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<blockquote data-quote="DeeMarks" data-source="post: 340028" data-attributes="member: 55320"><p>Hi all. A brief introduction if I may.</p><p></p><p>I'm Denise, 39 from Cambs. Today I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The doctor I saw was very sweet but a tad patronising and seemed to think I wouldn't be able to absorb too much information during my consultation. </p><p></p><p>My diagnosis wasn't a shock to me, I've been feeling dreadful for some time now and after discussing it with a diabetic friend she checked my glucose level - 20.4 non fasting - HORROR! She insisted on doing a fasting test the next day - 17.2! Eeek</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I've been started on 1 x 500mg metformin per day for a week to be increased to 2 x 500g thereafter. I've bought an accu-chek nano bg monitor.</p><p></p><p>What I'd like to know is how often I should be checking my glucose level and what time of day? What can I expect from the metformin and how long will it take to reduce my bg levels? </p><p></p><p>Also, I'm very overweight and know that exercise is going to be key to sorting myself out, so I'd be really interested to hear from people who have been in that situation too.</p><p></p><p>Literally any advice will be gratefully received. I'm not anxious or scared about this, I'm just keen to use it as a catalyst to improve my health and am hungry for as much information as possible. </p><p></p><p>Thank you in advance and Happy New Year!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DeeMarks, post: 340028, member: 55320"] Hi all. A brief introduction if I may. I'm Denise, 39 from Cambs. Today I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The doctor I saw was very sweet but a tad patronising and seemed to think I wouldn't be able to absorb too much information during my consultation. My diagnosis wasn't a shock to me, I've been feeling dreadful for some time now and after discussing it with a diabetic friend she checked my glucose level - 20.4 non fasting - HORROR! She insisted on doing a fasting test the next day - 17.2! Eeek Anyway, I've been started on 1 x 500mg metformin per day for a week to be increased to 2 x 500g thereafter. I've bought an accu-chek nano bg monitor. What I'd like to know is how often I should be checking my glucose level and what time of day? What can I expect from the metformin and how long will it take to reduce my bg levels? Also, I'm very overweight and know that exercise is going to be key to sorting myself out, so I'd be really interested to hear from people who have been in that situation too. Literally any advice will be gratefully received. I'm not anxious or scared about this, I'm just keen to use it as a catalyst to improve my health and am hungry for as much information as possible. Thank you in advance and Happy New Year! [/QUOTE]
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