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First appointment with diabetic nurse

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Day 2 on Metformin... thought I did well yesterday, no side effects.. although I would think it would take longer than one day to be honest.... but today... stomach is doing cartwheels, feeling sick also... see how it goes will try and persevere.. 🙂

Mick.
 
MickD said:
Day 2 on Metformin... thought I did well yesterday, no side effects.. although I would think it would take longer than one day to be honest.... but today... stomach is doing cartwheels, feeling sick also... see how it goes will try and persevere.. 🙂

Mick.
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Hope things settle for you Mick 🙂
 
Hopefully the symptoms will subside soon. Try taking Metfartin while your eating or directly afterwards, that’s what I was told to do when I was first prescribed it.
TBH I would not go up to the next dose increase untill your symptoms have eased.
If the symptoms get bad, I would stop taking them and contact your nurse ASAP.
 
Lin,
Yes that's what I did, part way through breakfast, the nausea has subsided a bit now.
Can the drug start to work in 2 days? I doubt it... but I've has the best numbers since I started testing... 2 hrs after eating an apple I got 6.9..!! ( I didn't test before so not sure what the numbers were then ) I've been getting mid 8's and the odd 7.9... I'll test again 2 hrs after lunch.
Hope it wasn't a duff test..
Mick.
 
LOL - no good really only testing after food. Say you ate something and it shot your BG after up to 14? - you'd assume you couldn't eat that - however if it was 12.5 before you started eating - it's brilliant!
 
Well lunchtime.... pre lunch was 6.1 and 2 hrs after was 7.2.. had chicken salad and an apple..
Happy with that. 🙂 moving in the right direction. hopefully have a better Hba1c result on the next test.
Mick.
 
Good numbrs .
Atm I think it’s more likely to be the changes you’ve made to your diet working rather than the Metfartin, as it takes a while to build up in the system.
 
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