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<blockquote data-quote="Lindy1706" data-source="post: 1122903" data-attributes="member: 279759"><p>[USER=244689]@TooManyCrisps[/USER], its a tough one isn't it. I was prescribed 2000mg Metformin when I was Diagnosed, I asked if I could try to get my level down by diet and excercise but was told that "If I had not been off the scale the answer would have been yes".</p><p></p><p>Well by the time I got my meter tested and filled my prescription I was no longer off the scale so put them in the bathroom cabinet where they remain.</p><p></p><p>My average BG reading this week was 5.9.</p><p></p><p>Like you I have a job where the side effects (And I do know that some people do not get them) would be devastating, they would also curtail me doing things like long walks, swimming, Aqua Classes and the gym which I think all assist in my health.</p><p></p><p>I am due to go back to GP for another HbA1c test in mid June, I will see where I am then And if he still wants me to take them then we can have a rational information based Discussion about why he thinks they will be of value to me.....as opposed to practice nurse telling me this was the first step on my road to Insulin And amputation And immediately getting my "****** that" reaction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lindy1706, post: 1122903, member: 279759"] [USER=244689]@TooManyCrisps[/USER], its a tough one isn't it. I was prescribed 2000mg Metformin when I was Diagnosed, I asked if I could try to get my level down by diet and excercise but was told that "If I had not been off the scale the answer would have been yes". Well by the time I got my meter tested and filled my prescription I was no longer off the scale so put them in the bathroom cabinet where they remain. My average BG reading this week was 5.9. Like you I have a job where the side effects (And I do know that some people do not get them) would be devastating, they would also curtail me doing things like long walks, swimming, Aqua Classes and the gym which I think all assist in my health. I am due to go back to GP for another HbA1c test in mid June, I will see where I am then And if he still wants me to take them then we can have a rational information based Discussion about why he thinks they will be of value to me.....as opposed to practice nurse telling me this was the first step on my road to Insulin And amputation And immediately getting my "****** that" reaction. [/QUOTE]
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