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  1. nok1888

    Foods For a Good Nights Sleep

    Its also used as a sleeping aid I know its not an antipsychotic I said I was on antipsychotics (Olanzipine) that helped me sleep
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    High bloods

    Thanks for the replies, i'll start walking even more and watch more of what im eating
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    Would you wear this Google eye lens for Diabetes

    Oh god no ive got a "thing" with my eye i cant even take eye drops for the screenin
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    Latest HbA1c results. Down again!

    Well done
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    Foods For a Good Nights Sleep

    Im on antipsychohics so they knock me out ha ha! lol Na anythins worth a try mate. If you dont mind meds ask for amytriptiline (sp?) They help relax you a wee bit, a lot of people take them and theyre not addictive
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    High bloods

    Ive just tested my bloods and they are 23.6 but being type 2 i dont think theres anything i can do. Im on Metformin and was put on Gliclazide the other day Ive had hardly any sugar at all this week except whats normally in food I saw my nurse a couple o days ago and this Glicazide is the last...
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    Statins

    I've been on simvistatin for a few years now and never once had any side effects. Tell you the truth I've never even heard the horror stories or read what side effects are but I've never had any adverse effects from them Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    Hypos

    I know as soon as I get to 4.4 - 4.2 that the hypo is starting. You'll learn to spot the signs Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    Best time to take Metformin SR

    I take 2 in the morning and 2 in the evening so not to cause any stomach upset, seems to be working Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    How did you feel about switching onto injections?

    I hated the thought that my body was packing in to the extent of needing to inject but doesn't really bother me now. I got started on metformin slow release as well and my insulin has dropped 50 units a day so good news all round. Only on 80 units twice a day now Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    Would you wear this Google eye lens for Diabetes

    No chance lol the thought of something touching my eyeball just freaks me out too much Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    Blood Monitors Compared

    I would have thought they'd have been close considering its testing exact same thing Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    Blood Monitors Compared

    I've been using the freestyle optimum with no problems but I was given an accu-chek aviva as a back up but thought I'd try it out. Morning bloods were both 4.7 but just checked now and the aviva was 6.8 and the freestyle was 7.8!? I'm going to check again before and after tea to see the...
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    Metformin and Stomach pains

    I had a lot of stomach problems when I was on metformin so got switched to slow release and its helped loads Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    Terminal and Scared

    I'm one, sorry, BEEN one of the "it'll never happen to me" crowd but got a bit of a fright last week at the doctors so I've started to turn things around. Your story has hit me hard as well, I don't want to end up with all your complications and pain. Thanks for sharing Sent from the Diabetes...
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    Just taken my first 500mg of metformin

    I've just started metformin slow release, no problems so far. Glad your fine with it though Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    Potatoes

    Love potatoes laggered in butter with spring onions chopped in the mix....guess what I'm having for tea lol :grin: 2.0 Border Collies - Jinky and Chance 3.0 Cats - Monty, Dodger and Crunchie 1.1 Royal Pythons Orlina and Sedrick 0.1 BCI Boa - Aasia 1.0 Western Hognose - Hagrid 0.1 Bearded Dragon...
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    Potatoes

    I heard if you eat potatoes with the skins on its good for you as it slows down the process of your body turning it into glucose, is that true? 2.0 Border Collies - Jinky and Chance 3.0 Cats - Monty, Dodger and Crunchie 1.1 Royal Pythons Orlina and Sedrick 0.1 BCI Boa - Aasia 1.0 Western...
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    type 2 wrist bands? any piont?

    There is a point in wearing a med id, if you were in an accident and they could give you a glucose drip 2.0 Border Collies - Jinky and Chance 3.0 Cats - Monty, Dodger and Crunchie 1.1 Royal Pythons Orlina and Sedrick 0.1 BCI Boa - Aasia 1.0 Western Hognose - Hagrid 0.1 Bearded Dragon - iiara
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    Water question

    Not sure if this is posted in correct place. All my like I've drank fizzy juice and now that I'm diabetic I'm kind of worried about the damage my kidneys must have taken. I've decided to stop the fizzy juice except for 1 glass (of sugar free juice) with my tea at night, and start drinking 2ltrs...