do other people

Hi all

I am Type 2 on Metformin gliclazide and simvastatin was just wondering if other people get achy feet or pain in the toes I always seem to have restless feet nowadays my sugars are generally quite high as oppossed to low and thats with all the meds and a careful diet, not to mention the tiredness gets to about 3pm and I could sleep for England !!! And my vision has all of a sudden got worse I have now had to purchase reading glasses as I can't focus properly on small print (well actually quite big print too ) does any one else have this or is it really my body trying to tell me I am fast approaching 45 !!

And metformin ....the side affects are supposed to wear of right ...I have lots of good days but at least one day a week I have a bad day when my stomach is painful and going anywhere without toilets is not an option days when I can eat an apple and end up with cronic diarrea (or however that is spelt!!!) I tried at one point not taking the metformin as it is so unpleasent for that one day but my Blood sugars just shot up to 28 + and I felt even worse than I do sat on a loo all day lol

Just wanna know it's not just me none of my friends are diabetic so have no one to compare the notes with, and when I talk to my nurse about my feet etc it's almost like she just wants to pat me on the head say there there and send me away and doesn't seem to think it is relevant would be nice to tell her it is and can we now do something about it it is very very painful !!!

Anyhow thanks for listening I feel better now I got that off my chest !!

Look forward to your replies

Jo

Hi all thanks for the replies - I tend to stick to low carb low fat diet if I eat carbs it tends to be the complex ones ie wholemeal and brown, porrige oats etc don't take sugar in anything even avoid sugary fruit for the most part and don't drink alcohol (a hypo after 4 glasses of wine put me off of drinking !!!) I try and watch my intakes however like anyone I do have my bad moments!! My nurse has told me that I will end up injecting sooner rather than later, generally she is really nice and helpful but when I point out that I am almost always sugar high she doesn't seem that worried as a couple of the blood tests I had where really Low and a couple really high so guess what I come out average I did point out that this isn't quite right as I was one extreme to the other and of course it averages out to 'normal range' did my BG last night (pre meds) 9.1 and on waking was still 9.1 is this a good thing ???

Hi Jack412 I had a look at the link and it appears to be advising LCHF diet - unfortunately I would not be able to follow this I had my gallbladder removed so anything high fat makes me very ill as my body can not process fat :-(, that was an interesting time of life diagnosed diabetic and gallstones at the same time so had to eat because of the diabetes and couldn't eat because of the pain !!!

excuse my ignorance but what is GB salt ???

wow just read up on it I never even knew about it thank you Jack412 appriciate that bit of knowledge

the sad thing is i have a meter and the nurse barely checks it so i am now over the next few weeks testing like mad at all different times and will take it to the gp instead