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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Philipo" data-source="post: 99225" data-attributes="member: 22427">Hi all I'm a 51 year old guy living with my fiance in Suffolk, my main interest is photography with my favorite subject being natural history, I am a committee member of the Disabled Photographers Society as I also have a spinal problem that limits my day to day living.Ive just signed up to the site, iv'e been diagnosed as a type 2 dibetic aprox one year and at first I was diet controlled but now my levels went up and I know have to take Metformin 500mg x three tabs a day.  I don't know if it's normal for these tabs to be the cause of so much wind but since starting the tabs it's quite embarasing as I don't have any control over this...I find my that my GP is not that helpful when it comes to monitoring my BM as it took me ages to get any type of monitoring for my dibeties, I now have some urine sticks but my levels are up and down like a yo- yo and I was told don't use to many as they are expensive. I asked for a BM monitor but was refussed one...Looking forward to hearing from other members on the site....Philipo</blockquote>

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