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I feel really confused with medical advice, does anyone else ? I was diagnosed T2 about 17 years ago. I was very much overweight. As lockdown took hold & retirement so did boredom and I started eating things I shouldn’t. Weight went up to 22.2 stones & my my HBA1C reading went up to 120 OUCH. My Metformin was raised from 1 to 2 tablets & I became angry with myself for letting it happen. I came across a fantastic book & studied it in great detail being a former advanced First Aid teacher gave me a good base to understand it to be fair. Anyway, within six months my HBA1C was at 38, I’ve lost 4.5 stones & taken off of all Diabetes medication and feel great. My blood pressure has dropped and my Ramipril dose has been halved & under review to be stopped Yay . I’ve put this on here before but now my confusion starts. I’m now waiting to see a Haematologist because apparently my red blood count is slightly up but I’m told not to worry because it’s been like that for years. SERIOUSLY!!! I’ve always declined statins & always will but now my confusion really kicks in because a recent US report states that all persons over 50 should take statins and definitely persons with Diabetes. Now I see another report stating that Metformin is a wonder drug and it should be available to everyone. What on Earth is going on. I was so proud of myself for kicking Metformin but was I really stupid for doing so ? I did look up what could be the reason for my increased red blood count & wasn’t pleased with what I read as it stressed me out a bit. I mentioned this to my DN who said not to go online & search for symptoms but didn’t correct that when I told her it was the NHS App. Now I’m really confused but the good thing is at 67 (almost) I’m looking good