Still waiting to hear about my prescription :-( must ring the nurse todayI've just looked up Forxiga... it sounds like a wonder-drug, doesn't it? The European Commission has just approved it, as well as NICE... why doesn't everyone get it? It apparently reduces weight and blood-pressure... surely, it would save the NHS a fortune? And it would make people feel better....
Probably not as cheap as Metformin, which also has otter fringe benefits on cholesterol etc. and If memory serves, there's a greater risk of kidney cancers on the drug group that Forxiga belongs to.[/QUO
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Otter fringe? :grin:
Hi rose 28, it helps , try a spoonful of peanut butter,or coconut oil,or olive oil,8.2 at bedtime
6.8 at fasting
I'm really puzzled but pleased at the same time that the fasting reading is much lower than the bedtime one.
I thought it would be higher because I was really hungry last night and I gave in to a small bowl of cerealI know that was naughty but it was nice! I use to live on cereals!!
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I don't usually have the need to eat anything after my evening meal so last night was a rarity.
Don't know if by having a snack before bedtime.... Lowers the fasting bs?
Sometimes a snack, low or carb free can keep our livers happy overnight and stop them dumping thinking we are in need - I've often had a square of cheese with my carb free hot chocolate at bed! Guessing your cereal treat would have given you a rise at 1 or 2 hours but you obviously came back down nicely by morning8.2 at bedtime
6.8 at fasting
I'm really puzzled but pleased at the same time that the fasting reading is much lower than the bedtime one.
I thought it would be higher because I was really hungry last night and I gave in to a small bowl of cerealI know that was naughty but it was nice! I use to live on cereals!!
I don't usually have the need to eat anything after my evening meal so last night was a rarity.
Don't know if by having a snack before bedtime.... Lowers the fasting bs?
Morning Clive.....fingers crossed and sending good luck todayHi rose 28, it helps , try a spoonful of peanut butter,or coconut oil,or olive oil,
I started on forxiga back in late June after a week of metformin that I couldn't tolerate, had expected nurse practitioner to swap me to the slow release but he gave me forxiga saying it was new, apart from a mild bout of thrush at the start I got on great with it, combined with strict lchf and exercise I got my hba1c from 61 to 53 in 6 weeks and to 38 in 18 weeks, by the I had lost over 3 stone. My GP advised in December to. Stop taking it in January given I had reduced to non-diabetic level, which I did. Hba1c last week was 39, given I'm meds free now I'm ok with that- total loss now just over 5 stone too.Still waiting to hear about my prescription :-( must ring the nurse today
Thanks kimbo,i'm psyched up for it now.....should be a good result :Morning Clive.....fingers crossed and sending good luck today![]()