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No. I was diagnosed type 2 twenty one years ago and I too was put on metformin with exactly the same result,10 years ago and I also check 4/6 times a day. I do not count carbs but note down what I have to eat and adjust my insulin dosage to suit. At the same time I put my readings into an app on...

Just shows how we all react differently.I was on Gliclazide for 9 years,taking 1/4 of a tablet instead of the two prescribed,after being on Metformin for about 6 weeks my blood went so high the meter was off the scale.Been on insulin now for the last 9 years.

Scrambled eggs for breakfast plus insulin,meter reading before was 6 Salmon salad for lunch,no insulin,meter reading before was 3.6 Meter reading one hour after lunch 7 Few carbs for tea?

Thanks for that it really confirmed what I thought.Have not had any bread for months now and hardly any potatoes ,can if a bit low. HBA1C in December was 7.2 in old money and now down to 6.2,my guess going by average if meter readings,also with less insulin.So lower carbs does appear to be working.

There is a lot of talk about reversing type2 but no mention of those of us that are on insulin. I was diagnosed 18 years ago but after taking metformin for about 6 weeks,with all the sickness and diarrhoea problems,my blood levels went so high the readings were off the scale. Have been on...