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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning Folks

Reporting a reading of 8.1 for this morning

Had a tonking migraine yesterday finished up home and in bed by 1pm still feel it lingering on this morning but it’s Friday
 
Good morning all , It's a 6.7 from me this morning and last day in work before looking forward to five days off work again
 
Clean The Floor - 5.4. Day off, 7.30 instead of 5.30 and I get this number! 🙂
*note* No cleaning the floor today, I'm slobbing around all day.
 
A baffling 7.7 after a chicken and bacon salad at 7 last night and nothing after, don’t get it!! Need to clean the inside of my car today somehow in between the rain. Feeling better after having hair done and visiting my brother as well today. Have a good one all x
 
Morning all.🙂 6.8 here.😛

Got to knuckle down to some uni reading today, but it’s ALL so interesting - where do I start?:D🙄
Happy Friday ev1.🙂
 
Fourth day on the trot in the fours for me - just- 4.9 this am. 🙂

Another wet and windy one outside. :(

Hope you all keep warm and dry!

Dez
 
So the 'no Gliclazide' experiment is proving interesting. I haven't seen overall averages creep up as I might expect if it was doing something, but seeing a tighter range of readings with no longer having low readings before lunch and high readings before bed (and at breakfast)...

Today's breakfast reading was 7.4
 
Joining Bloden on the 6.8 step today. Really feeling down again about diabetes, 3rd day running I have asked to work from home due to stomach issues with this particular brand of metformin, work are getting annoyed with it, I have doctors booked for Tuesday, first appointment I could get to ask to be changed to slow release, really annoying as occasionally had issues with other brands, but not like this, just this one manufactured by RelonChem that give me bad issues. I could take the time off sick, but then they will moan about my sick leave, and I don't feel ill in any way shape or form, just need to be really close to a toilet, so unless they can move my desk right outside the ladies room, I know I would not be able to make it from where I sit to the ladies, as I am struggling to get from the sofa to the downstairs loo which is probably only about 20 - 30 steps away. By mid-afternoon the issues stop, so no idea why it only happens between when i get up and about 2-3pm. Just want to cry today, I am also stressing about my run on Sunday morning as we do our long runs (no pun intended) and I don't want to miss out on that, thinking I might not take any metformin on Saturday, should I take imodium to stop it? Going to show them the patient leaflet on Monday and at least they can see under common side effects is stomach problems.

I really don't know what to do, feel I can't do right, if I stop taking it meds so I can go to work my blood sugar might go up, if I look after myself by taking the tablets work are pissed off, they said this morning it is probably psychosomatic, which just proves they don't understand. I realise it must be difficult to understand that I am ok with one brand of meds and not another.


Sorry to rant, but you guys understand about Metformin.
 
Top O the morning to everyone.

5.1 mmol this morning chuffed :D
 
Good morning another 11.3 same as yesterday,🙄 didn`t get onboard yesterday:( juggling stocks and shares. Had haircut yesterday no.3 all over, went into Pharmacy and bought 3 tubes of glucose tablets on special offer £2 for all 3 very nice.🙂 Weather is not up to much even got my shorts wet yesterday,:(:D I`ve had 4 hospital appointments for February so far and 2 for March.😎

Hope your Drs appointment goes well @Grannylorraine gentle {{HUGS}}.

Better reading today @Michael12421.🙂

Glad to see @Flower posting again although going through a bit of grief {{{HUGS}}} also.🙂

Speak with you all later stay safe enjoy your day.🙂
 
Grannylorraine said:
I really don't know what to do, feel I can't do right, if I stop taking it meds so I can go to work my blood sugar might go up, if I look after myself by taking the tablets work are pissed off, they said this morning it is probably psychosomatic, which just proves they don't understand. I realise it must be difficult to understand that I am ok with one brand of meds and not another.
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Personally, I would stop taking them until you see the doctor and get something sorted out that suits you better. The way metformin works is that it sort of 'establishes' itself in your body, so any effect of stopping it won't be immediate and would probably take several days at least. I doubt your levels would suffer unduly without it, and it's quite possible that the reduced stress would be beneficial, so swings and roundabouts 🙂 I have absolutely no doubt that some brands affect people adversely because of the number of times I have seen it reported here - the same happens with other medications too.
 
Good morning team🙂

I woke on 7.2, so it seems the T1s are a bit shabby this morning. My excuse is one too many JBs for a middle of the night 3.1.

The MRI on Monday was a bit tricky - it was hard work keeping my wandering legs still. I was inside the white plastic tube for just over an hour, and I didn’t get a sweetie for being a good boy. Don’t know what the NHS is coming to.:confused:

Anyway, Tuesday was a write off after that. Prepared for the next trip to Blackburn Hospital that happened on Wednesday for a semi routine gastro appointment. The result of that was the prospect of a scan (with contrast medium) of my pancreas, and a colonoscopy. Might have to be admitted for the prep for the colonoscopy, my mobility is incompatible with Picolax. I suppose if I can persuade Mrs B to sleep in the riser/recliner chair, and borrow a bedside commode from the OTs an admission could be avoided. No rush for the colonoscopy, anyway. Just routine cancer surveillance.

The joys of multiple pathologies, they keep me entertained.:D

Have a good day, folks, if you can. The weekend starts this lunchtime.🙂
 
Northerner said:
Personally, I would stop taking them until you see the doctor and get something sorted out that suits you better. The way metformin works is that it sort of 'establishes' itself in your body, so any effect of stopping it won't be immediate and would probably take several days at least. I doubt your levels would suffer unduly without it, and it's quite possible that the reduced stress would be beneficial, so swings and roundabouts 🙂 I have absolutely no doubt that some brands affect people adversely because of the number of times I have seen it reported here - the same happens with other medications too.
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Thank you, the voice of reason as always. I won't take anymore after today, as that is only 3 days of not taking them. I just find it frustrating that on one brand I am generally ok, but not this particular one. As I said to my husband I currently feel like I am incontinent.
 
Well I failed miserably on my first day of trying to eat earlier and I had a 10.1 to show for it this morning. I did my best to have breakfast and lunch at a reasonable time but then the wind got up and I hate to go out in a storm and I had chucks and ggs to sort before I headed up to my partner's house to cook dinner/supper. It was nearly 9pm before things had settled down enough for me to leave the house and then I found the covers had blown off the hen run so I had that to sort out and it was 10pm before I ate again. I am doing well so far today and have had breakfast and lunch and prepped veggies for dinner tonight, so hopefully I am going to do better.

@Michael12421
So pleased to see you had a better score this morning. Don't worry that it is a little higher than you might like. Far better to be in the 9-12 range for a week or two if you can get some stable readings and then try to adjust it down a bit after that.

@Grannylorraine
I really do feel for you and would agree with Alan that you are better not taking it at least for however long it takes to see the doc, than have it ruining your quality of life to that extent. Hope you are better tomorrow morning.
 
Grannylorraine said:
Joining Bloden on the 6.8 step today. Really feeling down again about diabetes, 3rd day running I have asked to work from home due to stomach issues with this particular brand of metformin, work are getting annoyed with it, I have doctors booked for Tuesday, first appointment I could get to ask to be changed to slow release, really annoying as occasionally had issues with other brands, but not like this, just this one manufactured by RelonChem that give me bad issues. I could take the time off sick, but then they will moan about my sick leave, and I don't feel ill in any way shape or form, just need to be really close to a toilet, so unless they can move my desk right outside the ladies room, I know I would not be able to make it from where I sit to the ladies, as I am struggling to get from the sofa to the downstairs loo which is probably only about 20 - 30 steps away. By mid-afternoon the issues stop, so no idea why it only happens between when i get up and about 2-3pm. Just want to cry today, I am also stressing about my run on Sunday morning as we do our long runs (no pun intended) and I don't want to miss out on that, thinking I might not take any metformin on Saturday, should I take imodium to stop it? Going to show them the patient leaflet on Monday and at least they can see under common side effects is stomach problems.

I really don't know what to do, feel I can't do right, if I stop taking it meds so I can go to work my blood sugar might go up, if I look after myself by taking the tablets work are pissed off, they said this morning it is probably psychosomatic, which just proves they don't understand. I realise it must be difficult to understand that I am ok with one brand of meds and not another.


Sorry to rant, but you guys understand about Metformin.
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When I raised the actual side effects I was getting my doc assumed I’d stopped taking the metformin immediately. I hadn’t because I didn’t realise that was an option.
 
ColinUK said:
When I raised the actual side effects I was getting my doc assumed I’d stopped taking the metformin immediately. I hadn’t because I didn’t realise that was an option.
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Thant is the thing, I thought I will keep struggling through until I can see docs on Tuesday. But after these discussions I have decided to stop it until I have seen doc. If only pharmacy had kept to one brand I would have been ok. Did you doc put you on slow release version or take you off them altogether, if you don't mind me asking?
 
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