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My 3 monthly blood sugar has recently jumped from 6.5 to 12.8 and despite increasing Metformin to 200mg per day and 160mg of glicazide in a morning my daytime sugars are still in the 9.5 and above region. They are usually okay first thing in a morning. I have been recently diagnosed with...

Hi - I was diagnosed with T2 diabetes earlier this week. My emotions are all over the place. Scared, determined, upset, but mostly overwhelmed by it all. My blood test (average over three months) came back as 9.5 and my blood sugar was 14 at the appointment with the nurse. I'm still unfamiliar...

Hey guys, Today I was told that I am in between type 1 and type 2. Well, I get extremely confuse as I was thinking how can it be possible?! So I just want to ask if any of you are in the same boat as me?! my test result for GAD ab is 54.4 U/ml and IA2 is 19.07U/ml, both seem very high to the...

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed approximately two weeks ago. Therefore, I'm currently a regular visitor to my surgery. Please can anyone advise me whether I should be able to get monitoring equipment via my surgery, and prescriptions. I'm very much interested in the Freestyle Libre, as that...

Hi all, I'm fairly recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I take 2 metformin a day and test my blood when I'm not feeling right. On Monday, I had a really bad headache and took 2 ibuprofen. This sent my blood sugars from 5.9 to 9.9. I didn't eat anything carb or sugar based, and I felt very...

I'll start with the generics. I'm a 22 American Male. I'm obese—290 lbs., 6'3", 36 BMI. My grandfather is a type 2 diabetic who controls with light medication and a low carb diet, but does not regularly test. There's much to say but first I suppose you should know I'm a bit of a...

Hi, I'm a recently diagnosed type 2 diabetic and I wondered does anyone have any books about Diabetes diet, cookbooks for type 2 diabetics, especially for type 2 diabetics who want to loose weight? Books that you think are good, books good for people in the UK - i.e. not full of American...

My paternal grandmother, my aunt, my mother and my uncle have all be diagnosed. Deep down I knew there was a strong chance. I lost 45 pounds 3 years ago, and gained it all back. Just a couple days ago I got the news...I was diagnosed with t2....I have started working out but I feel confused...

Hi there, I am a second year clinical science student and we are currently studying diabetes and metabolism. Part of the project is to change the common (mis)perception of diabetes. The reason I am posting is because I would appreciate if people would let me know what everyday myths they have...