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Hello everyone. I've been diagnosed with Type 2 for a few years, but haven 't really got to grips with it. Should be on Metformin but I take many meds for other issues & I now get terrible wind that goes on for hours when I take them all together. I know that I need to go back to my GP & get my meds re-evaluated, but I sometimes find this sort of thing impossible. Just obtained 2 blood sugar monitors, but hate the pricking.

Hello again, anyway...
 
I used to test all the time but now I know what to eat I don't need to, I just wait for the annual test and expect close to normal numbers. I did take Metformin for a few weeks, but it was so dreadful I stopped - doesn't seem to have caused problems - quite the reverse.
Do you use the side of the finger tip, not the pad? It makes quite a difference to the hurtingness of the stabber.
 
Hi Trevor and welcome. It’s a weird sensation finger pricking isn’t it. Sometimes I’m fine with it and other times it hurts a bit and makes me shiver, I found lowering the needle ie went from 3 to 2 has made it far more bearable. Take care
 
Hi Trevor, i found pricking the side of my finger less painful than the soft pad 🙂
 
Hello @TrevorR

Welcome to the forum.

Sorry to hear you have having trouble with ‘Metfartin’. It’s not uncommon, but often settles down in time. People also say that it can help to take the tablets with a proper meal, and also that the slow release version might be kinder on the digestive system.

If you’ve not found it already, many new members here find Maggie Davey’s letter a useful overview of T2 diabetes
https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/maggie-daveys-letter-to-newly-diagnosed-type-2s.61307/

It might be stuff that you’ve already been told, but there might be a few useful pointers in there.

What changes and adaptations have you tried making to your meals so far?AlanS’s ‘test review adjust’ a simple, methodical way of measuring blood glucose outcomes around food and understanding how different carbohydrates affect each of us individually.
https://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/test-review-adjust.html

You might also like this post by the same author entitled ‘painless pricks’
https://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/painless-pricks.html
 
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