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As above, changed eating habits, mainly avoiding sugary or very high carb foods and getting normal readings. I walk for half hour a couple of times per week, but this appears to be far more beneficial to my blood pressure than blood sugar. Metformin doesn't appear to do a lot to bring down my...

Hi Titannia, My advice is to go steady at the Gym until you see if it has any nasty consequences. I was diagnosed in October and put onto Metformin starting 1 per day increasing to 3 per day on a weekly basis. I usually do some mountain walking for about 3 hours once a fortnight, and when I did...

Like others already replied, my eyes went really blurred about 3 days after diagnosis and start of diet and metformin. My BG came down to acceptable levels after 10 days, and shortly after (within a week) my eyes were back as good as ever. I am now 3 months down the road, have had all the tests...

Sorry about the predictive text quirks in my post, I hope it is clear to you?

Hiya. I am about 8 weeks ahead of you. I am not medically qualified but feel I have some support to offer. I was diagnosed with a BG of 20.5 during a routine blood test. The last time the GP had a record of BG was 2009 so I have no idea how long this was brewing. I did have an unquenchable...