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<blockquote data-quote="HarryBeau" data-source="post: 1623437" data-attributes="member: 329049"><p>I initially took my GPs advice for the first couple of months...no need to test...buy a copy of carbs & cals...take the pills (Metformin)...book yourself on an education course...see you in three months...three months later having reduced my BGs from 17.4 at diagnosis to 8.2..because 8.2 kept me in the inadequate control range...he insisted I had to have the maximum dose of Metformin...upped my dosage from 2 500mgs to four 500mgs daily... no credit given for the reduction in my BG...or weight loss...came home...thought about it...wrote to him...explained all my concerns...he was on the phone straight away...had a very long conversation with him...no medication increase...now...during my appointments.we have discussions about my treatment...make a joint decision...and he is learning more about diabetes after each one</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HarryBeau, post: 1623437, member: 329049"] I initially took my GPs advice for the first couple of months...no need to test...buy a copy of carbs & cals...take the pills (Metformin)...book yourself on an education course...see you in three months...three months later having reduced my BGs from 17.4 at diagnosis to 8.2..because 8.2 kept me in the inadequate control range...he insisted I had to have the maximum dose of Metformin...upped my dosage from 2 500mgs to four 500mgs daily... no credit given for the reduction in my BG...or weight loss...came home...thought about it...wrote to him...explained all my concerns...he was on the phone straight away...had a very long conversation with him...no medication increase...now...during my appointments.we have discussions about my treatment...make a joint decision...and he is learning more about diabetes after each one [/QUOTE]
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