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<blockquote data-quote="8bitkitty" data-source="post: 1768532" data-attributes="member: 473101"><p>Hello this happened with me!</p><p>It turned out that my PCOS was causing me to have become resistant to insulin!</p><p>It was so frustrating because I was injecting huge amounts of novorapid and it rarely came down from the 20s</p><p>Cut a long story short I ended up with DKA in November and they realised when they put me on the sliding scales that I wasn’t coming down much, so I suggested that I may need metformin (I did some research!)</p><p>If metformin was causing you to have a bad stomach, you can ask to go on the modified metformin which doesn’t affect the stomach as much. That’s what I had to do!</p><p>Anyway my current HBA1c from a couple of weeks ago is now 54! I’m so happy! You can thank the freestyle libre for that! Been on it for about two months and my HBA1C has come shooting down! So expensive but so worth it.</p><p>The only thing getting me down is all the weight I’ve put on since they increased my insulin! Put on about a stone in 2 months! I’m on a set amount of 12-14 units of novorapid before each meal and 32 units of levermir in the morning, 28 at night! Taking two 500mg of modified metformin with breakfast and one 500mg with evening meal. I’m having quite a lot of hypos now (since they changed my metformin to the modified one a couple of weeks ago) and especially in my sleep...</p><p>I’ve got my DAFNE course in a couple of weeks so I’m hoping that’ll sort me out! Also think I might have to start slimming world once I learn my ratio and how to carb count.</p><p>Good luck [USER=45466]@Catsymoo[/USER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="8bitkitty, post: 1768532, member: 473101"] Hello this happened with me! It turned out that my PCOS was causing me to have become resistant to insulin! It was so frustrating because I was injecting huge amounts of novorapid and it rarely came down from the 20s Cut a long story short I ended up with DKA in November and they realised when they put me on the sliding scales that I wasn’t coming down much, so I suggested that I may need metformin (I did some research!) If metformin was causing you to have a bad stomach, you can ask to go on the modified metformin which doesn’t affect the stomach as much. That’s what I had to do! Anyway my current HBA1c from a couple of weeks ago is now 54! I’m so happy! You can thank the freestyle libre for that! Been on it for about two months and my HBA1C has come shooting down! So expensive but so worth it. The only thing getting me down is all the weight I’ve put on since they increased my insulin! Put on about a stone in 2 months! I’m on a set amount of 12-14 units of novorapid before each meal and 32 units of levermir in the morning, 28 at night! Taking two 500mg of modified metformin with breakfast and one 500mg with evening meal. I’m having quite a lot of hypos now (since they changed my metformin to the modified one a couple of weeks ago) and especially in my sleep... I’ve got my DAFNE course in a couple of weeks so I’m hoping that’ll sort me out! Also think I might have to start slimming world once I learn my ratio and how to carb count. Good luck [USER=45466]@Catsymoo[/USER] [/QUOTE]
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