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Do you take Simvastatin by any chance? And did you have foot / hand pain (a hot sensation and or tingling like pins and needles) before you were diagnosed?

I'm commenting on the loo visit frequency. I was diagnosed with a >30 BGL T2 diabetic in April 2012. I'd been experiencing ALL the usual diabetes symptoms for a few weeks, falling asleep after lunch, atrocious desperate thirst and associated ridiculously frequent peeing! My Doctor prescribed me...

Non of us believe it at first Richard, but I now take a lot of care of myself. I don't exercise enough but I bought a bike now. Do you get tired in the afternoon after lunch? Do you tend to want to drink more often than friends or relatives? Do you have to get up at night a couple of times...

I'm convinced statins are responsible for my peripheral neuropathy. The doctor prescribed them, on my diagnosis for T2. At diagnosis I had no pain in my feet at all. After 2 months I'd got hot sensations in my toes with pins and needles, it was extremely painful and I couldn't sleep at night or...

Vitamin B12 can't be taken by tablet because the digestive system destroys it. However, it can be purchased from places like Holland and Barrett in "sublingual" form, meaning you squirt a pipettes full under the tongue for 30 seconds every day and build up B12 levels.

Hi all, my name is Keith & I'm from Shropshire in central England. I'm male, 59 years young, and I was diagnosed T2 in January of 2013 after months of self denial! I was off the mmol scale when tested with the usual raging thirst which meant I'd drink all the Lucozade I could find (well its...