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<blockquote data-quote="Alexandra100" data-source="post: 1736907" data-attributes="member: 429870"><p>Are you restricting your carbs? My understanding is that basal insulin such as you are taking can't stop post meal bg rises, it just helps with pre-meal and fasting bg. My suggestions would be: (1) Go back to taking more Metformin unless it is causing you too much gastric distress. It is considered a well-tested and pretty harmless drug with lot of benefits. Why deprive yourself of its help when you obviously need all the help you can get? (2) Get hold of a meter and testing strips, even if you have to pay for the strips yourself, and start testing your bg fasting first thing in the morning and before meals and 2 hours after meals. (3) Reduce your carbs until you see better numbers. This is key. The worse state your pancreas is in, the more you will have to cut carbs. (4) Tell your doctor what you intend to do. Actually this should have been (1)!</p><p></p><p>You can get a free meter and starter kit here: <a href="http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/tee2-blood-glucose-meter/" target="_blank">http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/tee2-blood-glucose-meter/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alexandra100, post: 1736907, member: 429870"] Are you restricting your carbs? My understanding is that basal insulin such as you are taking can't stop post meal bg rises, it just helps with pre-meal and fasting bg. My suggestions would be: (1) Go back to taking more Metformin unless it is causing you too much gastric distress. It is considered a well-tested and pretty harmless drug with lot of benefits. Why deprive yourself of its help when you obviously need all the help you can get? (2) Get hold of a meter and testing strips, even if you have to pay for the strips yourself, and start testing your bg fasting first thing in the morning and before meals and 2 hours after meals. (3) Reduce your carbs until you see better numbers. This is key. The worse state your pancreas is in, the more you will have to cut carbs. (4) Tell your doctor what you intend to do. Actually this should have been (1)! You can get a free meter and starter kit here: [URL]http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/tee2-blood-glucose-meter/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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