Re: Funniest general ignorance of diabetes Home › Forums › Funniest general ignorance of diabetes › Re: Funniest general ignorance of diabetes 10 October, 2010 at 10:21 am #7286 Hairy GnomeParticipant Just be grateful you’ve never used Metformin! One of the long term effects I had from it was an extremely irritated bowel and believe me, sticking sweeties up your bum isn’t a patch on a session in the endoscopy suite of the local hospital!