2000mg Metformin

[citychap27]

Hi All,

I've been on 1000mg for about a year and have to admit not been too good at controlling alcohol intake for the last 3 months.

Had my bloods done recently and the doctor went mad:

HPA1c (I think it's called) was 11.8
Col was 8.9
Blood Sugar was 17

Also I am leaking 49 (whatever) of protein from kidneys.

I've been put on statins and also had to increase metformin to 1000mg in the morning and the same at night.

Stomach was really sore for first few days, has calmed down now, however I have pretty serious dizziness and feel slightly on edge. I have to admit I'm also very irritable, however keeping myself to myself at work.

Is this normal?

Cheers

Sunil

 

[sugarless sue]

Welcome to the forum, Have a read of the advice and pick out anything useful to you.

Here is the advice we usually give to newly diagnosed type 2 diabetics.This forum doesn't always follow the recommended dietary advice, you have to work out what works for you as we are all different .

It's not just 'sugars' you need to avoid, diabetes is an inability to process glucose properly. Carbohydrate converts, in the body, to glucose. So it makes sense to reduce the amount of carbohydrate that you eat which includes sugars.

The main carbs to avoid or reduce are the complex or starchy carbohydrates such a bread, potatoes, pasta and rice also any flour based products. The starchy carbs all convert 100% to glucose in the body and raise the blood sugar levels significantly.

The way to find out how different foods affect you is to do regular daily testing and keep a food diary for a couple of weeks. If you test just before eating then two hours after eating you will see the effect of certain foods on your blood glucose levels.

Buy yourself a carb counter book (you can get these on-line) and you will be able to work out how much carbs you are eating, when you test, the reading two hours after should be roughly the same as the before eating reading, if it is then that meal was fine, if it isn’t then you need to check what you have eaten and think about reducing the portion size of carbs.

When you are buying products check the total carbohydrate content, this includes the sugar content. Do not just go by the amount of sugar on the packaging as this is misleading to a diabetic.

As for a tester, try asking the nurse/doctor and explain that you want to be proactive in managing your own diabetes and therefore need to test so that you can see just how foods affect your blood sugar levels. Hopefully this will work ! Sometimes they are not keen to give Type 2’s the strips on prescription, (in the UK) but you can but try !!

As a Type 2 the latest 2010 NICE guidelines for Bg levels are as follows:
Fasting (waking).......between 4 - 7 mmol/l.
2 hrs after meals......no more than 8.5 mmol/l.
If you are able to keep the post meal numbers lower, so much the better.

It also helps if you can do 30 minutes moderate exercise a day. It doesn't have to be strenuous.

As for the alcohol, moderation is the key as is the diet.

 

[citychap27]

Hi,

Thanks for this, I have started to exercise for 40 mins to an hour a day. I used to be in the gym most days and play rugby at the weekends.

Have not really done anything for 6 months or so, will reduce carbs cut out chocolates.

I'm 34 in a couple of weeks and dont want to lose my legs etc.

Cheers

Sunil