UK Diabetic Type 2 People!

01-04-2006, 10:24 AM

Hope no one minds, but I thought a topic for UK type 2's would be a good idea, I would be keen to meet others with this!

I was diagnosed in September and I started taking the Met for both the PCOS and Diabetes in December.

I am not monitoring my own BS but still unsure what the normal ranges are. I am seeing a diabetic nurse at my GP surgery... well actually she's the practice nurse and to be honest there seems to be little help on what BS figures I should be looking at....

01-06-2006, 09:45 AM

Oh dear I feel like the only one!

jay_jay_ok_2001 · 01-12-2006, 09:29 AM

Dear Mazarin,
Like you i am based in the UK (Birmingham) and like you i was diagnosed last year. Tried metformin didnt suit me but am now on Avandia which i find better.
Unlike you however i am very lucky to be with a GP surgery that has a pretty good nurse who looks after the diabetics.
The doctor is pretty good too. I was given a blood sugar meter and also as i was on tablets the doctor gave me an excemption form to fill in so as you get prescriptions free (you are entitled if you are a diabetic controlled by tablets and not diet alone.)
Your blood sugar ideally is supposed to be between 4-8. If you have any other queries please let me know.
Hope you get things sorted out.
Best Wishes,

Jill

squidge63 · 01-13-2006, 04:52 AM

Blood sugars should normally be in the range of 4 - 7 mmols. After eating a reading of 9 -10 is normal for a diabetic, depending on what you have eaten.
Your HbA1c (blood test that shows what your BS control over a 3 month period was like) level should be preferably under 7%

I was diagnosed in 1999 and was diet controlled for 6 months, 2000 went onto Metformin which made me ill for a longtime (2G).. then cut the Metformin down to 1G and had Gliclazide added. In 2003 went onto 2 insulin injections a day and 1G of Metformin, and in Dec 2004 went to 4 injections plus the 1G of Metformin. Have tried stopping the metformin but I can't get my sugars controlled on insulin alone.

I am seen by the diabetic clinic at my local hospital because I am on insulin, when I was on tablets only I was seen by my GP and the diabetic nurse at the surgery. I was also seen at the diabetic unit at the hospital in the area I used to live. I prefer being dealt with by the diabetic clinics at the hospital, personal preference I suppose.

01-18-2006, 09:59 AM

Thanx for the advice.... you'd think I would know all this as my mum is a type 1 diabetic, but I have not told her about me yet!!!!!!!!!!

My wake up BS are still quite high, normally over 9 as are my after meals BS, but I am due for a review in February with the diabetic nurse.

squidge63 · 01-18-2006, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Mazarin

Thanx for the advice.... you'd think I would know all this as my mum is a type 1 diabetic, but I have not told her about me yet!!!!!!!!!!

My wake up BS are still quite high, normally over 9 as are my after meals BS, but I am due for a review in February with the diabetic nurse.

I know that feeling I am aiming to get my BS in the morning 7 and under as that is what the dr wants me to try and achieve... I have woken up with them as high as 18..

although today was better I was 8.4 but since October I have been having horrendous problems trying to stabilise them. I thought I had got a bad case of flu, eventually went to see my dr and she did a load of blood tests and she called me to tell me that I had glandular fever and another virus, that was in december and I am still having bad days. I think it has gone as I feel semi alright, and then I will wake up and feel like I am back at square one again, so trying to get my BS sorted out is a real nightmare...

lol yup you should know about it, as should I... I am a qualified nurse and have nursed many diabetics and the last place I worked was an amputee unit where the majority of patients were diabetics. I had to give up nursing due to another health problem. When I was diagnosed diabetic it was like oh hell no not me, and for about 5 years I didn't come to terms with it at all, although I took my meds etc... it was when I was put on insulin that it really hit home, but even now i can have bad bad days where I think f**k it I will eat bad stuff, I know I will suffer for it but at least I know when I do I can increase my insulin, which is easier than when I was just on tablets.

01-23-2006, 06:45 PM

Thanx for that.... any tips on curing the tierdness!

08-05-2006, 07:21 PM

Just bumping this up...

2000mg of Metformin was not working for me as my HBA1C has gone up since April to 8.8 (from 7.8) so my GP has now put me on 30mg of Gliclazide modified release tablets...

Still got to see the Practice Nurse later this month for a proper review as well...