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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JJ4" data-source="post: 131769" data-attributes="member: 13875">Many thanks for the replies, to answer some of the questions posed:It is in my sig, I think!  :?  But he's on Metformin 1500mg per day, Asprin, Simvastatin and Fluoxetine (Prozac).He's on the standard Metformin. He takes 500mg x 3. One in the morning, one in the afternoon and one at night. He is a permanent night worker but is awake most of the day so it does suit his meal timetable still.And I totally agree about his HbA1c result, I have told the Practice Nurse on several occassions and they always argue the toss with me that it's fine. We've had one Dr tell us it's excellent!I've sat there, with him agreeing and chipping in too, that he sees swings and they just say 'well, your HbA1c is saying it's great overal'. Like banging your head against a wall.They just don't see the bigger picture that that test is a snapshot and it should be viewed alongside how the patient is doing and feeling and what the BSL are like day to day.He has also had some high BP readings over his last couple of routine diabetes check-ups which I think, personally, is telling them that something is not right but all they do is take it again and again and even though it either comes down a little OR comes down when they retest in a week, they don't pay it much attention.He was diagnosed back in 2006.He usually eats white bread but has made the switch which he had thought would see even a tiny difference in how his body reacts.He's not very good with his diet, I've mentioned on this site before, on other forums, that he hasn't really changed his eating habits. He wants to change to lose weight, not because of his diabetes. He's an intelligent man, just not very motivated which he readily admits.He doesn't test regularly, infact, he only tested that many times today because first thing, we were trying out a different meter and then because he had the shakes and I told him to see if it really was low because it was unexpected after his breakfast egg and toast.His eating patterns are erratic because of his schedule of working at night and being awake most of the day. A little different to many diabetics out there in that respect.</blockquote>

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