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Hello,
I was diagnosed a couple of weeks ago with a fast blood sugar of 10.7 and hb reading of 103. I had only had one of the big three T2 symptoms, tiredness (I can go all day without the toilet). It was only picked up because my GP was running out of things to explain why I was quite as tired as I was and some nerve problems (there are perfectly valid non-diabetic reasons to explain many of my symptoms), so she carried out a blood test. My last recorded blood test was about 2-3 years ago and was absolutely normal.
I was prescribed (initially) modified release versions of Glicalzide and Metformin. When these run out in a week or so, I'm transferring to normal Metformin and doubling the dose after a couple of weeks. I felt really awful for the first week of meds and have little recollection of them (mind you, I had a head injury years ago and that's not all that unusual, but it was slightly worse than I think I've experienced before ... not that I can remember, of course!) and seem to be cycling between feeling OK and rough over a couple of days at the moment. I've just got a test meter and took my first reading this morning before eating (last food 7 hrs previously) getting 11.7.
My questions are what kind of readings should I expect after this long on meds and how long before I should start to see my levels drop to normal and feel different. The medics seem rather vague about this. I went for an eye test after being first diagnosed to get an eye photograph (all seems OK on that) but my optician said I should wait until my blood levels are under control, otherwise my prescription (I need varifocals) is likely to be in error - again, duration was a shoulder shrug.
Advice gratefully received.
I was diagnosed a couple of weeks ago with a fast blood sugar of 10.7 and hb reading of 103. I had only had one of the big three T2 symptoms, tiredness (I can go all day without the toilet). It was only picked up because my GP was running out of things to explain why I was quite as tired as I was and some nerve problems (there are perfectly valid non-diabetic reasons to explain many of my symptoms), so she carried out a blood test. My last recorded blood test was about 2-3 years ago and was absolutely normal.
I was prescribed (initially) modified release versions of Glicalzide and Metformin. When these run out in a week or so, I'm transferring to normal Metformin and doubling the dose after a couple of weeks. I felt really awful for the first week of meds and have little recollection of them (mind you, I had a head injury years ago and that's not all that unusual, but it was slightly worse than I think I've experienced before ... not that I can remember, of course!) and seem to be cycling between feeling OK and rough over a couple of days at the moment. I've just got a test meter and took my first reading this morning before eating (last food 7 hrs previously) getting 11.7.
My questions are what kind of readings should I expect after this long on meds and how long before I should start to see my levels drop to normal and feel different. The medics seem rather vague about this. I went for an eye test after being first diagnosed to get an eye photograph (all seems OK on that) but my optician said I should wait until my blood levels are under control, otherwise my prescription (I need varifocals) is likely to be in error - again, duration was a shoulder shrug.
Advice gratefully received.