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<blockquote data-quote="Smileypigface" data-source="post: 2355144" data-attributes="member: 531418"><p>Hi, and welcome - I’m fairly new here myself but just wanted to say I’ve been where you are now and there is definitely hope.</p><p></p><p>I was diagnosed on 5 October 2020 with a HBA1c of 91 - with information and advice from here, and support of my husband, I very quickly changed my way of eating to very low carb (it helped that my husband joined me in this too). My doctor prescribed metformin so I’ve been taking 1,500mg daily.</p><p></p><p>The welcome side effect has been that it’s prompted us to look much more closely at our health and have embarked on a proper effort to increase our daily step count - so we’ve really started investing time and effort into improving our general health and fitness. We both had BMIs in the obese category and have lost approximately 12kg each. Still more work needed to get our BMIs into the best shape but we are feeling good with the changes we’ve already achieved.</p><p></p><p>The big positive for me is that 3 months after diagnosis my next HBA1c was 43 - so I’m very pleased with that. I finally had my Diabetic Clinic appointment this week and the consultant was very complimentary about what I’ve achieved, recommended I drop to 1,000mg of metformin and told me to continue what I’m doing as it’s clearly working.</p><p></p><p>So, again welcome - you’ve definitely found a great source of information and support here.</p><p></p><p>Don’t despair - although I know diagnosis is a huge shock to come to terms with. You can do this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Smileypigface, post: 2355144, member: 531418"] Hi, and welcome - I’m fairly new here myself but just wanted to say I’ve been where you are now and there is definitely hope. I was diagnosed on 5 October 2020 with a HBA1c of 91 - with information and advice from here, and support of my husband, I very quickly changed my way of eating to very low carb (it helped that my husband joined me in this too). My doctor prescribed metformin so I’ve been taking 1,500mg daily. The welcome side effect has been that it’s prompted us to look much more closely at our health and have embarked on a proper effort to increase our daily step count - so we’ve really started investing time and effort into improving our general health and fitness. We both had BMIs in the obese category and have lost approximately 12kg each. Still more work needed to get our BMIs into the best shape but we are feeling good with the changes we’ve already achieved. The big positive for me is that 3 months after diagnosis my next HBA1c was 43 - so I’m very pleased with that. I finally had my Diabetic Clinic appointment this week and the consultant was very complimentary about what I’ve achieved, recommended I drop to 1,000mg of metformin and told me to continue what I’m doing as it’s clearly working. So, again welcome - you’ve definitely found a great source of information and support here. Don’t despair - although I know diagnosis is a huge shock to come to terms with. You can do this. [/QUOTE]
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