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<blockquote data-quote="shelley262" data-source="post: 2367166" data-attributes="member: 455169"><p>Hiya [USER=537222]@G0ldengirl68[/USER] I’m one who took metformin for first two years after diagnosis but apart from giving me dodgy guts and reducing my appetite I feel it didn’t help my bg much. For me it’s about eating low carb and managing stress plus good sleep habits. Have not taken metformin now for more than three years and despite hbaca1 at 97 on diagnosis have now been diet only for 3 plus years and my hbaca1 has stayed in the low 30s. It’s well worth a good look at your lifestyle and how you can move forward but keep enjoying your - low carb - food. I’m more than happy with my new lifestyle for life and hated the low fat diet and metformin taking days, in the years after diagnosis I felt utterly miserable but now feel I’m taking care of myself and feel so much healthier. You need to experiment re what works for you too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shelley262, post: 2367166, member: 455169"] Hiya [USER=537222]@G0ldengirl68[/USER] I’m one who took metformin for first two years after diagnosis but apart from giving me dodgy guts and reducing my appetite I feel it didn’t help my bg much. For me it’s about eating low carb and managing stress plus good sleep habits. Have not taken metformin now for more than three years and despite hbaca1 at 97 on diagnosis have now been diet only for 3 plus years and my hbaca1 has stayed in the low 30s. It’s well worth a good look at your lifestyle and how you can move forward but keep enjoying your - low carb - food. I’m more than happy with my new lifestyle for life and hated the low fat diet and metformin taking days, in the years after diagnosis I felt utterly miserable but now feel I’m taking care of myself and feel so much healthier. You need to experiment re what works for you too. [/QUOTE]
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