Hi everyone,
Well, I was diagnosed 26th Sept. I had 2 diabetic nurse appointments and was told at the last one not to see her again for 3 months. Is that right? Abandoned for 3 whole months!
The only diet advice I was given was 'eat healthy, carbs with every meal & watch the amount of grapes i eat.' Wow! What perfectly useless information.
Anyway, been watching my BG's since no-one else has. Was not getting lower than 8, after meals about 14.9. So, not happy about waiting 3 months, I made an appointment to see a doctor. I explained to her that my mother was on metformin, gliclazide for years when really they should have put her onto insulin, she was uncontrolled for about 4 years, consequences not good.
She had no pulse in her right foot so they decided to amputate from below the knee, 2 days later she died of a massive heart attack.
All because they didn't control her diabetes & BG's properly, so the medical profession was not in my good books. So, for the diabetic nurse to say see you in 3 months I was fuming.
Anyway, the GP agreed with me, with what happened to my mum & my BG's still high no matter how good i've been food-wise, she put me on 500mg x 3 daily - which, surprise, surprise is doing the trick nicely. Highest now has been 8.
Only thing about Metformin i find is that with Crohn's disease it adds to my loo trips if you know what I mean, Loperamide to the rescue!! That with the nausea, not nice.
The doc also put me on a new diet pill, Reductil. Been overweight since having my son 5 years ago, with a catalogue of medical conditions it's made weight loss extremely difficult. So, i'll give Reductil a go & let you all know how I get on with it. Lose weight hopefully!
Well, I was diagnosed 26th Sept. I had 2 diabetic nurse appointments and was told at the last one not to see her again for 3 months. Is that right? Abandoned for 3 whole months!
The only diet advice I was given was 'eat healthy, carbs with every meal & watch the amount of grapes i eat.' Wow! What perfectly useless information.
Anyway, been watching my BG's since no-one else has. Was not getting lower than 8, after meals about 14.9. So, not happy about waiting 3 months, I made an appointment to see a doctor. I explained to her that my mother was on metformin, gliclazide for years when really they should have put her onto insulin, she was uncontrolled for about 4 years, consequences not good.
She had no pulse in her right foot so they decided to amputate from below the knee, 2 days later she died of a massive heart attack.
All because they didn't control her diabetes & BG's properly, so the medical profession was not in my good books. So, for the diabetic nurse to say see you in 3 months I was fuming.
Anyway, the GP agreed with me, with what happened to my mum & my BG's still high no matter how good i've been food-wise, she put me on 500mg x 3 daily - which, surprise, surprise is doing the trick nicely. Highest now has been 8.
Only thing about Metformin i find is that with Crohn's disease it adds to my loo trips if you know what I mean, Loperamide to the rescue!! That with the nausea, not nice.
The doc also put me on a new diet pill, Reductil. Been overweight since having my son 5 years ago, with a catalogue of medical conditions it's made weight loss extremely difficult. So, i'll give Reductil a go & let you all know how I get on with it. Lose weight hopefully!
