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<blockquote data-quote="chinta" data-source="post: 999445" data-attributes="member: 228900"><p>I'm still a total novice at all this, only having been diagnosed on 16th November. I live in France and had a BS level of 22 and my GP prescribed metformin 750mg once a day for 2 weeks then twice a day (I'm still on one a day) and just told me to stop eating sugar and come back in 3 months for another blood test. The lack of information bothered me so I searched the internet and I found this site and another member from Paris advised me to be proactive and take total control of my diabetes management myself. I've been reading and reading and am still at the totally confused state of what to do, with emotional highs and lows and panics of whether I will choose the right way. However, I have been following the LCHF diet as much as possible and I have lost 3kgs in 12 days (I have around 50 to lose) and my BS this morning was 12.5, so I think I'm doing OK. Bottom line, after two weeks of reading, thinking, crying etc I have decided that the only way to go is exactly as stated in this article and manage myself. It's scarey to take responsibility for yourself, rather than relying on the medical profession but with a condition like diabetes, unless you've got someone there 24/7 to hold your hand and advise, I think it's the only way to go. I just couldn't wait 3 months to see if I'm still at very high risk of cardiac illness, only to discover that the medication isn't doing it's job, cutting out sugar hasn't brought my weight down enough and my BS is still so dangerously high.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chinta, post: 999445, member: 228900"] I'm still a total novice at all this, only having been diagnosed on 16th November. I live in France and had a BS level of 22 and my GP prescribed metformin 750mg once a day for 2 weeks then twice a day (I'm still on one a day) and just told me to stop eating sugar and come back in 3 months for another blood test. The lack of information bothered me so I searched the internet and I found this site and another member from Paris advised me to be proactive and take total control of my diabetes management myself. I've been reading and reading and am still at the totally confused state of what to do, with emotional highs and lows and panics of whether I will choose the right way. However, I have been following the LCHF diet as much as possible and I have lost 3kgs in 12 days (I have around 50 to lose) and my BS this morning was 12.5, so I think I'm doing OK. Bottom line, after two weeks of reading, thinking, crying etc I have decided that the only way to go is exactly as stated in this article and manage myself. It's scarey to take responsibility for yourself, rather than relying on the medical profession but with a condition like diabetes, unless you've got someone there 24/7 to hold your hand and advise, I think it's the only way to go. I just couldn't wait 3 months to see if I'm still at very high risk of cardiac illness, only to discover that the medication isn't doing it's job, cutting out sugar hasn't brought my weight down enough and my BS is still so dangerously high. [/QUOTE]
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