moorejames
12-15-2006, 07:27 AM
I was dxd type 2 on Oct 13 (fasting bs of 303, A1C of 10). I'm 39.
I started taking 500mg metformin 1xday on Oct 18.
Increased to 500mg 2xday on Oct 24
Increased by endo to 1000mg 2xday on Nov 16.
Up until about Nov 30th, I was tolerating it well and had few if any side effects. My 7 and 14 day avgs on my meter are right around 107 now, so it seems to be working well. My blood pressure is also finally controlled, my avg on my BP meter is at 113/62. that's pretty unheard of for me.
Since Nov 30th, I've been having the typical metformin side effects, gas, bloating, stomach cramps, nausea and diarrhea. I was up at 4am today with varying degrees of all of the above (mostly the last one - trying not to get into TMI territory here).
From a search on the forums, I see this is not untypical, and if I stick it out, chances are they will go away. My next appointment with the Endo is early February for follow up bloodwork/A1C.
Guess I just want some reassurance that it's going to get better. I seem to have a really BAD day about once a week (can't pinpoint anything in diet or activity that triggers it).
At what point do you "give up" and talk to the doctor about possibly switching? It seems to be working so well, that I want to stick it out, but it's kind of hard to focus at work when all you can think about is your stomach and intestines.
Oh, and it's interesting how things come shaking out of the family closet when you get diagnosed. Two months ago, I would have said there was no history of diabetes in my family. Now, I find out that 4 of my maternal great grandmother's children had type 2 diabetes and the one that didn't have it died young.
Also, I had to schedule an extremely expensive "executive physical" at OSU medical center to find out I was diabetic. 5 years of dr's visits for BP control issues and not one of the three doctors I saw ever thought to check my blood sugar... the one thing I've learned from all this -- you have to take ownership of your healthcare.
jim
I started taking 500mg metformin 1xday on Oct 18.
Increased to 500mg 2xday on Oct 24
Increased by endo to 1000mg 2xday on Nov 16.
Up until about Nov 30th, I was tolerating it well and had few if any side effects. My 7 and 14 day avgs on my meter are right around 107 now, so it seems to be working well. My blood pressure is also finally controlled, my avg on my BP meter is at 113/62. that's pretty unheard of for me.
Since Nov 30th, I've been having the typical metformin side effects, gas, bloating, stomach cramps, nausea and diarrhea. I was up at 4am today with varying degrees of all of the above (mostly the last one - trying not to get into TMI territory here).
From a search on the forums, I see this is not untypical, and if I stick it out, chances are they will go away. My next appointment with the Endo is early February for follow up bloodwork/A1C.
Guess I just want some reassurance that it's going to get better. I seem to have a really BAD day about once a week (can't pinpoint anything in diet or activity that triggers it).
At what point do you "give up" and talk to the doctor about possibly switching? It seems to be working so well, that I want to stick it out, but it's kind of hard to focus at work when all you can think about is your stomach and intestines.
Oh, and it's interesting how things come shaking out of the family closet when you get diagnosed. Two months ago, I would have said there was no history of diabetes in my family. Now, I find out that 4 of my maternal great grandmother's children had type 2 diabetes and the one that didn't have it died young.
Also, I had to schedule an extremely expensive "executive physical" at OSU medical center to find out I was diabetic. 5 years of dr's visits for BP control issues and not one of the three doctors I saw ever thought to check my blood sugar... the one thing I've learned from all this -- you have to take ownership of your healthcare.
jim