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<blockquote data-quote="Winnie53" data-source="post: 1403486" data-attributes="member: 160246"><p>Welcome to the forum [USER=317541]@Catiecat[/USER] <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome are different conditions, but both greatly impact quality of life. IBD is diagnosed with a colonoscopy, not sure how IBS is diagnosed. Its cause and treatment is less understood, and I suspect it's a "rule out" diagnosis. Fingers and toes crossed your symptoms are due to the metformin, particularly if symptoms started around the same time. The good news is that if it's the metformin, you might be able to learn how to manage your diabetes with diet alone, that is without any medication.</p><p></p><p>To give you hope, I want you to know that I manage my severe insulin resistance with diet and walking alone - (if I eat a full plate of an omelet and potatoes for example, my glucose levels will exceed 200 mg/dl easily (11.1 mmol/l). With the low carb high fat diet and/or the low carb ketogenic diet, I am able to maintain reasonable glucose levels, typically under 140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/l) 1 and 2 hours after meals.</p><p></p><p>Contact me privately any time if you want to talk about the diarrhea. But again, if the metformin is causing it, no dietary changes will turn it around. You'll need to switch to a different diabetes medication, or give no medication a good try.</p><p></p><p>To learn more about the low carb diet, join us on the Low-carb Diet Forum <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/category/low-carb-diet-forum.18/" target="_blank">http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/category/low-carb-diet-forum.18/</a> or the Vegetarian Diet Forum <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/category/vegetarian-diet-forum.71/" target="_blank">http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/category/vegetarian-diet-forum.71/</a></p><p></p><p>Lots of good people here. Ask lots of questions. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Winnie53, post: 1403486, member: 160246"] Welcome to the forum [USER=317541]@Catiecat[/USER] :) Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome are different conditions, but both greatly impact quality of life. IBD is diagnosed with a colonoscopy, not sure how IBS is diagnosed. Its cause and treatment is less understood, and I suspect it's a "rule out" diagnosis. Fingers and toes crossed your symptoms are due to the metformin, particularly if symptoms started around the same time. The good news is that if it's the metformin, you might be able to learn how to manage your diabetes with diet alone, that is without any medication. To give you hope, I want you to know that I manage my severe insulin resistance with diet and walking alone - (if I eat a full plate of an omelet and potatoes for example, my glucose levels will exceed 200 mg/dl easily (11.1 mmol/l). With the low carb high fat diet and/or the low carb ketogenic diet, I am able to maintain reasonable glucose levels, typically under 140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/l) 1 and 2 hours after meals. Contact me privately any time if you want to talk about the diarrhea. But again, if the metformin is causing it, no dietary changes will turn it around. You'll need to switch to a different diabetes medication, or give no medication a good try. To learn more about the low carb diet, join us on the Low-carb Diet Forum [URL]http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/category/low-carb-diet-forum.18/[/URL] or the Vegetarian Diet Forum [URL]http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/category/vegetarian-diet-forum.71/[/URL] Lots of good people here. Ask lots of questions. :) [/QUOTE]
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