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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rachox" data-source="post: 1593884" data-attributes="member: 400972"><p>Welcome! I'm now five and a half months from diagnosis. Once I was over the initial shock, I saw it as the proverbial kick up the bum to get healthier. I was started on Metformin and tolerate it well now after a bit of stomach upset in the early days. Can’t help with the insulin but there’s many here who can. I wasn't advised to eat low carb by my GP, but stumbled on this forum by chance and took up a low carb life style with self monitoring (self funded). I started by eating less than 100g carbs/day and after 6 weeks reduced it to 50-70g/day. The best way to see what foods suit you is to test right before a meal and then two hours after the first bite, you’re looking for a rise of no more than 2 mmol/l. It's worked for me, to date I've lost nearly 4 stone and got my HbA1c down to a non diabetic level, all due to the fantastic support and advise I got here. With your determination I'm sure you'll find a way to do it too!</p></blockquote><p></p>

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