[Mama2Two]

Back in January or February, at a doctor's appointment for yet another sinus infection (long story), I mentioned to her that I wanted to go on insulin rather than take Met any longer. I was on insulin during both my pregnancies, and just before delivering my daughter, my HgA1C was 5.8 and my FBGs were in the 70s-80s. I felt GREAT! Once I delivered her, they had me stop the insulin and go back on Met. I was taking 500 mg PO BID (total of 2000 mg per day). My FBGs wouldn't go below about 120 and my HgA1C was 7.1. I was not happy.

She agreed, and put me on Lantus and told me to stop Met. She told me to start at 10 iu and every two days go up 2 iu until my FBG was under 100. I did what she said...got all the way up to 34 iu of Lantus, and I still can't get my FBG below 130!! Now, I have bad eating habits. I know that has to change. But I had the same habits, if not worse, during my pregnancy and had great success on regular (long and short acting) insulin.

I really want to do away with the oral meds (I take about 15 pills a day as it is for HBP, GERD, asthma and allergies), and it's a lot of stress on my already-enlarged liver. I've seen many things online (and on here) about taking Lantus in conjunction with an oral med. Is that how it's supposed to be? Was my doctor wrong to tell me to stop the Met? Is Lantus wrong for me?