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<blockquote data-quote="Andydragon" data-source="post: 2375945" data-attributes="member: 521079"><p>high levels need intervention. But the LCHF may well pull them down to a level where drugs aren’t needed. If it is T2 and not another variant. It is your decision but having dr agreement is always good. Have you asked them about doing the dietary changes, retest in 3 months or so and seeing if you have made the changes needed to stay dietary? Your own blood testing is key and looks like you have all that sorted so that’s good</p><p></p><p>Going drug free even after many years on drugs for T2 is possible with lifelong changes. Keeping levels sustained is possible too. If the hba1c doesn’t stabalise though the long term issues of high bloods are not good and you may need to reconsider but sounds like you have already made a lot of progress</p><p></p><p>cons without your changes are a large list. You can easily search diabetic symptoms of long term high bloods but suffice to safe, not good</p><p></p><p>metformin is often tolerated well, makes some impact on your bloods but works alongside diet mostly. It can cause some stomach issues (slow release then tends to be offered but also doesn’t always settle) which are not good but mostly it’s tolerated well. I was on slow release for > 10 years. At the levels you say, without diet then metformin is quite possibly the start of the drugs needed.</p><p></p><p>Also, welcome!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andydragon, post: 2375945, member: 521079"] high levels need intervention. But the LCHF may well pull them down to a level where drugs aren’t needed. If it is T2 and not another variant. It is your decision but having dr agreement is always good. Have you asked them about doing the dietary changes, retest in 3 months or so and seeing if you have made the changes needed to stay dietary? Your own blood testing is key and looks like you have all that sorted so that’s good Going drug free even after many years on drugs for T2 is possible with lifelong changes. Keeping levels sustained is possible too. If the hba1c doesn’t stabalise though the long term issues of high bloods are not good and you may need to reconsider but sounds like you have already made a lot of progress cons without your changes are a large list. You can easily search diabetic symptoms of long term high bloods but suffice to safe, not good metformin is often tolerated well, makes some impact on your bloods but works alongside diet mostly. It can cause some stomach issues (slow release then tends to be offered but also doesn’t always settle) which are not good but mostly it’s tolerated well. I was on slow release for > 10 years. At the levels you say, without diet then metformin is quite possibly the start of the drugs needed. Also, welcome! [/QUOTE]
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