Hi, im Julz and im looking forward to reading and joining in with discussions here to share hints and tips on coping with Diabetes. I have been diagnosed with type 2 for approximately 18 months now, but was judged as 'boarderline' and 'glucose intolerant for the first year of that when my blood tests were around the 6.5 and 7.0 levels. My last test was 7.5, although i had misbehaved quite badly over Christmas foodwise, and eaten far to many sweet things such as trifle and chocolate
2 weeks ago i started taking Metformin, but found it made me very nauseus and i could not eat or drink much at all. I then awoke one morning feeling quite ill, and my chest was thumping with palpitations and my heart beat and pulse was very irregular when my daughter checked it. I made an appointment to see the emergancy duty doctor at our GPs surgery and he confirmed that indeed i had an irregular heartbeat but to stay on the Metformin. by the next morning i was feeling even worse, and having chest pains so was taken to the local A&E and put on an ECG machine, which confirmed Ectopic beats, and i was advised to stop taking Metformin and go home and rest, with an appointment for an ecocardiogram and 24hr Ecg monitoring for the next week, which i am due to have on Wednesday.
Slowly i started to feel a little better, and decided to do some googling to find out for myself the best way forward as previously apart from a leaflet from the doctors surgery i had not had much formal advice on what i should do other than avoid sugary food and drink and eat a well balanced diet.
I am now following the diet recomended by Diabetes Uk on their website, after entering in my details, and as far as i can work out its a low GI diet with plenty of slow release carbs via wholefoods, fruit, vegetables and lean meat and fish. I am also very overweight and have suffered from high blood pressure for the last 12 yrs which doesnt help. since this last bad episode began i have also bought myself a BS monitor from Boots on a half price offer, and im getting readings of between 6.5 and 10.9, the latter being taken an hour after dinner.
Has anyone else had problems like these after taking Metformin or am i rare lol?
Julz
2 weeks ago i started taking Metformin, but found it made me very nauseus and i could not eat or drink much at all. I then awoke one morning feeling quite ill, and my chest was thumping with palpitations and my heart beat and pulse was very irregular when my daughter checked it. I made an appointment to see the emergancy duty doctor at our GPs surgery and he confirmed that indeed i had an irregular heartbeat but to stay on the Metformin. by the next morning i was feeling even worse, and having chest pains so was taken to the local A&E and put on an ECG machine, which confirmed Ectopic beats, and i was advised to stop taking Metformin and go home and rest, with an appointment for an ecocardiogram and 24hr Ecg monitoring for the next week, which i am due to have on Wednesday.
Slowly i started to feel a little better, and decided to do some googling to find out for myself the best way forward as previously apart from a leaflet from the doctors surgery i had not had much formal advice on what i should do other than avoid sugary food and drink and eat a well balanced diet.
I am now following the diet recomended by Diabetes Uk on their website, after entering in my details, and as far as i can work out its a low GI diet with plenty of slow release carbs via wholefoods, fruit, vegetables and lean meat and fish. I am also very overweight and have suffered from high blood pressure for the last 12 yrs which doesnt help. since this last bad episode began i have also bought myself a BS monitor from Boots on a half price offer, and im getting readings of between 6.5 and 10.9, the latter being taken an hour after dinner.
Has anyone else had problems like these after taking Metformin or am i rare lol?
Julz