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Is this because surgeries are businesses? Profit and all that. It may need a word with your Patient Group at your practice - see if all the doctors [partners] charge.:(

If this is a professional [pharmacist] who has spoken to you in this way, they are quite out of order. If it was myself I would go back to my doctor immediately and tell them of the reaction you had from the pharmacy and how bad it made you feel. Such a pharmacist should not be advising the...

HI, Ignore your FIL - I ignored mine for nearly 40 years! People will never understand diabetes and what it does, they are not educated. Just like yourself, and count your blessings, your HbA1c reading is great - never let the words of others put you down. :cat:

Insist on getting a monitor and test strips on prescription - it is the only way you can see what food is doing to you glucose levels. Perhaps your surgery is just trying to save money??? My surgery said they did not want me to have a monitor because they did not want me to get stressed, what an...

Has anyone been failed by their GP and not been diagnosed as having T2 Diabetes? I have for the past ten years given my GP my symptoms and been told there is nothing the matter. Had blood tests each year and told that I am borderline, but not diabetic. Suddenly I ask for a different GP and I am...

Hi, I regularly go to opticians as well as retinopathy exam at my local hospital - I do the hospital every six months as my mother lost most of her sight very quickly after her diabetes was diagnosed. Although it was missed for about fifteen years, and mine has been missed for about five years...

I am relatively newly diagnosed - March. Also very confused as I was told a few months later that I have already got diabetic retinopathy damage. I did not know complications could start before a diagnosis. But my mother lost much of her sight due to her diabetes. Thank goodness you have the...

Belly Pork [lean] marinated in honey, red wine vinegar and chilli dipping sauce - then baked next day. Sauce poured over rice with veg bits in it. OOOh I just love this and warm home made bread. Now the family all say no :!: they are good at supporting me, but they miss out too as I had to...

Hi, I saw some of this programme, not all. I thought this glucose reader was absolutely brilliant and would just love to have one. The medical doctor who says his machine reads his glucose all day showed just how good it will be - and your readings will stop the eating of high carb foods which...

What suits one does not suit another, that is the trouble. And finding experts or tutors who even read off the same hymn sheet is near impossible. I was told never to use this stuff in drinks, so other than tea I drink coffee's black now. Moving my glucose levels down seems very hard work -...

Having been recently diagnosed as type 2 - and for years being told I was 'borderline' until last year when I was told I was 'pre-diabetes', if only I had been invited for an HbA1c test - which would have made far more sense than a single fasting test which refers to just one day instead of the...

Hi, Different areas seem to treat diabetes totally different. I was recently put on Metformin 500mg x 2 daily and am not getting the effects checked for three months. It does not seem to be doing much of anything at the moment, perhaps that is why three months??? Nobody bothers to explain - I...

Re: Feeling depressed Hi Shannon, Try not to be concerned that you feel different. You can control this condition much of the time with help. If your friends poke fun of make nasty comments, then are they worthy to be your friends? Probably not is what I would say - although its easier for me...

Hi, unless your surgery is carrying out 'fasting' blood tests then there is absolutely no reason why you should fast. An HbA1c is not a fasting blood test - it can be carried out at any time and shows an average of your glucose levels over the previous 8-12 weeks. This is why it is now used as...

Regarding statins - please only take medical advice do not stop these drugs on your own. I did for one month, and the result was hospital and a specialist heart institute. I think members can only say what has happened to them, not that they think you do or do not need such drugs - just my...

Hi, I was also newly diagnosed Type 2 - about 4.5 months ago. I was also told I did not need any medication - diet alone. The DESMOND education day I went to, well that was brilliant. I was also told NOT to monitor my glucose level! I was forgotten about when it came to the retinopathy exam. I...

Hi - for the last ten years or so I have been borderline diabetic. I feel I just was not given any education as to what to do - other than to lose weight - which if I could have, I would! Change of GP and HbA1c blood test and there - I am diabetic. Retinopathy exam and there I have damage behind...

Hi, Yes I have had years of 'odd' results - mostly after fasting and glucose tolerance tests too. But, hang in there you need a correct diagnosis, and one that you are going to be happy with. I have had visual problems too - but it seems that these could be visual migraines - have to see the...

Re: Eye screening - I too have just had my Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Test - after being told I am 'borderline' for the last ten years or so :?: I changed my GP and this year a HbA1c was carried out - and yes I am diabetic. The consultant who carried out my eye test showed me on his...

Cass, beware too many walnuts - they are very high in cals. Check them out first.