Recent Content by Jax65

This may sound odd but since being put on Metformin about 6 weeks ago I have noticed something very strange, my fingernails have started to grow much more quickly and also a lot stronger :-) I have suffered some of the previously mentioned less desirable side effects but I hope next time I see...

Thanks everyone for advice. I have taken my first dose this evening with my evening meal. I have been told to take one a day for one week then increase by 1 a week up to to doses of 2x500 twice a day. Is this a normal dose? I have noted what I have eaten today and have had 95g of carbs and 1270...

Doc called today and has put me on Metformin! Im not really sure how I feel about this to be honest as i already take quite a lot of medication for other conditions. What is the general feeling in the forum about this particular drug?

Thanks to you all who have replied, I think that you may be right and pasta may be my problem today! I will keep reading posts on here and see if I han work on my own eating plan because I agree it does involve far to many starchy carbs

I have been diagnosed as type 2 last week. Told to eat normally over the weekend then get a HbA1c test today, and following the test follow the heathy eating plan given to me by the Diabetes Nurse last week. I tested before and after meals over the weekend when I was eating normally and go good...