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<blockquote data-quote="Resurgam" data-source="post: 1584195" data-attributes="member: 355878"><p>My original numbers were very similar to yours, but I was 66 years old and I seem to be a classic type 2 - I was ill on the Metformin and statin, so I stopped taking them and seem to be just fine. My diabetes seems to be suppressed by the way I eat, though I do take a few liberties now at almost 11 months from diagnosis.</p><p>As long as you aren't ill or find your memory is not affected then you could be OK on the tablets - though my husband has recently decided to stop the statins and he is a different person to talk to, and my memory was badly affected by five weeks on the tablets. It is getting better slowly - and it means that I have had a lot of good books to read in the mean time. I know I must have read them before, but I can't recall the plots so I suppose that is a sort of lose/win situation.</p><p>I eat about the same amount of carbs as you do, maybe a bit less, but do not count calories. I seem to be doing fine as I am, with waistline shrinking a gentle reduction in weight and really good results on blood tests. So good my doctor is in a sulk and has not spoken to me since diagnosis - I expected to see him at three months, but I had an early blood test on the prompting of the diabetes education team (what a joke they were) and found I had dropped to beneath the radar with an Hba1c of 47 after 80 days.</p><p>Hopefully you will see a similar reduction - but neither Metformin nor Atorvastatin will have that effect - it is all down to diet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Resurgam, post: 1584195, member: 355878"] My original numbers were very similar to yours, but I was 66 years old and I seem to be a classic type 2 - I was ill on the Metformin and statin, so I stopped taking them and seem to be just fine. My diabetes seems to be suppressed by the way I eat, though I do take a few liberties now at almost 11 months from diagnosis. As long as you aren't ill or find your memory is not affected then you could be OK on the tablets - though my husband has recently decided to stop the statins and he is a different person to talk to, and my memory was badly affected by five weeks on the tablets. It is getting better slowly - and it means that I have had a lot of good books to read in the mean time. I know I must have read them before, but I can't recall the plots so I suppose that is a sort of lose/win situation. I eat about the same amount of carbs as you do, maybe a bit less, but do not count calories. I seem to be doing fine as I am, with waistline shrinking a gentle reduction in weight and really good results on blood tests. So good my doctor is in a sulk and has not spoken to me since diagnosis - I expected to see him at three months, but I had an early blood test on the prompting of the diabetes education team (what a joke they were) and found I had dropped to beneath the radar with an Hba1c of 47 after 80 days. Hopefully you will see a similar reduction - but neither Metformin nor Atorvastatin will have that effect - it is all down to diet. [/QUOTE]
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