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Message: <blockquote data-quote="julie42" data-source="post: 332725" data-attributes="member: 52760">Hi, I wanted to share a strange conversation I had with a family friend yesterday. I was diagnosed with type 2 on Tuesday and put on metformin as my hospital results came back 8.2. It was a shock but my dad was fit and active when diagnosed but nearly 60, I am 42 and not a sweet tooth. I have learned so much from this site, I thought after dad has been diabetic for 20 years and had hypos I was an expert. How wrong I was, I never knew it was carbs like potatoes, I thought desserts. Anyway back to my story.Yesterday was a low day, my 2 hr levels have been getting to 10.4, I am paying for the strips as my GP refused. I had a wobble and cried at lunch not knowing what to eat. After "having a word" with myself I was ok until the phone rang. The person who phoned is diabetic and I moaned away about the metformin and how the doctor agreed to change to slow release as I have a bad stomach anyway, how I never knew it was carbs and my levels. The Answer I got stopped me in my tracks. They told me never read the leaflet with tablets, just take them. Eat what I like and just take the said tablets and stop filling my head full of nonsense on web sites and books. I was speechless, I said how I must get to grips with this due to my age and I want to be well, once I figure out a diet plan that suits me I will be fine but I feel the reduced carbs must play a part. They disagreed and rung off thinking I am going potty.How do you argue with stupid? If they had not been diabetic then maybe I could excuse the ack of knowledge but to just do as you like and continue to increase the tablets is down right crazyI am sort of laughing today how stubborn folk can be but I thought I would share to see if anyone else has had anything similar</blockquote>

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