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    Type 2 Metformin Increasing Blood Sugars

    ok so I took it again to night and I can confirm the metformin currently has ZERO effect on me the reason it read low yesterday was because I was in the garden brush cutting grass for 2 hours I have Stihl fs 120. So thats why it read 140 yesterday, 2 hours after meal and thats why it was so...
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    WOW Metformin actually INCREASED my Blood Sugar

    Hey guys I am back, so I went to the grocery today and I bought items based on the low carb meal plan. I bought local chicken breast like 3 packs and I bought 3 tins of black beans we have excellent healthy stuff in the Caribbean here its much healthier than imported American meat. I also bought...
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    WOW Metformin actually INCREASED my Blood Sugar

    I am thinking a couple things 1) maybe it takes a week or more for metforming to actually start working? 2) The metforming worked great within the first 6 hours and then after 12 hours my sugar started reading as if I don't even take metformin. My doctor said the special thingy in the blood...
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    WOW Metformin actually INCREASED my Blood Sugar

    Unbelievable yesterday I took metformin 30 minutes after I ate last night 8 PM and it was working great my sugar after 2 hours of eating roti and sardines was 140 when I woke up today and took a fasting test 12 hours not eating it read 143 and when I eat a roti and sardines it read 240 WOW this...
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    Please help I was just diagnosed with Type 2

    ^ I never even knew that I usually bought tin sardines because well its cheaper I suppose. I guess I will have to look for sardines or salmon in the grocery frozen and cook them. This is the first I ever heard tin sardines or mackerel was bad.
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    Please help I was just diagnosed with Type 2

    Ow my goodness thank you for this post, I was feeling so sad and now I am happy again by reading this. I believe I can do this I suddenly have unexplained inspiration :) I am from Trinidad and Tobago (West Indies) but we have free diabetes and hypertension medication in this country though the...
  7. J

    Type 2 Is this true that Obesity is not the cause of my Diabetes?

    http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/14046739.php Says here, but are these people sure about that? I have a gut feeling my obesity has caused this. Though admittedly my brother was in decent shape and he also got diabetes. But I still feel I could have prevented this if I was thin and ate right and...
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    Please help I was just diagnosed with Type 2

    Alright well the good news is I feel a little better now its easing up. Its metforming the regular one not the er. Tomorrow when I wake up I will follow up on these diets etc and learn some more about them. Maybe in a few days my body will adjust to it aswell so I will try not to worry.
  9. J

    Please help I was just diagnosed with Type 2

    ^ Alright thanks :( I hope my body adjusts to the metforming I will do my best to follow a low carb diet I hope I don't end up like others where they never stop getting diarrhea.
  10. J

    Please help I was just diagnosed with Type 2

    Serious problem I have bad diarrhea, I assume its from metforming? should I abandon taking metforming and just take my chances in life and see how long I live?
  11. J

    Please help I was just diagnosed with Type 2

    ^ thanks thats a really great site
  12. J

    Please help I was just diagnosed with Type 2

    ^ooh ok thanks didn't realize 240 and higher was bad. In the past I used to get close to 300 reading in sugar but its a good thing I know now whats good and bad. Good thing I caught it early aswell. Ok I guess my next bet is changing my diet and giving it a couple weeks to see how the...
  13. J

    Please help I was just diagnosed with Type 2

    So I have great news guys 2 hours after eating my blood sugar is now reading 140 using metforming alone. And using Atenolol alone my bloodpressure is 130/73 on my right hand and 133/83 on my left hand. Ok just for testing purposes I am going to eat a muffin blueberry and a small chocolate...
  14. J

    Please help I was just diagnosed with Type 2

    ^ WOW thats amazing so its actually possible to reverse type 2? you are right who knew wheat was this bad right? and everything in the world is practically made from wheat.
  15. J

    Please help I was just diagnosed with Type 2

    ok guys so I did it, finally took my metformin and my half atenolol. My pressure before taking the atenolol was 134/89 but it would surely go up when I start playing my PC Games. So anyways gonna check back my pressure in 1 hour and will check my sugar in 2 hours since I already ate. I ate Roti...
  16. J

    Please help I was just diagnosed with Type 2

    ow its normal metformin and 1 tablet daily 500mg Dunno whats the last name says metformin "SAVY" ?? SAUY? yeah probably nothing.
  17. J

    Please help I was just diagnosed with Type 2

    Hi guys thanks ok let me respond to some of the questions. My blood sugar without medication reads around 130 at fasting and well really depends on what I eat. Lets say I eat 3 hops bread white, it will read around 220 about 2 hours after same thing for noodles etc. If I eat 6 hops bread it...
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    Please help I was just diagnosed with Type 2

    Hi I am from Trinidad and Tobago I just want to share my story with you guys. I am 5' 11" Male and am obese I weigh 260 lbs exact or 119kg I believe is the conversion and I am 31 years of age exact. Last year I was walking out to the shop I had the fever and only 3 hours sleep the night before...
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