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<blockquote data-quote="Sid Bonkers" data-source="post: 368464" data-attributes="member: 19121"><p>Hi unhappy and welcome to the forum.</p><p></p><p>I hate to be the one to break this to you but denial is one of the symptoms of diabetes and is why it is known as the silent killer, it is common for people to testify to similar stories to your own of not having any symptoms. I myself although I did have a thirst and the accompanying need to "go" but felt perfectly OK until a trip to the hospital saw me admitted and put straight on insulin!! That was extreme though and doesnt happen to most :lol: </p><p></p><p>But please accept what your doctors are telling you, once you have accepted it you can then deal with it, it doesnt need to be a death sentence or the end of your life just a new chapter in it, although it is normal to be confused and a little bewildered at first but it doesnt take most too long to get used to once you can accept it. Oh and many people manage to live perfectly normal and healthy lives despite this condition. </p><p></p><p>Metformin is a wonderful drug that has many positive benefits including helping to protect against several cancers, others have mentioned side effects but these are just like any other drug they are not compulsory and the vast majority of people dont experience them and those who do usually settle down and get over any initial side effects quite quickly.</p><p></p><p>So dont delay, accept your diagnosis and start learning all you can about diabetes, most well controlled diabetics end up knowing much more about diabetes than the average GP who tend to have a very blinkered view of it based mainly I believe on historic outcomes and thankfully things are much much better now for diabetics both in treatment and in our understanding of how to control it.</p><p></p><p>And again welcome to the forum, you have stumbled upon a great resource of diabetic knowledge and experiences.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sid Bonkers, post: 368464, member: 19121"] Hi unhappy and welcome to the forum. I hate to be the one to break this to you but denial is one of the symptoms of diabetes and is why it is known as the silent killer, it is common for people to testify to similar stories to your own of not having any symptoms. I myself although I did have a thirst and the accompanying need to "go" but felt perfectly OK until a trip to the hospital saw me admitted and put straight on insulin!! That was extreme though and doesnt happen to most :lol: But please accept what your doctors are telling you, once you have accepted it you can then deal with it, it doesnt need to be a death sentence or the end of your life just a new chapter in it, although it is normal to be confused and a little bewildered at first but it doesnt take most too long to get used to once you can accept it. Oh and many people manage to live perfectly normal and healthy lives despite this condition. Metformin is a wonderful drug that has many positive benefits including helping to protect against several cancers, others have mentioned side effects but these are just like any other drug they are not compulsory and the vast majority of people dont experience them and those who do usually settle down and get over any initial side effects quite quickly. So dont delay, accept your diagnosis and start learning all you can about diabetes, most well controlled diabetics end up knowing much more about diabetes than the average GP who tend to have a very blinkered view of it based mainly I believe on historic outcomes and thankfully things are much much better now for diabetics both in treatment and in our understanding of how to control it. And again welcome to the forum, you have stumbled upon a great resource of diabetic knowledge and experiences. [/QUOTE]
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