I dread it! This will be my 2nd appointment with my new doctor. I am late going back to see her but life has been busy. I am asking for a new medication tomorrow. Metformin is doing nothing for me. My sugars are at 252 on a good day in the AM!! They have been shooting up to 450!!!!! I am tired (literally) of it! Need to do something about it as I need to be on my toes for Saffire!! I will pop back in tomorrow to update everyone!

OMG Dorrie what an adorable picture.

I was thinking of you as I am coming home for hte holidays to western NY and then going ot michigan where we are driving through Canada. We are actually staying in a hotel in Niagara Falls.

Anyway, I thought you liked the new doc. But hmmmmm the metformin not working. Defintiely talk to him about it. Have you been using the cinnamon? Are you taking the b vitamins?

Let us know how the appt turns out. Ask about the lantus that Mel takes?

Haveyou been good or bad with the sweets

Hi Shelley! Niagara Falls is only a couple hours away..if that!!
The cinnimon burns my tummy!!! The B 12 gives me the trots but I do not mind the cleanout!! I forget to take it sometimes.
I will ask about Lantus...I do not know if we have it here in Canada though. I have not been that bad with the sweets. My sugars soar before I eat breakfast! 12 -14 on average BEFORE I eat!! I have to pee constantly...I am always tired too!! Yucky!! I will update you tomorrow!!Heres a hug!!

Hi Dorrie:

Just checked online and Lantus is indeed sold in Canada.

4 years ago, I went off of Metformin (I had tried all the oral meds but then again, I never watched what I put in my mouth).

The Lantus made a big difference, but then again, I lost quite a bit of weight. My sugar is really good now (especially since I sprout most everything that I eat).

I just put up a pot of soup and I put in my sprouts, and when it's all cooked, I'll take a bowl and put in some of the Dreamfields pasta and I'll have a nice bowl of hot chicken soup with sprouts. It smells good in my kitchen right now.

So here's hoping you can get better numbers.

Take care,

Melody

Hi Melody!!
I did ask about Lantus....my new doc thinks it is a wonderful drug but does not want me in ot yet. I am now on Januvia 100 mg/ 1 time a day and metformin 3 times a dayx500mg. So far not much improvement.
My A1c went from 6.4 or so to 9.2(I think) since I went off of the glyberide...I just cannot handle the low blows that ot ives me to maintain the good average. I hope that me and he new doc come up with the perfect mix for me...not always feeling good...I have been sick with a chest infection for days...this always raises my BS too. I just wanna be healthy for christmas!!!!

I'd love to know why he doesn't want you on a med that would lower your blood sugar. I have a friend who was on Lantus, Januvia, Metformin, glyburide and she still got high readings.

She finally went to an endocrinologist (your doc is an endo, right?) and her doc took her off of the Lantus (she said it bothered her stomach but it has NEVER bothered mine), he put her on Levemir (which is also a basal insulin), and she's now on Levemir, Januvia, Metformin, glyburide (as well as metoprolol, cumadin, another blood pressure med, a anti-arrythmic meds, and god knows what else.

When I hear what some peope are on I just marvel. I know people who take 15 meds a day.

Who on earth can do this? I asked one of my friends "do all of your doctors know which meds you are on, I mean do they speak to each other?" and she said "I have no idea". Then I told her that I read an article in Readers Digest where a 50 year old woman was worried that her 70 year old mother was on so many medicines and she took her mother to one of the doctors and he threw them out of the office when the daughter questioned all the meds. He actually threw them out saying "If you can't trust my judgement I can no longer be your doctor". Then they found a man who (for a fee) looks at all your meds and contacts your doctors and lo-and behold- they found a doctor who said "hey, you don't need to be on all these meds".

So the daughter actually lowered the mother's needs for all those prescriptions, and the mother was doing beautifully after that.

I can't imagine a physician getting mad when you pose the question "Do I really need to be on 13 meds?"

Good Lord

Melody

Good Lord!!!

Hi Melody! My doc said that she does not want to put me on an insulin yet that she wants to try some other things first. So far the mixture is not doing much good at all. It is hard to know for sure as I have been sick all week and when I am sick my readings are always high. I certainly do notwant to go on a whole whack of meds though....I am sure my tummy would fight back. The Januvia does not seem to bug my tummy and taking 3 metformin a day split up into 3 doses is alot easier on my tummy than 2 in the am and 2 in the pm.
I am giving it a month...if something does not improve by then I want something that will work better. These numbers are far too high and the difference in my A1Cs was just awful....plus overall I do not feel all that great and the stress of knowing that the numbers are up adds to them!!!
15 meds a day..OMG!! I think I would be freaking if I was on any more than 2 a day!! I may ask a little more about the lantus. Thanks Melody!!

No problem hon.

And anytime you want to learn how to sprout, just holler. It's the best thing I ever did. Yesterday I made sprout soup. Alan is having a ball.

The holidays are coming and for many people, IT'S VERY HARD.

So be careful, okay?

Melody

The holidays are coming and for many people, IT'S VERY HARD.

So be careful, okay?

Melody
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I thought about that earlier today...all the goodies and stuff! The mads I am on sure would not help pull down a high sugar! Best to say no to the treats! I will take your advice and I will be careful! Thanks for caring Melody! Love you , Dorrie

Oh gosh you were talking about the number of medications you take.

Well I hate to say it, you might say I'm doing to many but honestly
I'm not. They all have a reason. I take 9 regularly every day.
And then I have one that I take when I need it for pain. But I've
not taken it for a long time as of now. I've gone off 2 or 3 in
the last 3 months and added just the metformin. So it kind of
adjusted itself.

But these are all interesting combo's. And yes, all my doctor's know
what medications I'm on.
And I get all my medication's filled two places, one local and one
mail order.

Now I did leave out my asthma medications, so sorry that is 11 regular
medications.

Donna