any kind in tea. I would happily make low carb ice cream with no added sweetener/sugar, except for the fruit that goes into it. To be honest, I don't eat a lot of rice or pasta anyway and...

Well, after 3 years of keeping it secret, I finally told my Dad and sister that I have T2 diabetes. We had been talking about how to get Dad's prediabetes under control and were talking about diet, lifestyle etc and I felt I couldn't go on with the conversation without telling the truth. Was...

Hi Filly, sounds like you could be right as Dad had a phone call today from the diabetes support people and he asked if he had been lucky to only have high BS levels at his age and they said it could have been building up since his 40s! I am feeling that I ought to tell them, if only to support...

My 86 year old Dad has just been told he has prediabetes and his surgery is arranging a series of phone calls and group meetings about how to prevent prediabetes becoming diabetes. I have still not told the family I have diabetes, not even now. Presume Dad has it due to his age and that he has...

That's really useful information thank you. I never thought to ask how quickly Metformin works. I started going low carb as soon as I saw my first BS test result a month ago but it has not gone down by very much, which has been worrying me in case it is causing damage to my organs. Like you...

Oh, I see. I was OK the first day but the next 3 days had bad reflux symptoms. Luckily, I am taking esomeprazole already so just doubled the dose on those days. Seems to have improved my IBS but gone slightly the other way, which I guess has turned it into "normal". Today, had no side effects...

Finally got my Metformin - 6 days after the surgery was supposed to put the script through! What I don't understand is why you have start off with 1 tablet a day for 7 days and then 2 tablets a day thereafter. I would have thought you start on a higher dose and then take it down. There was no...

Yes, I could feel myself flinching as I ate. I'm not sure what better options there would have been. Pasta and pizza would have been carb overload. The other desserts were carb heavy tiramisu and pastry based dishes. I'm not sure what else I could have had. Maybe not eaten the potatoes but they...

Thank you. Were they good choices, even with the obvious carbs? Haha, no they wouldn't have noticed :) Tested my BS on return home this evening and it was 24!! I have just eaten a low carb crispbread (5g of carb) slathered with a creamy French cheese. It's not that filling but I'm too scared...

Update - feel a bit let down by the surgery. The nurse was prescribing me Metformin, to be collected later that day (Thursday). Went to the pharmacy but no script had been sent through. Checked again on Friday and still no script. I was going away for a long weekend and couldn't follow up with...

Thank you. Will have a look at the apps. The diabetes nurse phoned this morning as promised. She asked about my diet before and since the high blood sugar result but didn't really comment on it so I asked questions myself. She is going to put me on Metformin. It's a scary prospect, taking...