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<blockquote data-quote="ert" data-source="post: 2083855" data-attributes="member: 504712"><p>I'm not sure what medication you will be offered or what you could combine with your other treatments, but it may be worth considering, even if it's in the short term, to give you a 'leg up'. Of course, it's up to you.</p><p></p><p>And also, their suggestions will be different for you, but for me, my BS was 103 when I was diagnosed. I was told 'no' to only diet and exercise, as I was thin with a BMI of 22. As much as I wanted to ignore this advice, I was worried about how high my BS was and the damage it would be causing, so I took the metformin (but not the insulin until a week ago), plus LCHF and plus exercise, and my BS was 46, 3 months later. I didn't want to take medication, I'm sure it didn't hurt me (and I'm loath to admit my life is easier since last week on insulin, I'm no longer in the ketone danger zones, and my BS now normalised.) It was told Metformin was an ISA - an insulin sensitising agent, to make what little insulin I had remaining with my extremely low c-peptide, more effective. Dr Bernstein: Diabetes Solution recommends the use of ISA's (Metformin) and insulin (for low c-peptide). Looking back, and hindsight is a wonderful thing, I should have followed their advice fully. But I got there eventually.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ert, post: 2083855, member: 504712"] I'm not sure what medication you will be offered or what you could combine with your other treatments, but it may be worth considering, even if it's in the short term, to give you a 'leg up'. Of course, it's up to you. And also, their suggestions will be different for you, but for me, my BS was 103 when I was diagnosed. I was told 'no' to only diet and exercise, as I was thin with a BMI of 22. As much as I wanted to ignore this advice, I was worried about how high my BS was and the damage it would be causing, so I took the metformin (but not the insulin until a week ago), plus LCHF and plus exercise, and my BS was 46, 3 months later. I didn't want to take medication, I'm sure it didn't hurt me (and I'm loath to admit my life is easier since last week on insulin, I'm no longer in the ketone danger zones, and my BS now normalised.) It was told Metformin was an ISA - an insulin sensitising agent, to make what little insulin I had remaining with my extremely low c-peptide, more effective. Dr Bernstein: Diabetes Solution recommends the use of ISA's (Metformin) and insulin (for low c-peptide). Looking back, and hindsight is a wonderful thing, I should have followed their advice fully. But I got there eventually. [/QUOTE]
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