- Messages
- 17
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Good Morning,
This may be a silly question but I am still a fairly new diagnosed Type 2 & still really trying to get my head around everything!
I was formally diagnosed on 18th Jan and given Metformin, since then I have been taking one metformin tablet a day (for one week) and have now increased the dosage to 2 tablets for another week, after which it will be three tablets a day.
I have started adapting my diet to low carb and having had issues with low energy I have increased the fat in my diet which has improved things enormously and I am also now getting on better with the metformin (some of the side effects have reduced slightly although I don't know if this may change as my dosage increases?)
To try & help me with what foods etc work for me I got myself a blood testing meter (it arrived yesterday) I have only used it a couple of times so far (I plan to use it every day this week & keep a food diary to try & get to grips). But when I tested my BG this morning before breakfast my reading was 11.2, I tested it yesterday late afternoon and it was 11.3. Looking at the guidance on what it should be I am really worried as I know this is very high.
My question is, how soon should i see this number reduce? Should the metformin I am taking of had an affect on this or have reduced this by now? Or I am expecting too much too soon?
I appreciate its very early days but I really want to make sure I am doing the right things......
This may be a silly question but I am still a fairly new diagnosed Type 2 & still really trying to get my head around everything!
I was formally diagnosed on 18th Jan and given Metformin, since then I have been taking one metformin tablet a day (for one week) and have now increased the dosage to 2 tablets for another week, after which it will be three tablets a day.
I have started adapting my diet to low carb and having had issues with low energy I have increased the fat in my diet which has improved things enormously and I am also now getting on better with the metformin (some of the side effects have reduced slightly although I don't know if this may change as my dosage increases?)
To try & help me with what foods etc work for me I got myself a blood testing meter (it arrived yesterday) I have only used it a couple of times so far (I plan to use it every day this week & keep a food diary to try & get to grips). But when I tested my BG this morning before breakfast my reading was 11.2, I tested it yesterday late afternoon and it was 11.3. Looking at the guidance on what it should be I am really worried as I know this is very high.
My question is, how soon should i see this number reduce? Should the metformin I am taking of had an affect on this or have reduced this by now? Or I am expecting too much too soon?
I appreciate its very early days but I really want to make sure I am doing the right things......