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Hello, devastated newbie

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Hi Lilies, a late welcome to the forum from me.

I just want to give you a little encouragement. 🙂

I was diagnosed type 2 in October, 2009 and like you was put on medication immediately (gliclazide and then metformin).

Now, I completely changed my diet, exercised regularly and lost weight consistently (a bit less than 1lb per week on average). Pretty quickly I felt the benefit and after six months was able to stop the medication and control my levels through diet and exercise only.

I'm not saying that you will reap the same benefit, but if you can do the same, the possibility of a similar outcome is there.

Good luck with everything,

Andy 🙂

p.s. Because my levels stabilised pretty quickly I was able to test only once per day (at different times). So, finger pricking was never an issue for me.
 
Hi Lillies welcome to the forum. Diabetes can be very confusing to begin with but over time it becomes easier to understand. I hope that you have a great holiday
 
Thanks for the welcomes and advice... feeling a bit more positive but struggling with blurry eyes and erratic energy levels but so good to know theres so many people who understand
 
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