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    Substituting Bread and Pasta

    I went to buy some almond flour last week and it was £11 for a bag and that bag was not very big, so I decided to stick to making my chocolate cake with almonds that I have crushed up myself in the blender. I eat burgen bread mostly which is half the amount of carbs than other breads. However I...
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    Flu Jab

    Ive only ever had mine the once. Since they added the swine flu vaccine in with it I have refused to have it as i read that it can bring on mental health problems such as dementia.
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    actos

    I dont think it can have been withdrawn as my DN has only just prescribed this for me and Ive gone from taking 15mg to 45 in 2 weeks per day. However, after reading on here about bladder cancer scares I have stopped taking it from this morning. I have decided to take 4 glucophage instead and...
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    actos

    is there anyone out there who is on this drug at the moment and if so can you tell me if you have had any side effects please. Also, what do you think about the health warning on bladder cancer linked to using this drug. I have just been put on this due to high sugar levels. I also take 3 x 500g...
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    Reversal.... It can be done... Surprised myself really

    Hi, Please can you tell me the types of food that you ate as I have trouble with rice potatoes and bread so mainly stick to bread with lots of grains in it and rarely have the potatoes or rice. I also find that oats spike my blood sugars. My nurse told me to eat baked crisps at night if I have...
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    High BS the Dentist and Retinopathy

    thanks for telling me about the adrenaline in the dentist jab i will ask her when i go next time, it does make sense.
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    High BS the Dentist and Retinopathy

    Thank you for all your replies. It is good to hear different opinions and advice as this really helps. I do not suffer with high BP or retinopathy though. Our two main gym instructors have a degree in what they do (Im not sure what degree its called) but one of them does work with cardio...
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    High BS the Dentist and Retinopathy

    Thank you for all your replies. It is good to hear different opinions and advice as this really helps. I do not suffer with high BP or retinopathy though. Our two main gym instructors have a degree in what they do (Im not sure what degree its called) but one of them does work with cardio...
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    Hello

    Thank you very much for your help i will take a look at the links because even after 3 years i am still learning and still finding things out. Some days its a real job to know what to eat and i falter but i suppose its natural to have blips, so long as they are few and far between. thanks again...
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    High BS the Dentist and Retinopathy

    About a year ago i had a filling and after i had the injection in my mouth i went all shaky and trembling slightly. however, this passed very quickly and they progressed with the filling. I now have to have another filling and it is a different dentist, so I described what happened the last time...
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    Hello

    sorry for delay in response have not been on here much. Yes thanks for your help. decided not to take it and have upped gliclizide, but still not very good, must be the bread and chocolate! I can eat a brown rye bread roll with turkey and my BS will rise from 6.1 to 12.8 eg, So i am having to...
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    alcohol

    Hi, I was told that alcohol can lower blood sugar levels. Hence the reason to have a little food if you are going to have a drink. Is this really true? I know this is probably a stupid question to ask, but I have to ask as I want to understand the effects of alcohol on diabetes. If it lowers the...
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    Gliclazide

    When testing my sugar levels they have always ranged from 7 to 10 and maybe even as low as 5 through to 7 on occasions when I have walked a lot. However, since last September when I started to go to the gym twice a week my sugar levels have been much higher. I admit my diet has not been perfect...
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    Hello

    Hi, my name is Sandra and I am T2, diagnosed in 2009. Having lots of trouble with high blood sugars please can someone direct me to someone who I can ask a few questions about januvia please.