Hi. I was diagnosed T2 about a month ago and am still reeling a bit. Mine started as steroid-induced diabetes (following 9 weeks on prednisolone over November/December/January this year due to massive asthma reaction to chest infection) - didn't even know that was a thing! Aaannnyway - when the steroids were finally out of my system, they left me with T2 diabetes - deep joy. GP reckons I must have been pre-diabetic without knowing it and my father developed it at about the same age I am now (65). My two HbA1c results (a month apart) were 83 & 88 - which I now understand is quite high and certainly explains the relentless thirst I had when on the steroids.
Have now been on Metformin for about 4-5 weeks - having worked up from 1x500mg daily to the usual 4....2 after breakfast and 2 after dinner. Started off OK but by week 3 & 4 I had the galloping trots and didn't dare leave the house for too long and had to wear incontinence pads for about 4 days when it was at its worst 😱. Thankfully, my bowels have calmed down in the last few days and I've ventured out without the "safety nets"! However, I now have an unpleasant taste in my mouth and feel nauseous almost continuously. It only really stops when I'm eating - but I don't feel much like eating because I feel nauseous
. I'm not sure if it's the diabetes that's making me feel queasy or the Metformin?? Hope it's the Metformin and, if so, that it settles down again soon. Also feel so tired most of the time.
My GP wouldn't give me a Blood Glucose monitor as, apparently, T2s don't need to monitor their levels 🙄 She actually said to me "the monitor can only tell you when your blood sugar is high but what can you do about it?" - and just said she'd test my HbA1c every 3 months. So I bought myself an SD Codefree with all the bits and am now happily testing several times a day. Not really very disciplined yet in my timings and, therefor, not seeing any patterns yet but it's been interesting to see the variations in my readings - mostly around the 5s & 6s, lowest 4.0 - highest 9.8.
So glad to find this forum - it feels a bit lonely right now.
Have now been on Metformin for about 4-5 weeks - having worked up from 1x500mg daily to the usual 4....2 after breakfast and 2 after dinner. Started off OK but by week 3 & 4 I had the galloping trots and didn't dare leave the house for too long and had to wear incontinence pads for about 4 days when it was at its worst 😱. Thankfully, my bowels have calmed down in the last few days and I've ventured out without the "safety nets"! However, I now have an unpleasant taste in my mouth and feel nauseous almost continuously. It only really stops when I'm eating - but I don't feel much like eating because I feel nauseous
. I'm not sure if it's the diabetes that's making me feel queasy or the Metformin?? Hope it's the Metformin and, if so, that it settles down again soon. Also feel so tired most of the time.My GP wouldn't give me a Blood Glucose monitor as, apparently, T2s don't need to monitor their levels 🙄 She actually said to me "the monitor can only tell you when your blood sugar is high but what can you do about it?" - and just said she'd test my HbA1c every 3 months. So I bought myself an SD Codefree with all the bits and am now happily testing several times a day. Not really very disciplined yet in my timings and, therefor, not seeing any patterns yet but it's been interesting to see the variations in my readings - mostly around the 5s & 6s, lowest 4.0 - highest 9.8.
So glad to find this forum - it feels a bit lonely right now.
