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<blockquote data-quote="wiseowl_123" data-source="post: 1449110" data-attributes="member: 349600"><p>Good morning [USER=111283]@figgywiggy[/USER] my friend I can only say that I suffered much the same as you when first put on metformin but decided to keep taking them 2 a day,one in the morning and one of an evening straight after meals,it took me 11 weeks for my body to get used to them and my LCHF diet ,right or wrong I also decided to cut out sugar,potatoes,rice and all processed food of any kind the day I came home from my diagnosis in October 2016 (cold Turkey),<strong>I am not advising you or anyone else to do the same as we are all different,it was simply fear that made me so resolute.</strong>just conveying my own experiences to you,as I will leave the advice to some of our more experienced friends here,but for me it has been well worth the discomfort constipation, and sickness I had for 11 weeks,it wasn't very nice,but the marvelous and friendly advice I received from everyone on this forum got me to where I am now(Thank God)I am now only on 1 metformin a day which I take at midday directly after my lunch with a view of stopping the one tablet and just controlling my type two diabetes on exercise and Diet alone<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wiseowl_123, post: 1449110, member: 349600"] Good morning [USER=111283]@figgywiggy[/USER] my friend I can only say that I suffered much the same as you when first put on metformin but decided to keep taking them 2 a day,one in the morning and one of an evening straight after meals,it took me 11 weeks for my body to get used to them and my LCHF diet ,right or wrong I also decided to cut out sugar,potatoes,rice and all processed food of any kind the day I came home from my diagnosis in October 2016 (cold Turkey),[B]I am not advising you or anyone else to do the same as we are all different,it was simply fear that made me so resolute.[/B]just conveying my own experiences to you,as I will leave the advice to some of our more experienced friends here,but for me it has been well worth the discomfort constipation, and sickness I had for 11 weeks,it wasn't very nice,but the marvelous and friendly advice I received from everyone on this forum got me to where I am now(Thank God)I am now only on 1 metformin a day which I take at midday directly after my lunch with a view of stopping the one tablet and just controlling my type two diabetes on exercise and Diet alone:) [/QUOTE]
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