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    Type 2 travel how to deal with meds

    Thank you for this. Hoping to do a round the world trip so will be in lots of conventional places visiting friends and relatives, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and America, Canada but hope to book some off the beaten track places too. Such as volunteer work in Tailand or Africa working in an...
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    Type 2 travel how to deal with meds

    Hi everyone after several years of having my head in the sand I have finally accepted that i have to do something about the diabetes so I now take my meds (metformin and gliclazide) eat a low carb diet and hey my HbA1c is normal in just 4 months. So now I'm slimmer (10k) and fitter (aquarobics)...
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    Need help with breaking a food addiction!

    Re: Need help with breaking a food addiction! OMG there are people like me out there. Diabetic and trying to get to grips with bad eating habits. I know loosing weight must happen but I seem helpless to change my eating habits. Can do the exercise even at 19 stone go to gym, work out well on my...
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    Blood sugar levels

    Thanks for this information. I have a meter and have used it occasionally. I'm confused in that I eat BS goes up and then comes down over few hours. But overnight when haven't had anything for hours it doesn't go down. So BS first things in am can be up. I bed to understand this. It seems to be...
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    Blood sugar levels

    Hi I'm a bit new to this type 2 diabetes stuff. Reading this forum it seems that getting control of blood sugars is really tough. I thought from GP that you just needed to take the tablets and job done. Needless to say my blood sugars aren't great. What should I be doing other than taking...