New here

[mapledip]

Hey everyone, I'm new to the forum and would be considered pre-diabetic. I was diagnosed years ago with PCOS and was lucky enough to be insulin resistant :eek: I've been taking metformin for years and recently my doctor increased my dosage to 3 X 850mg tablets. I'm just wondering if anyone here is taking Avandia? Metformin is not my favorite drug and doesn't really seem to be doing much good, anyone else with this experience?

Deb

[Jamie]

Hi Deb ...

Welcome to the forum! I'm also Canadian. Type 2. Anytime you want to chat PM. I think you will find everybody here helpful and friendly.

Jamie

[Mario]

Hi both of you ! Welcome here mapledip. You'll find here a lot of friend and support. Hope you'll enjoy ! Happy to see that there are more and more canadian members :thumbsup:

[Cinnabon]

Welcome MapleDip.....

Glad you made it here. Wish I could offer more help here, but I opted to go w/ the insulin regimen, it works a lil better for me. (lol, not by choice..T1)

[Dode]

Welcome Mapledip, I was on metformin for a long time and I was never feeling well. My husband was put on metformin when he was dx and that was when we discovered what was wrong with me. I am now on avandia and feeling much better. Althought the avandia has helped to stabilize the bs level it is still too high so am going on insulin as well. Hope this helps some. PM me if you would like to.

[Belinda]

Welcome to the forum family... :thumbsup:

[Dewey]

Hi and Welcome, Maledip....As the others said, it's great to see our Canadian side of this family growing. Here's hoping you post often and make many new friends here. I know we have! :thumbsup:

[gettingby]

Hello and Welcome to the family. I'm sure that you will find lots of helpful info and new friends to support you. I'm not sure but I think my asst. manager at work is taking Avandia. I will ask her about it and post what I learn for you. Again, Welcome. :D

[Peter Lee]

It took my body six months to get used to Metformin but now I feel absolutely great with the only side effect being gas (farts). During the period when I was actually getting used to it, I felt awful - which was why I looked for a support forum and fortunately found this fantastic place.

[mapledip]

Thank you all for the warm welcome!

[Zokes]

Welome, Dip. :thumbsup:

[am1977]

Welcome! :)

Hope to see you around and posting often ;)

Andrea :nerd: , Type 1, MM 511 pump