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  1. pav

    Which Accu Chek mobile case?

    I notice with the Accu Chek mobile you select the case of your choice once you have the meter, which case do you find is the best the mobile phone type case or the pencil case type case? https://www.accu-chek.co.uk/microsites/ ... ycase.html
  2. pav

    Just had my latest HbA1c results :)

    Just received my latest HbA1c results and they are 44 down from 59 4 / 5 months ago, now just to look up the results in plain English. :D
  3. pav

    I appear to be loosing the war

    Last week the doc increased my meds again to 160 mg of gliclazide and confirmed the max dose of metformin should be 2000 mg, she warned me of hypos, so I increased the gliclazide in two stages 120 mg until two days ago and then the 160 mg in the morning. It appears after 2 hours after eating my...
  4. pav

    Levels creeping up again. :(

    I thought I had this cracked after my sudden jump in BS in Jan and meds changed to the original 3000 mg of metformin and the newly added 80 mg of gliclazide in the morning. Talking with the doc the other day about the level of metformin and this was reduced to 2000 mg. Now for the past few days...
  5. pav

    Bayer's good c/s

    Bayer kindly sent me a contour next USB and contour XT meters free a couple of months ago :). I ordered some of the extra freebies that you can order once the meters are registered and forgot about ordering them. A couple of weeks ago I remembered about them and that I had not received all the...
  6. pav

    Drinking fluids galore

    Having recently got my BS down to more sensible levels generally between 4.4 and under 9.0 with the odd spikes to 11.4. :) For the past 3 weeks'ish I have had a real stinking cold which then caused infections in the ears and eyes. More over the past few days my thirst has really gone through...
  7. pav

    Whats the least painfull lancet

    Up until now I have always used the BD micro fine lancets and was wondering if there are any that are even kinder and less painfull. My problem is my skin is quite tender as I reguarly get little pin head blisters (doc says its a a form of dermatitus) that have a clear fluid in them, and when...
  8. pav

    Importance of Monitoring ones BS

    After following doctors advice I reluctantly reduced my BS monitoring over the the years to only when feeling of colour, How wrong I was to follow their advice. My BS crept up to nearly 23 over xmas and new year and was feeling of colour so tested and was shocked how high it had got. If this...
  9. pav

    Latest HBa1c reults

    Having recently been put on gliclazide 80 mg on top of 3000 mg of metformin a new HBa1c test was done last week after a week on the gliclazide and had the results today, which were 58 in new terms. No referal to the diabetic team has been provided just a reapeat HBa1c in 4 months, and need to...
  10. pav

    Starting on gliclazide and lack of doctors support

    I started on gliclazide about a week ago 80 mg in the morning along with the metformin after being on metformin for 13 years. For the first couple of days I had the shakes a couple of times around lunch time (scary as totally new to me this feeling). Thinking my BS was too low I checked it and...
  11. pav

    Helloo

    Hi. I was finally diagnoesed with type 2 in 2000, although had been suffering problems with excess thirst etc for a good while before. Up until around Nov I was stable with my blood sugar, taking 1000 mg of metformin 3 times a day. From Nov my BS started rising to around the 15.0 mark, in Dec...