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  1. andreaabbott1

    Little bit worried due to BG levels

    Hi all I have been wondering for awhile if i am type 2 my doctor has run 2 hcbc fasting tests 6 mths apart and i come back at 5 to6% on my first test she thought i was pre diabetic, carrying alot of extra weight I low carbed for 2 mths lost just over a stone she did another fasting test and...
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    Anyone else have a diabetic dog?

    Great not only is my husband diabetic now my little westie is to just wondering if anyone else has a diabetic dog My dog was diagnosed last week, it happened suddenly, he just seemed suddenly to get very very slow and have no energy as well as urinating at night in the house. I have to injected...
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    UPDATE ON HUBBY neuropathy please do this 1 thing

    Sorry people its been so long but nothing and I mean nothing is being moved fast we finally got to see our own family GP just before christmas to say she was shocked about how my hubby is was an understatement she thought he had MND well thankfully she has moved things along hubby had a nerve...
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    Can you suddenly get side effects after 6 months?

    My husband has some form of neuropathy not sure which form as still waiting to see the neurologists. He has been on Amitriptyline for almost 3 years but in the last 6months the dose has been increase to 10mg a night and he also takes 50mg of tramadol the main side effects are that he spends...
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    UPDATE ON HUBBY

    Had an appointment today with a back specialist, he looked at hubbies MRI and said the pain he has is in no way connected to his back. made hubby do loads of stuff like try and touch his toes balance with his eyes closed. laid him on the bed and moved all his limbs which apart from weakness in...
  6. andreaabbott1

    SORRY I NEED TO RANT

    I have kept hubby on such a strict diet and his bloods havent gone over 6.6 all week today was my work day so I was away but I left him some roast chicken for lunch with a salad bowl for his dinner I left him a trout and some spinach left him nuts and some berries to snack on his neuropathy...
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    what am i doing wrong hubby has high bloods in the morning

    I have been trying really hard to keep hubbies blood sugar down as he has neuropathy 2 mornings now his bloods have been high yesterday they were 9.3 and this morning 8.3 yesterday he had oats so simple for breakfast I gave him 1 slice of cheese on toast using nimble whole meal for lunch and a...
  8. andreaabbott1

    PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY & ATROPHY

    Hi at long last after loads and loads of different test I guess to rule out cancer, MS and other things the Neurologist has diagnosed my hubby with peripheral neuropathy. Only he didnt really seem interested in answering any questions and hastily sent us away with an appointment at the pain...
  9. andreaabbott1

    PAIN IN FOOT AFTER FALLING

    I posted in the type 2 thread about the issues my husband is having, with major pain in his right leg to the point it hurts to even touch it, firstly we thought it was sciatica but an MRI has shown it isnt over 4 mths the muscle in the leg has actually wasted away there are no reflexes in the...
  10. andreaabbott1

    FEELING PECKISH what can i munch on?

    so come on what can someone with type 2 munch on when feeling peckish my hubby often gets peckish in the evening what is safe to snack on rather than crisps
  11. andreaabbott1

    please someone listen to me I am so worried

    I am sorry this is going to be along post, I am just begging please for some response or advice on where to go what to ask for. My husband has been type 2 for 15 years, totally out of control he is never under 10.6 and the last blood test his HBC was 120 now he hasnt heeded the warning signs...
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    Some advice with blood sugar control very high

    Hello I am posting on behalf of my husband who is a techno phobic. He is 66 and was diagnosed with type 2 when he had a heart bypass 12 years ago To be honest he has been in denial all that time and had abused himself with what he eats these can include sweets meant for kids , crisp, pies...