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I have put Yakult-lite's on the shopping list, every bit helps ! Thank you

I think I will wait and see what my quack says about meds. Also can you get low carb bananas ? Regarding my original question, can I take a Metformin with a diet-a-soup in a cup. Yes I can. Will I regret it? Yes I am. I will have to stick around at work until this stuff wears off, as I am...

I am already booked in for the end of April to see GP.

Actually when I have been too busy to eat, I have had Metformin with nothing at all and been perfect afterwards. Then with food and insides gone completely "consequences".

No Metformin gives me significant digestive issues. It lowers the BG perfectly, but its not something I like when I am on the Underground.

Hi, they are low-carb diet pouches and can be made in my work kitchen with a kettle ! I cannot live on a regular low-carb for long because I like fruit and veg too much.

I am a fat 55 year old type II diabetic with 3 kids, massive mortgage and am working fulltime and most weekends overtime (its been 7 days a week for the last 3 years). I also got attacked by the NHS as when I went for some keyhole surgery, and a few weeks later I had an X-ray where I was told...

" Fortunately for me it was mainly in the middle of the night " no that sounds awful, so sorry to hear that. There are lots of people on here that have tried other things, and won. If your control is good without - its OK. If not, the GP needs a prompt as there seems to be lots of...

Thank you to everybody who has made suggestions and given me a bit of support. Metformin is magic, but it can be a nightmare as well. I am going off to see my GP armed with the knowledge of a dozen fellow diabetics. I wont be treated like a farmyard oddity in meetings again with luck ! Take...

It looks like for some people it has no side-effects whatsoever, and it does it's job perfect. I am going to try taking it before my meals, and see that helps. Good suggestion. I always take mine with dinner or just after it with tea or water. But I took it for a year with no major bother...

I am waiting for an appointment so I can say that to my GP. Although I am probably going to be in trouble because I am weaning myself off some highly addictive meds (Duloxetine and Gabapentin), after being told not to. I cannot suggest to anybody else this is a good idea, its just my own...

I am on the bog standard NHS, we are herded into the waiting room, literally just told to "lose weight", "take these tablets" and "come back in 6 months".

That is a shame because it is good apart from that.

Ah.. thanks for that. Its something to try out which might do the trick (and will be glad when I find that sweet spot). You need to check for yourself, but somebody on this web forum said they make low-carb beery beverages (I say that, not going to be Black Isle Red Kite heavy, or Happy...

Thank you. This is a very sensible suggestion. To keep moderators happy I will of course consult my GP before taking anything that might makes matters worse.

Metformin is a godsend, my A1C was 120 before. Like most things in life, has to be a downside for every upside.

You sound very similar to me, similar weight and was fed the same cocktail - I got the same outcome. I am going to take your lead and see if my doctor here will swap my metformin for something else. There has been a comment on this section that Avorstatin and Metformin combination is brutal on...

Ahhh. This happened to me. Started with a bloaty feeling, now my insides are crazy. This happens to a few, I am booked in now for a chat. With summer coming, this was going to be a real party-pooper, there are different Metformins made for those with sensitive insides. I never knew that...

Everybody who had this "problem" is saying the same thing, and that is comforting. I am going to phone for appointment, so give it a few weeks I hope to pitch to my GP and get some the SR and by summer holidays I can travel and have a fine time (usual caveats apply - ie. no candy floss).

Sugar thingy (I suspect A1C) sounds just nice. I am still at 56 which is a little bit above what it should be. A low carb diet and low cal diet would be great, plus I need out of my office job.