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I have started on the metformin, so far so good. Fingers crossed it will help stabilize things.

Thanks folks. I will lety you know how I get on in a week or two. Fingers crossed.

Thanks Jack I will check out the links. I agree, carbs are like a drug and it takes me about 2 days to break the carb/crave cycle.

I think I read somewhere that it also has a small effect on glucose absorption in the gut, again help reduce BG.

I have wondered this too. Is there any long term risks known?

Thanks Yingtong. That is very helpful. I will settle for just to stop the weight gain in its tracks to begin with. Cheers.

Does any type 1 have experience of insulin plus metformin. After several months of increasing BG levels, more than doubling my insulin requirements, and weight gain (sigh!) my consultant has suggested trying metformin. I have taken metformin before (when I was mis-diagnosed as type 2) and cope...

Oh Lordy, that touch a nerve. He he. I never learn.

Hi Bonus, my understanding is that lantus activity has a minipeak at around 4 hour, which fits with what you experience. How many units do you inject and is it possibly too much? Do you see a tail off in activity before the 24 hours are up? I've just read that lantus can last as long as 36 hours...

I guess the majority of veins and capillaries are too deep or too narrow for this to occur normally. I am a very veiny person (if there is such a thing) I prefer to inject my lantus into my thighs and my basal in my tum, I just have a quick look before I inject. Try and hit the fatty part of...

This exact same scenario happened to me several months ago. I took my long lasting lantus last thing at night with a BG of around 9 (this was several hours after my novorapid, so no fast acting left in my system). I did not take the wrong insulin, dose, etc......but I woke 30 mins later with a...

I have had a slow release progesterone implant (Nexplanon/|Implanon) for 3 years now. It is a wee implant generally in the skin of your arm and lasts for 3 years. For me it has been brilliant, stopped my periods completely for 2.5 years and controlled all my PMS symptoms. Obviously it is not...

Very true. This is how I quit: I quit when I really wanted to and it was easy because I really wanted to. I used a bit of internal reverse psychology on myself to help. If you think quitting is a big deal, well, it will become so and take over all your waking and sleeping thoughts. Quitting is...

I was diagnosed with a BG of 29, initially as a type 2. After starting type 2 meds (metaformin/glipizide) I managed for over a year with good BG and nearly came off all meds. Then things took a turn for the worse and my BG gradually rose and I ended up on basal insulin after another year. At...

Hi Starmaker, weight loss is usually a symptom more associated with type 1. Ask your Doc exactly what blood test have been done and listen carefully for "GAD antibody and C-peptide". These are the ones which discriminate between type 1 and type 2. If they have not been done, ask for them and...

I think Pulp Fiction and the adrenalin injection scene has a lot to answer for.

Question "Do you know that emergency glucagen injection, do I need to stab it into your heart?" Answer "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!":nailbiting:

Hey Sheil19. I hope all went well.

I think after a few weeks your opinion will reverse from "inevitable" to liberating. I do hope so because it will mean everything is in a better balance. Best of luck.

Have you been tested for type 1 (e.g. GAD antibodies, C-peptide). I would ask to be tested, your low body weight may suggest you are more of a type 1. I went for 2 years as a "type2", struggling with worsening control and increasing medication (metformin, glipizide, sitagliptin) which all...