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Lose weight & exercise or medications?

Shelleymomma

Shelleymomma

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Newly diagnosed.....what were you advised?...think I'm more scared of needing medication......it doesn't seem so bad if I just need to tackle my diet and exercise.......living in hope.
 
Shelleymomma said:
Newly diagnosed.....what were you advised?...think I'm more scared of needing medication......it doesn't seem so bad if I just need to tackle my diet and exercise.......living in hope.
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Hope is a good thing.

How were you diagnosed? D and E is an option if your initial readings are not too high. Meds play an important role is stabilising and can be reduced with time with good control.

Hj
 
Most doctors leave you to try diet and exercise for the first 3 months if your HbA1c is 53 or less. Some are content to let you try even if the HbA1c is higher. It is your decision at the end of the day. No-one can force you to take medication. My HbA1c was 53 on diagnosis in January 2014. Medication was never mentioned, and hasn't been since. I had never heard of Metformin till I found this forum.
 
Shelleymomma said:
Newly diagnosed.....what were you advised?...think I'm more scared of needing medication......it doesn't seem so bad if I just need to tackle my diet and exercise.......living in hope.
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My view was if the medicine worked, use it.
Then review it when you get your BG back to normal level.
 
hankjam said:
Hope is a good thing.

How were you diagnosed? D and E is an option if your initial readings are not too high. Meds play an important role is stabilising and can be reduced with time with good control.

Hj
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Hi, HbA1c 53, so not too bad.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
Most doctors leave you to try diet and exercise for the first 3 months if your HbA1c is 53 or less. Some are content to let you try even if the HbA1c is higher. It is your decision at the end of the day. No-one can force you to take medication. My HbA1c was 53 on diagnosis in January 2014. Medication was never mentioned, and hasn't been since. I had never heard of Metformin till I found this forum.
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That sounds promising then...already take too many meds so I want to avoid if I possibly can.
 
SunnyExpat said:
My view was if the medicine worked, use it.
Then review it when you get your BG back to normal level.
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Thanks...just hoping to avoid more meds if I can and want to try diet and exercise first....although exercise is a toughie with Arthritis too......little by little I suppose.
 
Shelleymomma said:
Thanks...just hoping to avoid more meds if I can and want to try diet and exercise first....although exercise is a toughie with Arthritis too......little by little I suppose.
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I'm still taking metformin, my Hba1c is in the 30's.
 
Shelleymomma said:
Thanks...just hoping to avoid more meds if I can and want to try diet and exercise first....although exercise is a toughie with Arthritis too......little by little I suppose.
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Some have found that their arthritis improves if they follow a low carb high fat diet. Diet is the main part of the equation anyway and you may find that lowering your HbA1c helps you to exercise a little more too. I would certainly start with diet, and then add any extra little bits of exercise that you can (it doesn't have to be strenuous, just what you can manage).
 
Low carb diet can work wonders for many, exercise is a very major tool in the struggle against our condition and for very many Type 2's taking medcation is no big deal.
Diificulty arises in that we can never have full control of our diet and we cannot always get enough exercise. As a result we have to adopt a flexible approach.
As a rule the most effective strategy is (1) Clamp down hard on the carbs in your diet, (2) Try being as active as possible, (3) Make use of medication if it will help you. (4) Test your blood glucose levels before and 2 hours after meals. (5) Use your test results to adjust the management of your diabetes.
 
zand said:
Some have found that their arthritis improves if they follow a low carb high fat diet. Diet is the main part of the equation anyway and you may find that lowering your HbA1c helps you to exercise a little more too. I would certainly start with diet, and then add any extra little bits of exercise that you can (it doesn't have to be strenuous, just what you can manage).
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Thank you.
 
Sirmione said:
Low carb diet can work wonders for many, exercise is a very major tool in the struggle against our condition and for very many Type 2's taking medcation is no big deal.
Diificulty arises in that we can never have full control of our diet and we cannot always get enough exercise. As a result we have to adopt a flexible approach.
As a rule the most effective strategy is (1) Clamp down hard on the carbs in your diet, (2) Try being as active as possible, (3) Make use of medication if it will help you. (4) Test your blood glucose levels before and 2 hours after meals. (5) Use your test results to adjust the management of your diabetes.
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Thanks for the advice, it's all really helpful.
 
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