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<blockquote data-quote="graj0" data-source="post: 962172"><p>Hi and welcome. Sorry to hear of your diagnosis, I was diagnosed in 1997 and weirdly because there were several cousins, uncles, aunts and my father also diabetic, I just thought it was normal. I also have non alcoholic liver disease, my liver function deteriorated about ten years ago after taking a drug called Rosiglitazone, now withdrawn from the market. It hasn't improved and I sometimes question whether the pain killers I take for sciatica, muscular spasms and arthritic knees are part of that problem. I can only guess that any drug is going to make the liver work harder and possibly affect it's function.</p><p></p><p>Diet is going to be important and I think you might be surprised that diabetics on this and other diabetic forums have issues with the conventional advice. I can only say that in my experience I was at a point where I was already taking Metformin, Gliclazide and Januvia and preparing to start on insulin when I was recommended a low carb diet by a nutritional therapist. I was surprised because my previous GP had always said that under no circumstances was I to reduce carbs. I was trying to lose weight after following the traditional eat less exercise more routine which hadn't worked for ages, so I went with the low carb idea. I lost weight (work in progress) and more importantly, threw away Gliclazide, Januvia and the dreaded stain because my BG and total cholesterol had dropped significantly. My GP still says "well done" whenever I have an HbA1c (a blood test that gives a sort of average for the last 8 - 12 weeks)..</p><p></p><p>A monitor is essential and again, you'll be surprised to learn that the NHS recommend not monitoring for type IIs. A complete nonsense in my opinion and many other type II diabetics who want to control their BG. It's no good waiting for an HbA1c, it's better to see what's going on at the time. Different carbs have different effects on different people, you'll need to know..</p><p></p><p>There's a lot to take on board at the beginning, but DON'T PANIC! You come to a good place with a lot of diabetic people who know lots.</p><p></p><p>All the best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="graj0, post: 962172"] Hi and welcome. Sorry to hear of your diagnosis, I was diagnosed in 1997 and weirdly because there were several cousins, uncles, aunts and my father also diabetic, I just thought it was normal. I also have non alcoholic liver disease, my liver function deteriorated about ten years ago after taking a drug called Rosiglitazone, now withdrawn from the market. It hasn't improved and I sometimes question whether the pain killers I take for sciatica, muscular spasms and arthritic knees are part of that problem. I can only guess that any drug is going to make the liver work harder and possibly affect it's function. Diet is going to be important and I think you might be surprised that diabetics on this and other diabetic forums have issues with the conventional advice. I can only say that in my experience I was at a point where I was already taking Metformin, Gliclazide and Januvia and preparing to start on insulin when I was recommended a low carb diet by a nutritional therapist. I was surprised because my previous GP had always said that under no circumstances was I to reduce carbs. I was trying to lose weight after following the traditional eat less exercise more routine which hadn't worked for ages, so I went with the low carb idea. I lost weight (work in progress) and more importantly, threw away Gliclazide, Januvia and the dreaded stain because my BG and total cholesterol had dropped significantly. My GP still says "well done" whenever I have an HbA1c (a blood test that gives a sort of average for the last 8 - 12 weeks).. A monitor is essential and again, you'll be surprised to learn that the NHS recommend not monitoring for type IIs. A complete nonsense in my opinion and many other type II diabetics who want to control their BG. It's no good waiting for an HbA1c, it's better to see what's going on at the time. Different carbs have different effects on different people, you'll need to know.. There's a lot to take on board at the beginning, but DON'T PANIC! You come to a good place with a lot of diabetic people who know lots. All the best. [/QUOTE]
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