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OK so, he told me to stop the metformin and has prescribed sitagliptin 100 mg in its place. If anyone has any advice on best time to take it and has had any experience with this drug please let me know.

I am about to head off to speak to my gp about getting off Metformin sr we will see what she has to say. I will let you know what happens

Hi, I have been on maximum metformin SR dose for a good few years, however, last year or so I keep getting chronic bouts of diarrhoea. I then have stop taking metformin and to take loperamide for a couple of days until it stops. After a week or so of starting metformin again the cycle repeats...

I phoned them and got straight through, she offered to send me a new sensor and asked me to send the faulty one back.

Ah ok, thanks now I see the point, as always you folks always help and i am very grateful for that.

There was deffinately a probe when I took off the cap of the applicator, but yeah I wonder if it was properly attatched. We couldnt feel anything under the skin but then its so fine, i guess it would be difficult to detect. I will certainly keep an eye out in case of infection tho. Thanks for...

Thanks for the info. Its the first time using this system so i probably over reacted, but the urgent care staff were great. Its reassuring to hear from others that have had this experience.

Thanks for the reply, I must have just been unlucky then. Urgent care examined the site but couldnt determin if anything was in there, as its plastic it wont show up on xray so they advised to keep an eye out in case of any infection. Chances are its on the floor somewhere but its so small and...

I recieved a dexcom one sensor as part of a trial, I attatched it to the underside of my arm. The app threw up an error and told me to remove the sensor which I did. However when I looked at the sensor I notices the wire had broke off and wasnt on the table where i was sitting. Has this...

I do hope things work out well for you, I was warned after my bowel resection that a b12 deficiency could be an issue in the future, I remember what the fatigue was like during my chemo and whilst its not that bad this time, its enough to zap my energy at times. Aches and pains, blurry vision...

Thanks for your replies, i have faith in my current gp, he has already proved his worth when he helped me through the bowel cancer. I will trust him to help me through this too. Time will tell if the tablets work but the possibility of injections dont bother me at all, I had to self inject for...

Hello all, its been a while since i posted about this, so I thought i would catch up. My bloodwork came back as having low b12 and folic acid which was bordeline, so repeat bloods were ordered for a couple of months after. Resulkts were that b12 is lower as is folic acid. I was started on a...

Hi all, just a quick update, just got the results back and the doc cleared me to resume metformin as nothing was amis there. They did find however that I was borderlline macrocytosis, possibly a b12 problem (I was told this could be an issue at some point after the bowel resection) so the doc...

Thanks for all of the replies, I contacted my GP today and he gave me a call back, he has arranged urgent bloods, the drug can cause Lactic Acidosis so he needs to checlk my levels and kidney function etc. He told me to stop taking metformin untill the results come back and he tells me to...

Thanks for your reply, just spoke to a paramedic from 111 and he adviseed me to talk to my GP tomorrow as they may want to do some tests, he was happy that I didnt need to go to A&E. I just feel so stupid now lol. I will let you know what the gp says. Thanks again