Hi all. I'm new to this forum & to T2 diabetes but have read so many helpful things already on here .
I was diagnosed a week ago with a serum glucose of 8.9%/74.
However since the blood tests a month ago I have lost a stone so my BG figures have probably changed somewhat. And am eating low carb with much smaller portions. In light of this they repeated the bloods which I haven't had the results of yet.
In the meantime the DN prescribed me 500mg of Metformin once a day at first.
So I logged my BG results for 3 days which were between 5.9 & 8.9 then started the Metformin with some trepidation.
The diarrhoea the next morning I could just about cope with but after the 2nd tablet it was horrendous. Couldn't leave the house & even water was just going through me. Lost a whole night's sleep & Due to this no water seemed to be going through my bladder so began to get a uti & I could no longer continue with normal life. 3rd night didn't take the tablet & 24 hrs later feel half human again. Has anybody tried taking a tablet every other day? Is this allowed & might it help me acclimatise to the meds d'you think? BG dropped to between 5 & 8.1 while I was on it. Thanks!
I was diagnosed a week ago with a serum glucose of 8.9%/74.
However since the blood tests a month ago I have lost a stone so my BG figures have probably changed somewhat. And am eating low carb with much smaller portions. In light of this they repeated the bloods which I haven't had the results of yet.
In the meantime the DN prescribed me 500mg of Metformin once a day at first.
So I logged my BG results for 3 days which were between 5.9 & 8.9 then started the Metformin with some trepidation.
The diarrhoea the next morning I could just about cope with but after the 2nd tablet it was horrendous. Couldn't leave the house & even water was just going through me. Lost a whole night's sleep & Due to this no water seemed to be going through my bladder so began to get a uti & I could no longer continue with normal life. 3rd night didn't take the tablet & 24 hrs later feel half human again. Has anybody tried taking a tablet every other day? Is this allowed & might it help me acclimatise to the meds d'you think? BG dropped to between 5 & 8.1 while I was on it. Thanks!