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<blockquote data-quote="Phoenix55" data-source="post: 1516731" data-attributes="member: 242273"><p>There are alternatives but, as you say, they all create issues. Eating to your meter is a good way to work out what is causing your high bg levels and then doing something about changing your diet. Three weeks on a lower carb diet and my work colleagues were noticing my weight loss before I had because I didn't bother weighing myself regularly. The weight I lost has stayed off too.</p><p></p><p>It is no good complaining that it is 'the usual tale' if <u>you </u>do not do something to change the tale. How high does your DN regard as being too high. Mine thought initial reading of 6.6 followed by diagnostic test of 6.7 after 3 months was high enough to warrant metformin. I decided that I had tried to follow her advice of the 'Eatwell plate' and would end up on medication for life, so I had to try something else and that had to work first time. So I tried LC and 3 months later the Dr agreed that I did not need medication. It is up to you what you do, only you know your situation but you want to come off metformin and not progress towards heavier medication so...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phoenix55, post: 1516731, member: 242273"] There are alternatives but, as you say, they all create issues. Eating to your meter is a good way to work out what is causing your high bg levels and then doing something about changing your diet. Three weeks on a lower carb diet and my work colleagues were noticing my weight loss before I had because I didn't bother weighing myself regularly. The weight I lost has stayed off too. It is no good complaining that it is 'the usual tale' if [U]you [/U]do not do something to change the tale. How high does your DN regard as being too high. Mine thought initial reading of 6.6 followed by diagnostic test of 6.7 after 3 months was high enough to warrant metformin. I decided that I had tried to follow her advice of the 'Eatwell plate' and would end up on medication for life, so I had to try something else and that had to work first time. So I tried LC and 3 months later the Dr agreed that I did not need medication. It is up to you what you do, only you know your situation but you want to come off metformin and not progress towards heavier medication so... [/QUOTE]
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