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<blockquote data-quote="AtkinsMo" data-source="post: 1272248" data-attributes="member: 104933"><p>It really is not your nurse's responsibility, it is yours. If metformin is affecting you so badly and in particular is preventing you from eating healthily, then it is doing you harm rather than benefit. </p><p></p><p>My advice is simple, start a strict low carb high fat diet, stick to healthy natural fats, olive oil, avocado, butter, coconut oil, fat in meats, fatty fish. Eat plenty of leafy green veg and salad and any source of unprocessed protein (meat, fish, eggs, cheese). Have no bread, pasta, rice, cakes, sugar, soft drinks. Check your waking blood glucose every day and record it as well as everything you eat. If you are self funding bg strips they can get expensive before and after every meal, but if you are eating very low carb as described, there should be nothing in your diet to spike your blood glucose. Sign up to the low carb guide on here, or look up 'the diet doctor' who has excellent simple to follow diet plans.</p><p></p><p>Continue until your next HbA1c - and I would expect a significant improvement. Then, if your nurse is not prepared to have a reasonable discussion with you, bearing in mind that you are the patient and it is YOUR decision what drugs you take, ask for your future appointments to be with the GP. I agree with the previous poster, be assertive, polite, quietly spoken and steadfast. You have tried the drugs alternative, you did not like the effects and you want to explore other alternatives. It is your right to do so. Loads and loads of people have achieved just what you are aiming for, read all the positive stories on this very forum!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AtkinsMo, post: 1272248, member: 104933"] It really is not your nurse's responsibility, it is yours. If metformin is affecting you so badly and in particular is preventing you from eating healthily, then it is doing you harm rather than benefit. My advice is simple, start a strict low carb high fat diet, stick to healthy natural fats, olive oil, avocado, butter, coconut oil, fat in meats, fatty fish. Eat plenty of leafy green veg and salad and any source of unprocessed protein (meat, fish, eggs, cheese). Have no bread, pasta, rice, cakes, sugar, soft drinks. Check your waking blood glucose every day and record it as well as everything you eat. If you are self funding bg strips they can get expensive before and after every meal, but if you are eating very low carb as described, there should be nothing in your diet to spike your blood glucose. Sign up to the low carb guide on here, or look up 'the diet doctor' who has excellent simple to follow diet plans. Continue until your next HbA1c - and I would expect a significant improvement. Then, if your nurse is not prepared to have a reasonable discussion with you, bearing in mind that you are the patient and it is YOUR decision what drugs you take, ask for your future appointments to be with the GP. I agree with the previous poster, be assertive, polite, quietly spoken and steadfast. You have tried the drugs alternative, you did not like the effects and you want to explore other alternatives. It is your right to do so. Loads and loads of people have achieved just what you are aiming for, read all the positive stories on this very forum! [/QUOTE]
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