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Hi Like others I wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone for your help. After being diagnosed with an Hba1c of 85 in December, yesterday I heard that my Hba1c is now 45. This is after 3 months of following a fairly low carb diet. For me that meant about 80 carbs a day on average which was...

I recently got a 2 month supply of metformin but after another bout of stomach problems I was changed onto slow release. Consequently I have an unopened 2 month supply. Can’t throw away, can’t take to pharmacy to be disposed of, so any suggestions?

Background: Am a newly diagnosed diabetic, I am getting a handle on eating fairly low carb. I haven’t gone keto but manage to stick to about 80g per day. Have lost just over a stone in 5 weeks and testing shows my average bg to be dropping. We have a few days away booked bed and breakfast in a...

I was diagnosed 4 weeks ago and saw diabetic nurse for first time today. After reading a lot on the forum I pretty much expected very little. Glucose testing not required. Lose weight (have lost 4kg). No real advice given. Asked for a diet sheet. It was published in 2003! Going to largely...

Hi, like many I was newly diagnosed just before Christmas with a routine blood test as I am on blood pressure tablets. Somewhat of a shock but getting my head around it. Hb1AC level of 85. Been given Metformin, which after a few days of hating, seemed to settle. Unfortunately had norovirus...