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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Li4m79" data-source="post: 1145840" data-attributes="member: 291406">this seems to be a very common thing, medical practitioners frowning up the thought that someone might want to control their diabetes with diet and not meds!!I've only been diagnosed for a few weeks now but have been reading, watching videos etc regarding diets.Upon diagnosis i was put on Glipizide as my BG was resting at about 24,  A week after that they put me on Metaformmin as well as the Glipizide.  I have been following quite a strict LCHF diet, and as a result gave myself a Hypo the other day after taking my glipizide.  So on one hand my diet is doing what it should and bringing my sugars down, and yet the nurses are telling me to change my diet back and eat more carbs but stay on medication!!  I am supposed to be on metaformman twice a day, and i'm very lazy with it, maybe 1 a day, sometimes none.   Since I am type 2 I never received a monitor so I purchased a Codefree last week, it got delivered 2 days ago (and sods law, they gave me a monitor today as I mentioned the hypo, so i have 2 now <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ) so i have been checking frequently, and i seem to fluctuate between 6 and 9 throughout the day.But back on topic, its so frustrating that I'm doing what steps I feel are the right ones and i'm being told things from professionals that I think is outdated info and pushed to be on meds for ever.  I know that many many diabetics are on meds for ever, but many have been able to get really good control over their BG, and I think I stand a good chance at doing this.  Even the big pile of "New to diabetes" bumpf they gave me was dated 2009....my rant is over, just needed to vent a little!!! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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