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Thank you Resurgam, I refused to take statins from the beginning - one of my grandparents was ruined by them. It is good to hear it’s finite, I do notice a difference - a slight improvement and if it ends up occasional grumbles or twinges I’ll cope.

Yeah, at the beginning I thought I was one of the lucky ones - always had a good stomach too but as the dose increased it just wiped me out.

Thanks Effie123 - that’s encouraging, I genuinely don’t think I could have carried on with the symptoms. It’s good to know that it’s finite. Thank you.

Really? I was told by the Nurse that Weetabix was okay compared to other cereals / breakfasts (along with Oatibix and Shredded Wheat) and was okay to eat as part of my diet. There you go. Cheers for that :)

Hi @bulkbiker, Thanks for your reply - the only thing I’ve stopped eating are things like Weetabix etc (I found that my stomach was apocalyptic after I ate anything too fibre orientated and I’m a bit nervous about restarting it, on the off chance that I’ve actually developed IBS or similar)...

Hi, I know that this is probably the same as asking how long is a piece of string but any anecdotal evidence is probably helpful. So, I was diagnosed as Type 2 three years ago and was put on Metformin - 2 x 500 a day and didn’t have too many problems with side effects. I got my levels down...