Last Saturday I had egg, sausage and bacon (we were going out later that day and wouldn't be eating again until later in the evening). This weekend I had scrambled eggs with spinach and tomato.
Hopefully it will be my body getting used to the drug/ change in dosages. I have to start taking 3 from next Thursday. I've already decided that I'll be having porridge next Saturday!!
Hope the day goes well, and passes off without 'incident'! 🙂
I'm hoping that I don't have anymore "incidents" now that I'm taking the dose that I was prescribed (3 tablets a day - 1500mg). I live in fear that I should have an episode at work!! 😳
Hi Ginja, I hope your body comes to 'accept' the metformin, with no further incidents! 🙂 Yes, your levels are still on the high side, but it is still early days, and as you say, they have already started to improve, so hopefully that will continue 🙂 Have you done a test before bed to see what the difference is between that and your waking number?Hi Guys!! Hope you are all ok.
I've stepped up to 3 Metformin (500mg) tablets a day now. I avoided egg over the weekend but still had a horrendous "incident" on Sunday night. I think it's just my body letting me know how annoyed it is that I'm trying to get control of it!!
My levels have come down considerably but I don't think that they are down enough. My morning readings since I started taking the 3 tablets have been between 10.2 and 12.7. That's still too high isn't it?
Hi Northerner,
So, it looks like your levels are pretty stable overnight, just a case of getting an overall reduction so you go to bed on a lower number, which will mean waking on a lower number 🙂 It looks like you are around 7.0 before your evening meal, so whatever it is that you are eating is increasing it by 4-5 mmol/l - if you can get the bedtime reading closer to teh pre-meal level then you will have cracked it 🙂 What are you usually eating in the evenings?
Sorry to hear this Ginja
I wonder what it can be? There's obviously a difference in your routine, since you're not working weekends, but is there anything else significant that you do or don't do at weekends? Sleep in? Get up earlier? Exercise? Feel more relaxed? Feel more tense because it is the weekend and you are fearing a reaction? It would be interesting to see what would happen if you had to work overtime, and work a weekend! Hope things improve for you soon.
I usually have Oats So Simple for breakfast in the week and a salad lunch with the occasional bag of crisps, nuts or fruit as a snack, then have dinner in the evening. At the weekend We used to have eggs and bacon for breakfast but I've avoided eggs thinking that they were the culprits. It appears that it's not them! I must admit that I struggle over the weekend as we do tend to eat a little later in the morning and I'm not usually hungry until dinner later in the evening. I have to force myself to eat something in the middle of the day so that I can take the tablet. I have a feeling that I may not be eating enough to counteract the effects of the tablets.Sorry to hear this Ginja
That could be it Robin. We do eat differently at the weekend as we're either out and about or doing bits around the house........or, of course, chilling out. I don't tend to eat as much salad as I do in the week so it could be that I'm eating too many carbs at the weekend. I'm going to have to rethink my eating at the weekend.
If you make a diary of what you have eaten & bg. It will help find out what is going on . 90% of people will be higher during weekend because they sit on there behinds/eat sunday lunch/don't walk about at work/. Good luck finding out what is happening Gina🙂
