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<blockquote data-quote="Resurgam" data-source="post: 1518783" data-attributes="member: 355878"><p>I was put straight onto Metformin and Atorvastatin and now I can attribute my normal readings to the thought that I might have to go back onto them - I have already had an appointment with a doctor who tried to persuade me to go back on statins.</p><p>No mention of my getting down to the normal range in the diabetes tests, just 'we want our diabetics to be below 5' - that is total cholesterol.</p><p>I was so miserable on the tablets, felt so ill, and my memory is so bad - particularly for words, which as I have always been a singer is rather a disaster as I need to read the words now.</p><p>The most galling thing is that the low carb way of eating is great and very effective, so I never needed to have those terrible weeks, plus I have always low carbed but been persuaded that it was bad for me - I'd been trying a cholesterol lowering diet for almost two years before diagnosis.</p><p>If you miss something so much that you are tempted to go off plan, look for low carb alternatives, as there are some excellent and really clever recipes around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Resurgam, post: 1518783, member: 355878"] I was put straight onto Metformin and Atorvastatin and now I can attribute my normal readings to the thought that I might have to go back onto them - I have already had an appointment with a doctor who tried to persuade me to go back on statins. No mention of my getting down to the normal range in the diabetes tests, just 'we want our diabetics to be below 5' - that is total cholesterol. I was so miserable on the tablets, felt so ill, and my memory is so bad - particularly for words, which as I have always been a singer is rather a disaster as I need to read the words now. The most galling thing is that the low carb way of eating is great and very effective, so I never needed to have those terrible weeks, plus I have always low carbed but been persuaded that it was bad for me - I'd been trying a cholesterol lowering diet for almost two years before diagnosis. If you miss something so much that you are tempted to go off plan, look for low carb alternatives, as there are some excellent and really clever recipes around. [/QUOTE]
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