Hi Mr Tosh , welcome to the forums, no one can tell you what to take only offer our own experiences, mine, I was diag type 2 in march with Hb test of 107, finger bg was 34. after all the panic in my gp surgery i was given glic and metaformin, and told to cut out all sugar from my diet, the rest about carbs i read on here, i was allowed to go home on the understanding that if my bg hadnt dropped in 24 hours to go to A&E ( it didnt and i didnt) it took 4 weeks of a real strict diet before i was taken off the glic and just left with metaformin, 1800mg daily and still on a strictish diet,
now my hb test is 50 and my finger prick bg is between 5.9 & 6.9 every day which im over the moon with, i have started eating the fruit i love ( no grapes) the odd bit of real chocolate and the odd homemade diabetic friendly cake, the key though is the meter so you can test before and 2 hours after meals, its the only way to gage your sugar.
so i lost 4 st in wieght within 2 months and watch what i eat, metaformin has been great for me, and my hubby who was diagnoised in June,
the odd tummy upset with them but that wears off quick, speak to your DN ask her advice, read all you can about diet and we wish you well