Hi, my name is Gary, I am 57 and was diagnosed with type 2 in June 2023, my blood sugar was 108 mmol/l, I weighed over 17 stone.
I was fast tracked onto Metformin 4 x 500mg, Gliclazide and Atorvastatin, I had 3 monthly bloods and managed to half my blood sugar result, down to 57 mmol/l, through dietary changes and the meds. Everything went well for the first 6 months, after the first 3 months I was taken off the Gliclazide and It was replaced with Empagliflozin, I also lost over 3 stones, then in mid December I had a chest Infection which meant due to sick day rules had to come off my medication. I restarted the meds a couple of weeks later and everything seemed to be okay, then after the first week of January the diarrhoea and stomach pains started so again I had to stop my medication. I had a stool sample done to check for Infections and the results came back negative. I saw the practice nurse who changed my Metformin to Prolonged Release Metformin. The change in meds lasted for 9 days then back to diarrhoea and stomach pains, at first I thought It could be the Metformin, after lots of research I found the Metformin could be the cause of the diarrhoea, I also found out that after 4 days of not taking Metformin It should be out of my system but the diarrhoea remains.
An emergency appointment at my GP surgery earlier this week and a good 40 minute discussion with my GP has started a process of elimination as something else may be the cause of the diarrhoea stomach pains, another stool sample was done on Tuesday to check for Infections and next week I am having a full range of bloods taken, amongst which they will be checking for Coeliac, IBD/IBS and Calprotectin. Still off my medication as my symptoms have not Improved, strangely my blood sugars have stayed about the same 6 - 8 mmol/l, throughout the day.
I was fast tracked onto Metformin 4 x 500mg, Gliclazide and Atorvastatin, I had 3 monthly bloods and managed to half my blood sugar result, down to 57 mmol/l, through dietary changes and the meds. Everything went well for the first 6 months, after the first 3 months I was taken off the Gliclazide and It was replaced with Empagliflozin, I also lost over 3 stones, then in mid December I had a chest Infection which meant due to sick day rules had to come off my medication. I restarted the meds a couple of weeks later and everything seemed to be okay, then after the first week of January the diarrhoea and stomach pains started so again I had to stop my medication. I had a stool sample done to check for Infections and the results came back negative. I saw the practice nurse who changed my Metformin to Prolonged Release Metformin. The change in meds lasted for 9 days then back to diarrhoea and stomach pains, at first I thought It could be the Metformin, after lots of research I found the Metformin could be the cause of the diarrhoea, I also found out that after 4 days of not taking Metformin It should be out of my system but the diarrhoea remains.
An emergency appointment at my GP surgery earlier this week and a good 40 minute discussion with my GP has started a process of elimination as something else may be the cause of the diarrhoea stomach pains, another stool sample was done on Tuesday to check for Infections and next week I am having a full range of bloods taken, amongst which they will be checking for Coeliac, IBD/IBS and Calprotectin. Still off my medication as my symptoms have not Improved, strangely my blood sugars have stayed about the same 6 - 8 mmol/l, throughout the day.
