Recent Content by sawyatt

Thanks everyone for your replies. I’m reliably told that metformin is prescribed with meals to help avoid stomach upset. It works just as well on an empty stomach but we may find ourselves spending a lot of our time in the bathroom! Guess it’s just my painful bladder causing the problems as it...

Hi - can anyone throw some light on something I’ve only recently heard about please. My sugars are under control and I don’t have a urine infection, but I do have to get up anywhere between 3 and 7 times a night for a wee. It’s exhausting at time’s! I’m taking 500mg I’d extended release...

Only started on 3 Jan. I guess it’ll take a while to adjust and there’s the hopefully on-going weight loss too. I just need to find some strips - most shops don’t seem to have them and I can’t afford a new meter. Even Amazon don’t have them at mo! I’ll just have to sort it out and maybe get a...

Carbs - about 50grams and my calories are around 1000 daily give or take a couple of hundred.

Hi, thanks for your reply - that’s very helpful. I’ve taken note! He wants to add byetta or saxogliptin or linagliptin. I’m really not keen on taking any drug that stimulates the pancreas as they carry a higher risk (albeit a slightly higher) of pancreatic cancer which seems to run in my...

Thank you for replying. That’s exactly it! I’m fine until after my evening meal too which is my biggest meal of the day (I cant change that due to my work). Just don’t want to spend every evening/night in the loo! It’s worse if I have spicy food or too many veggies which on a low carb diet is...

Thank you for replying. Yes I do have a meter - my readings are usually in the 6s or 7s two hours post meal, sometimes 5s but rarely 4s. That’s why I changed my diet drastically. Since then I’ve not tested as the strips have been hard to get - I keep trying! My doc wanted to add another...

Thank you for replying - it’s always reassuring when someone has the same issues (not that you want them to!) I think I’ll try cutting back and see what happens - then I’ll know more when I see the doc in Feb. I think it’s probably the pills as I’m taking 2 on an empty stomach and the other 2...

Hi, I’ve been taking 2000mg of slow release metformin (500mg x 4 daily)but now I’m on a low carb eating plan, I’m having to dash to the loo a couple of hours after my main meal in the evening. As I’m not eating very much at all during the day I’m wondering if the upset stomach is due to taking...

Hiya Not a silly question at all. When you are new to diabetes everything is very confusing! You should be having an HbA1c blood test every 3 months, especially as your levels are not yet under control or stable. This will give you an idea of your average readings over the previous 3 months...