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<blockquote data-quote="Robert_D" data-source="post: 1667991" data-attributes="member: 438009"><p>Congratulations on your sterling efforts to utilise lifestyle changes with additional Metformin intervention to tightly control your blood sugar levels.</p><p> There is no doubt that the Lifestyle interventions that you have applied in the short time since your diagnosis, has had a material impact on where you are today'. Naturally, you fully understand that this is an ongoing lifestyle regime in order to keep your tightly controlled Blood sugars....controlled. Nothing wrong with that philosophy and your commitment to applying good practice is testimony to that excellent control.</p><p></p><p>You are also spot on that your HbA1c is an accurate reflection of your HbA1c whilst on metformin, no doubt about that either. How much that metformin is having an impact on your HbA1c results in reality, is a difficult one to assess, because you don't have non metformin data posted to consider. Whether it helps a little amount or a big amount towards that blood glucose control is difficult to say with any certainty, but what isn't uncertain is that your fantastic weight reduction and Low carbing and testing to monitor and react accordingly to any changes, have had a positive affect on your diabetes and potentially a very positive affect on pushing any prospective negative diabetic issues down the line into the long grass, so well done indeed to you!</p><p></p><p>I have applied a similar lifestyle approach to yourself, the only difference is I was diagnosed 18 years ago and was on Metformin and additionally Trajenta (Linagliptin), the other difference is I am now on no medication and controlled by diet alone.</p><p>I do believe that where it is possible to dispense with Diabetic medication and where it is possible to do so safely, it may be beneficial for some because there is a potential financial advantage that comes with a non diabetic medication regime (as was the case for me at least)</p><p></p><p> I have been off all meds since July of last year after losing 3 stone (42 pounds) and having HbA1c's of 41mmol 5.9% (post 3 months of no meds), which has allowed my personal medical insurance premiums to drop below those who have achieved similar HbA1c's levels to myself but with Metformin intervention, the same has applied (for me) to straight term Life Assurance cover too. So there is a direct financial incentive to our wallets/purses in considering being diabetic med free where possible.</p><p>Anyway this takes nothing away from your journey to take back control and so quickly too. How some may judge that control be it with or without Metformin is not the important thing, whether others focus on whether to use metformin or not is not the issue but keeping on that journey to achieve and maintain that control is. So, may you continue to inspire yourself and others and if in the long term you consider your options on metformin than that is your decision alone to make and take as was taking back control in the first instance, so keep it up!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert_D, post: 1667991, member: 438009"] Congratulations on your sterling efforts to utilise lifestyle changes with additional Metformin intervention to tightly control your blood sugar levels. There is no doubt that the Lifestyle interventions that you have applied in the short time since your diagnosis, has had a material impact on where you are today'. Naturally, you fully understand that this is an ongoing lifestyle regime in order to keep your tightly controlled Blood sugars....controlled. Nothing wrong with that philosophy and your commitment to applying good practice is testimony to that excellent control. You are also spot on that your HbA1c is an accurate reflection of your HbA1c whilst on metformin, no doubt about that either. How much that metformin is having an impact on your HbA1c results in reality, is a difficult one to assess, because you don't have non metformin data posted to consider. Whether it helps a little amount or a big amount towards that blood glucose control is difficult to say with any certainty, but what isn't uncertain is that your fantastic weight reduction and Low carbing and testing to monitor and react accordingly to any changes, have had a positive affect on your diabetes and potentially a very positive affect on pushing any prospective negative diabetic issues down the line into the long grass, so well done indeed to you! I have applied a similar lifestyle approach to yourself, the only difference is I was diagnosed 18 years ago and was on Metformin and additionally Trajenta (Linagliptin), the other difference is I am now on no medication and controlled by diet alone. I do believe that where it is possible to dispense with Diabetic medication and where it is possible to do so safely, it may be beneficial for some because there is a potential financial advantage that comes with a non diabetic medication regime (as was the case for me at least) I have been off all meds since July of last year after losing 3 stone (42 pounds) and having HbA1c's of 41mmol 5.9% (post 3 months of no meds), which has allowed my personal medical insurance premiums to drop below those who have achieved similar HbA1c's levels to myself but with Metformin intervention, the same has applied (for me) to straight term Life Assurance cover too. So there is a direct financial incentive to our wallets/purses in considering being diabetic med free where possible. Anyway this takes nothing away from your journey to take back control and so quickly too. How some may judge that control be it with or without Metformin is not the important thing, whether others focus on whether to use metformin or not is not the issue but keeping on that journey to achieve and maintain that control is. So, may you continue to inspire yourself and others and if in the long term you consider your options on metformin than that is your decision alone to make and take as was taking back control in the first instance, so keep it up! [/QUOTE]
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