Recent Content by ssyarien

I've got Metformin 3x500mg (breakfast, lunch, and dinner), Glimepiride (Amaryl) 2x2mg (breakfast and dinner), and saxagliptin (Onglyza) 1x5mg (lunch).

Hello all; Yesterday, I've got fish & chips for lunch, just ate fish and gave away chips. Unfortunately, around 5 pm I felt so hungry and dizzy, my body's trembling and shaky. I realized that this hypoglycemia symptom as my GP warned me when he prescribed some medicine. I immediately grabbed 2...

Thank you all for the answers. I think I will settle with 3 months interval as I'm just newly diagnosed 4 weeks ago and my GP sent me immediately for HbA1C test. Since then, I regularly check my blood sugar every morning before breakfast. My meter reading for blood sugar now is in range of 5.5 -...

Hello all; Ideally, how often should we check HbA1C? Do you think once in 3 months is okay? The cost for this test is quite expensive so I always think twice before drawing my blood to lab. :) Regards; Sy

Thanks for the info. So, the gliptin works to some extend. Glad to know that, considering a long rocky road I have to walk ahead along with my diabetes.

Thanks for sharing. Glad to know that I'm not the only "guinea pig" here. What do you mean by "my inhibitor gave me an insurance for my lifestyle"? Do you still eat as normal non-diabetic person while on gliptin?

Hello. I was diagnosed two weeks ago with horrible number of HbA1C 13.5%. The Doc said with that number I should have got insulin pumping. But since other blood tests sound okay, instead, the Doc prescribed me medicine: Glimepiride 2 mg to be consumed twice a day during breakfast and dinner...