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<blockquote data-quote="Lindy1706" data-source="post: 1097006" data-attributes="member: 279759"><p>I have just got my blood results back and have been told they are off the scale and I am Diabetic my HbA1C is 118 mmols and apparently my blood sugar was 17.7.</p><p></p><p>Doc has put me on Metformin 500mgs 1 a day for a week then two a day for another week then increasing to 4 a day from then on. He wanted to put me on a statin as well as my cholesterol is 7.5 but I said no as I thought one slew of life changing drugs was enough;</p><p></p><p>I asked if I could could try and resolve this just using diet and lifestyle change for three months but he is insisting on Metformin.</p><p></p><p>Practice nurse has said that if my cholestorol figs have come down in three months due to low fat diet (!!!!!!!) then we can hopefully not have to discuss the statins again.</p><p></p><p>I feel terrified I do not want to go onto drugs and certainly do not want to take lifestyle and diet advice from the community clinic.</p><p></p><p>I have had lots of terrifying talk from the practice nurse about loss of eyesight, amputations, and heart disease going hand in hand with this.</p><p></p><p>I am scared, in tears and feel so guilty that this is all my fault.</p><p></p><p>Any help advice or sanity would be great</p><p></p><p>Thank you!</p><p></p><p>L</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lindy1706, post: 1097006, member: 279759"] I have just got my blood results back and have been told they are off the scale and I am Diabetic my HbA1C is 118 mmols and apparently my blood sugar was 17.7. Doc has put me on Metformin 500mgs 1 a day for a week then two a day for another week then increasing to 4 a day from then on. He wanted to put me on a statin as well as my cholesterol is 7.5 but I said no as I thought one slew of life changing drugs was enough; I asked if I could could try and resolve this just using diet and lifestyle change for three months but he is insisting on Metformin. Practice nurse has said that if my cholestorol figs have come down in three months due to low fat diet (!!!!!!!) then we can hopefully not have to discuss the statins again. I feel terrified I do not want to go onto drugs and certainly do not want to take lifestyle and diet advice from the community clinic. I have had lots of terrifying talk from the practice nurse about loss of eyesight, amputations, and heart disease going hand in hand with this. I am scared, in tears and feel so guilty that this is all my fault. Any help advice or sanity would be great Thank you! L [/QUOTE]
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