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<blockquote data-quote="Vera Bout" data-source="post: 353222" data-attributes="member: 60815"><p>I had been controlling my diabetes with tablets at first but my diabetic nurse suggested that i try Victoza and asked how I felt about injecting, my blood sugar levels were all over the place so I agreed, it worked well at first with Metformin but recently i have had to come off of Metformin as it was playing havoc with my stomach and i was unable to leave the house due to upset stomach. I was issued Glicazide instead and this is doing nothing to reduce my sugar levels and also got told it can help put weight on. Great, I am trying hard to get my weight down and now I get tablets to possibly increase it. I seen the diabetic team on Thursday and it was mentioned that perhaps I should go on to insulin which I was hoping to avoid but after finding out that the diabetic driving has been improved so it is not such a hassle i am not so against it now, spoke to my partner regarding this and have decided now is the time to start on insulin as my levels will not come down, constant 14 to 16 and I have no energy and have to force myself to do things some days. My stomach also feels hard and bloated most of the time and i am told this is likely to be the victoza so now i want to get onto insulin and hope it improves my life. I am slightly worried about hypos but am sure I will learn to spot one coming on and deal with it accordingly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vera Bout, post: 353222, member: 60815"] I had been controlling my diabetes with tablets at first but my diabetic nurse suggested that i try Victoza and asked how I felt about injecting, my blood sugar levels were all over the place so I agreed, it worked well at first with Metformin but recently i have had to come off of Metformin as it was playing havoc with my stomach and i was unable to leave the house due to upset stomach. I was issued Glicazide instead and this is doing nothing to reduce my sugar levels and also got told it can help put weight on. Great, I am trying hard to get my weight down and now I get tablets to possibly increase it. I seen the diabetic team on Thursday and it was mentioned that perhaps I should go on to insulin which I was hoping to avoid but after finding out that the diabetic driving has been improved so it is not such a hassle i am not so against it now, spoke to my partner regarding this and have decided now is the time to start on insulin as my levels will not come down, constant 14 to 16 and I have no energy and have to force myself to do things some days. My stomach also feels hard and bloated most of the time and i am told this is likely to be the victoza so now i want to get onto insulin and hope it improves my life. I am slightly worried about hypos but am sure I will learn to spot one coming on and deal with it accordingly. [/QUOTE]
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