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<blockquote data-quote="HSSS" data-source="post: 1974732" data-attributes="member: 480869"><p>Can we just check you understand hypos, their symptoms and what to do about them? I am hoping you have a test meter and are able to use it? Sadly not every dr has explained this when prescribing gliclazide, nor the importance of testing. </p><p></p><p> Ideally you will have medical support in lowering your meds as the carbs are dropped and your blood sugars drop. If you do this, and it is so worth doing, keep going back if the numbers you get suggest the meds are doing more than you now need. I don’t mean to scare you but it is very important meds match sugars especially on the way down. I was lucky and didn’t have to make this adjustment but plenty in here have done it and can be of more use than me. Just ask. </p><p></p><p>It all sounds scary and daunting and possibly a massive change. Some jump in full on. Some do it step by step. Almost all that do commit to it find it easier than they first thought it would be and feel so much better for it that the sacrifices seem worth it. After a while it doesn’t feel so much of a sacrifice after all. Taste buds change. Cravings fade away. Good health is not so far away anymore. We’ve been there too and understand and will offer all the support we can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HSSS, post: 1974732, member: 480869"] Can we just check you understand hypos, their symptoms and what to do about them? I am hoping you have a test meter and are able to use it? Sadly not every dr has explained this when prescribing gliclazide, nor the importance of testing. Ideally you will have medical support in lowering your meds as the carbs are dropped and your blood sugars drop. If you do this, and it is so worth doing, keep going back if the numbers you get suggest the meds are doing more than you now need. I don’t mean to scare you but it is very important meds match sugars especially on the way down. I was lucky and didn’t have to make this adjustment but plenty in here have done it and can be of more use than me. Just ask. It all sounds scary and daunting and possibly a massive change. Some jump in full on. Some do it step by step. Almost all that do commit to it find it easier than they first thought it would be and feel so much better for it that the sacrifices seem worth it. After a while it doesn’t feel so much of a sacrifice after all. Taste buds change. Cravings fade away. Good health is not so far away anymore. We’ve been there too and understand and will offer all the support we can. [/QUOTE]
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