Metformin and Blood Glucose reads

[Newbie777]

Yes sure 5ft 7.5 weight was 81kg, 3 weeks ago Now now weigh 74kg!
Also taking medicine for high blood pressure, but usually good around 117/70 and high Cholesterol I think about 5.0 so high.

Want to lose about 3 kg more kg, so 71 kg is good, but importantly want to do some walking and light jogging ,so that I can also increase my carbs intake from 70g per day to about 150g per day

 

[trophywench]

Canagliflozin and other SGLT2 inhibitors work by preventing the kidneys absorbing extra glucose and subsequently re-releasing it into the blood.

Goodness knows what effect either taking it or stopping it, might have on YOUR body, so whatever you do or don't do - I ask you to use extreme caution! You really REALLY need to consult your medical team prior to doing anything.

 

[Newbie777]

Hi @trophywench, yes you are correct,

I would like to drop Canagilflorizi, but won't do on my own accord and am not ready for any other changes to my medicine for at least 2 months and yes will consult wiih my GP first.

Also the first time in 3 weeks my fasting BG dropped below 5, it is 4.5 this morning (the only thing I did yesterday I moved some furniture)- this is a big psychological indicator for me as I used to get similar reads with Glicizide and as you know I am off them now.

 

[Newbie777]

IAlso modifying your signature with things like medication, HbA1c levels etc is a really useful thing for others on the forum when they're trying to figure out whether a nugget of info could be relevant to their circumstances.

Hi @ColinUK ,

I have modified my signature, the issue was that I had to log out and log back in for the changes to occur!

 

[grovesy]

Hi @trophywench, yes you are correct,

I would like to drop Canagilflorizi, but won't do on my own accord and am not ready for any other changes to my medicine for at least 2 months and yes will consult wiih my GP first.

Also the first time in 3 weeks my fasting BG dropped below 5, it is 4.5 this morning (the only thing I did yesterday I moved some furniture)- this is a big psychological indicator for me as I used to get similar reads with Glicizide and as you know I am off them now.

Well moving furniture is likely to have been the cause of your drop, even doing housework drops levels.

 

[adrian1der]

I just has a play with my spreadsheet. For the ten weeks after I first got a waking seven day average below 6, my average waking BG was 5.77. I was taking 1xMetformin with my evening meal (HbA1c in my signature). My GP then agreed I could stop taking Metformin. For the following (nearly) 7 weeks I am averaging 5.72 on waking.

 

[Newbie777]

Well moving furniture is likely to have been the cause of your drop, even doing housework drops levels.

It was a G Plan electric recliner settee, am sure it weighs 100kg!

Yes looking forward to the exercise will find out next week from Hospital. Can't tell you how pleased I am with my BG this morning, it can only get better.

 

[Newbie777]

I just has a play with my spreadsheet. For the ten weeks after I first got a waking seven day average below 6, my average waking BG was 5.77. I was taking 1xMetformin with my evening meal (HbA1c in my signature). My GP then agreed I could stop taking Metformin. For the following (nearly) 7 weeks I am averaging 5.72 on waking.

Well done @adrian1der you are doing great.

My average fasting reads over a 2 week period done on the 14 Feb was 5.89 and that included Glicizide wear off.

My average fasting reads done today over the last 2 weeks is now 5.58 which is great news for me. i think the low carbs and losing weight have done it, with the added bonus of no Glicizide too, hopefully, my GP will be happy with these results.