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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Swiggy" data-source="post: 2396970" data-attributes="member: 374098">I have just had a chat with my GP about my latest results.Hba1c 61, unchanged for last 12 months.  It was 143 at diagnosis so I have done well on low carb, just not well enough.  C-peptide high at 1791.  I don't know how I feel about this.  Doc didn't know why that test was done as they know I'm insulin resistant as I'm type 2.  I explained that I had a cyst on my pancreas as a child and, given that I have eaten fewer than 50g of carbs a day for the last two years and still have high blood sugar, her colleague wanted to check that I was correctly diagnosed as type 2.Good news - GP is on board with low carb, recommended Michael Moseley's Blood Sugar diet (I have that).My hba1c has come down a lot since diagnosis without medication.Bad news - my weight has not shifted even after two years on low carb.Suggested I try Orlistat.  I said that I didn't think it was a good idea given the cream, cheese and fatty meat that I can eat.  She said to try low carb, low fat diet.  I'm not keen.Even worse news - with a BMI of 39 I am eligible for weight loss surgery.  I feel like such a failure.  There's absolutely no way I'm going down that route.She asked if I will consider Metformin and I just don't know what to do.  I really wanted to beat this without medication but the doctor thinks I have gone as far as I can.  Is there anything else I can try?Oh and I know exercise has gone out of the window with lockdown so I should dig out my trainers.</blockquote>

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