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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Providence 62" data-source="post: 2383681" data-attributes="member: 153605">Hello Marie,No, I am not on Metformin it's a long story, but I started out on Metformin in 2015 which only had a limited amount of success but had the drawback of appalling tummy troubles (I shall spare you the details!).  Then I got put on canagliflozin, it didn't even touch my sugars, I was still getting 10s and 11s most mornings.  Glicazide was added, again, very little effect.  Finally I was tried on Victoza, appalling GI problems and again very little effect.  I had to bang on the table a bit with my GP and I was finally put on to insulin.  I was using Lantus on its own.  That went well for a while and over the last 3 months my sugars started creeping up again despite big doses of Lantus.  So finally I have been prescribed the fast acting as well.  I have an appointment with the consultant at the hospital in the offing for the necessary tests.  It's been a long and very difficult process. I think that the doc saw a lady in her 50s who was overweight and immediately thought T2.  I could get very cross about it but I won't</blockquote>

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