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<blockquote data-quote="Sutherlandlass" data-source="post: 1121072" data-attributes="member: 262067"><p>Wow.. you've done so well! And.. without meds! That's brilliant, I can totally understand the level of determination you've got going on ☺ I must admit, that to begin with, after my diagnosis on Christmas eve 2015.. that I didn't want meds. However, after reading up and finding the long term benefits of taking metformin, I asked my gp about going straight onto sr met, especially as I am pretty sensitive to meds of any kind, due to my fibromyalgia. I am very glad I did start taking them, although the first week or so, my tum was not impressed I daren't even think what it might have been like if "normal" met?! Eek.. Probably! After that initial week my tum settled and my bg leveled out to good figures and very few spikes. LCHF all the way though. I am now at a point where I feel that maybe a morning dose would help stop any spikes during the daytime too?! Also with keeping my carbs extremely low, around 15-20 a day, to get good bg results, makes my food intake pretty boring sometimes. It would be great to have a few more carbs a day and still stay well within the 5's.. maybe I am asking too much? I have an appointment with my gp on 22nd April, and see what he thinks.. although I often feel that folks on here have much more knowledge and understanding about it all than my gp!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sutherlandlass, post: 1121072, member: 262067"] Wow.. you've done so well! And.. without meds! That's brilliant, I can totally understand the level of determination you've got going on ☺ I must admit, that to begin with, after my diagnosis on Christmas eve 2015.. that I didn't want meds. However, after reading up and finding the long term benefits of taking metformin, I asked my gp about going straight onto sr met, especially as I am pretty sensitive to meds of any kind, due to my fibromyalgia. I am very glad I did start taking them, although the first week or so, my tum was not impressed I daren't even think what it might have been like if "normal" met?! Eek.. Probably! After that initial week my tum settled and my bg leveled out to good figures and very few spikes. LCHF all the way though. I am now at a point where I feel that maybe a morning dose would help stop any spikes during the daytime too?! Also with keeping my carbs extremely low, around 15-20 a day, to get good bg results, makes my food intake pretty boring sometimes. It would be great to have a few more carbs a day and still stay well within the 5's.. maybe I am asking too much? I have an appointment with my gp on 22nd April, and see what he thinks.. although I often feel that folks on here have much more knowledge and understanding about it all than my gp! [/QUOTE]
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