type 2

Hello All, Hope everyone is ok? Wondering, if anyone else if taking similar combo for type 2 diabetes? I am due to start this on my next prescription 28th July. Feeling bit worried about it.

Hi Everyone, I understand a lot of people post on here and many with the same questions so I will try not to repeat and I will appreciate any replies. So I was diagnosed Type 2 after being picked up on a works medical. No symptoms to note. my diet wasn't great and little exercise but quite an...

Does anyone get a metallic taste all the time when using metformin. What was the solution. Thanks Carole and Daisy

Hi all, I haven't posted in this forum for a long while, but I have finally - after years of struggling with trying to get tested - been diagnosed with MIDD (Maternally Inherited Diabetes and Deafness - I think they put diabetes first in the name... so I got the title wrong!)). So if you are...

Hey folks. Roughly four years ago, I was suspected to have developed type 2 diabetes when I was around 23 years old. Specialists outside of my GP concurred with this sentiment. My HbA1c was sitting around 8-9%. I was overweight at the time and had been all but completely immobile for almost an...

Hi. For yonks now I've been on type 2 medication, as well as other stuff. The diabetic medication is slow-release Metformin 2x500mg twice a day, Alogliptin 25mg once a day and Gliclazide 40mg in the morning and 80mg at night. Well I've now been put on Canagliflozin (like Dapagliflozin, only my...

Hi everyone Just looking for some advise, I have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes for the last 5 years this is currently managed with Metformin and Aloglipton. Recently had bloods taken and they are now at 69 (previous year was 50) to my knowledge I haven’t changed anything however I am now...

Hi, I am type 2 and at the beginning of March decided to try the libre 2 to improve my control (currently on metformin (1000mg bd), Glicazide (160mg morning, 80mg evening) and sitagliptin). The libre is predicting HbA1c at 5.3 although I think the first couple of sensors under recorded glucose...

I am interested to know if any Type 2's have stuck to a low carbohydrate diet but have not managed to get into remission? We are delighted to celebrate those who have but do not seen to hear from people for whom this approach has not worked

Hi all. First day of joining the site, mostly at the insistence of my dad to share my last 6 months. I'll caveat at the start that what I write below is of course a subjective experience but I know also that a lot of us, me included, struggle daily with our diet, health, trying to get back to...

Hey folks, I have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, but not sure why I have developed it. Recently I have made the following experiment: Measured glucose, insulin, c-peptide in the morning. Ate 75 grams of glucose. Measured same things after 1 hr. Measured glucose every 30 min with glucose...

Hi everyone, I had recently got freestyle libre monitor for my dad (Type 2 diabetic). He is on insulin injections once a day. As soon as he applied the sensor, his finger prick blood glucose level rose and remained high for a the full week he had the sensor attached to his arm. Even his...

Advice please folks. Found out a week ago I have type 2 diabetes, found in a blood test (I’d been feeling really tired all time) beginning of March. As my doctor didn’t believe results had another blood test which confirmed it. I’m 45, active (walk 6-10km a day) non smoker/drinker with a very...

Hi all Type 2 diabetic, diagnosed about a month ago. Hbac1 56. I am very overweight, have about 5st to lose, largely vegetarian with some fish. I am also hypothyroid, have fatty liver, cholesterol higher than it should be. Too much stress for too long and comfort eating carbs. I have...

I often ride a bike for 4+ hours burning at least 400 cals/hr. In pre-lockdown days I would normally stop at cafes etc to refuel. Now I resort to cycling specialist energy bars etc. I have found only a few that are not coated in chocolate which is not a good feature - melts in back pocket of...

Hi I recently joined the Low Carb Program and watched Dr Jason Fung's videos on there, who seems to be an advocate of intermittent fasting. I find if I go more than 5 hours without eating my blood sugars start to shoot up. When I decided to do the Newcastle plan last year my GP ordered me...

How do you know there is a helicopter pilot in the room ? They'll tell you, one of the oldest adages in aviation. No prizes for guessing that my diagnosis in Nov 2020 came with some potentially career limiting issues as I lost my medical which left me unable to fly. The diagnosis was a bit of...

Has anyone been on this? My consultant says it’s easier on stomach but I have taken one and I am not sure it agrees with me. I am over heating, feel nauseous and had to run to bathroom ( which I expected) but the racing heart and overheating and nausea have me worried? I suffer from Health...

Hi Fellas, Based in Sydney, I have recently been diagnosed for type 2 and it has shattered my world completely. Everything that I am doing now revolves around my blood sugar :( My doctor has put me on Metformin 1000+Gliclazide. Since I have started the dosage, the fasting sugar is between 4.3...

Hi I am a final year pharmacy student at Kingston University, I am currently completing my project on the side effects of diabetic medication. I am doing this study to explore how you may deal with side effects in your diabetic medication and how frequently you may experience them. The...