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    Test Strip Disposal

    I have a sharps disposal yellow box, given to me by my surgery, and when its full they dispose of it for me, i wouldnt put anything like tht in the ordinary rubbish,
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    Binge eating?

    :( I binge eat and am vastly overweight, i dont exercise hardly, infact i feel useless, i had a double heart bypass in 2011, then blood clots on my lungs in 2012, and i have really slowed down, so much physically, im not sure how ro get myself going again, our gps surgery used to have a weight...
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    How old were you when you were diagnosed?

    I was 64 and hadnt been well for a while, i was tired, depressed etc it was a doctor said out of the blue she thought she would test my blood, my bs when tested was 10, am on metformin now tht seems to sort it, but do have some highs in the morning, :)
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    Whats the most annoying thing people say about diabetes?

    A friend of ours has a mum who is just diet and has never been above 6.0 and is always offering info on her mums diet, i alwaya say is yr mum on medication, answer always is No, i say well then, lol
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    It's snowing!

    Where i live in Cumbria UK weve only had a dusting of snow, altho all round us in Cumbria other towns and villages have had more. Im happy weve onlt had a lil amount, :D
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    How long have you been diagnosed?

    Ive been diagnosed since October 2010,... 2yrs
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    How many eggs do you eat per week?

    i eat about 4 eggs, a week but some weeks i dont eat any, :D
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    gliclazide

    im on 2x daily 500mg metformin, was started on gliclazide 40mg 5 days ago ive had two hypos readings of 3.3 Tuesday and 3.6 today, even after id had a cheese omelette, a few hrs b4 tht, why is this happening?? i was put on gliclazide as my bs was 8 and 9 in the mornings, Should i stop taking the...
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    Type 2's: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning?

    Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn I vary from 7.7 to 8.5 im mostly in the 8 plus tho, anyone any ideas how to lower this level, ive tried everything i can think of, diet etc, doc maybe putting me in glicalazide im on 1 ,, 500mg of metformin twice daily,
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    Tory moron

    Hmmm, well paid idiots spouting again, maybe he needs to be in the real world, :thumbdown: