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Many thanks for that - I have just taken one with lunch and will take another at dinner tonight and will see how it goes. Hope I won't have to take it forever because I hate taking tablets! K

Hi all, Just a couple of quick questions which I hope someone will have the answer to! Have been diet controlled type 2 diabetic for a year. Yesterday the GP prescribed Metformin because as a result of recent really stressful events my BS levels have gone sky high. What I want to know is, if...

Hi all, Need some urgent advice. Have been a diet controlled diabetic for a year now with HbA1C OF 7.1 and readings mostly below 9 as of last October and not due to see the consultant again 'til April. Have been under a lot of stress just lately because my mother is terminally ill and I've not...

Perhaps they're told to say this so that Health Service money is saved on the "expensive" test strips. But maybe that's just me being cynical! Personally if the DESMOND course I went on is indicative of all such courses then I think it would save far more money if they just scrapped the course...

Hi Sue, First they said, don't test at all because the blood sugar fluctuates so much at all times of the day that it is not going to give you an accurate overall picture of what is really going on with the blood glucose. I told them that I test at all times of the day before and after meals...

Hi Ian DESMOND = Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed They are courses for Type 2s and I went on one this week. Karen

Thanks to all for the replys. Those websites are great, especially the first one and they have gone straight into "my favourites"! I shall raise the issue of the target HbA1c level with the consultant on 20th May because it looks like the lab is indeed quite wrong to state that "target levels...

Hi everyone, Relatively new to all this so please bear with me! I went to my Dr in January because I was feeling tired and asked for a blood test. I am 50 with plenty of menopausal symptoms but with no symptoms of diabetes! I smoke 20 a day and weighed in at 13st 2lbs which is overweight I know...