Re: Glucophage BACK to Heidi-Thanks!

[Guest guest]

Wow Heidi.....I feel like a lil' kid and getting a big ole' lecture

with your last 2 post to me! lol....But I do appreciate all your

help and advice. This whole thing scares the living you-know-what

out of me, and I feel like I'm so lost & so confused & so...oh I

don't know! But I don't like it one bit! I'm scared to take

anymore meds because I'm so afraid that " something " is going to

happen to me. When I don't take anything at all my b/s is just

high. When its high I can't really even feel any difference at

all...,except sometimes I get a headache,but not often...and I'd

rather deal with a headache then feel the way I do when it goes

low.....and it only seems to go low when I take the meds...so I'm

confused, and scared and I feel like I just can't do this! And

right now, I just don't want to do it! I'm catching #^$$ from every

direction it seems like. I am just ready to give up on the whole

process. It just doesn't seem worth it anyways. I go to the doctor

every month, and my appointment is coming up next week, and I will

promise I will talk to him about all of this.....not that he will

listen, just like when I told him my b/s was high at night...he just

said " try glucophage " AFTER he ask, " you are diabetic now, right? "

And I go to him every month! For a long time......I'm ready to give

up, I really am. But any-who, I do appreciate you taking the time

to chew me out about all of this....I think maybe thats what I need

right now?!?!?!? Who knows!!! I'm hoping after I get Amy settled

in at college tomorrow my stress level & my nerves will settle some

& maybe things will be abit easier to deal with.....maybe....we

shall see. Now, I've developed a pain in my chest...I DO NOT have

pain in my chest, like some do, from the pancreatitis, mine is in

the lower right side, almost below my lung in the back. But I can

feel my chest getting more & more congested as time goes by. And as

my daughter Halie said, Mom! You sound awful when you breath! Whats

wrong? I don't know honey....I don't know. I don't have any higher

fever then I always run with the cp, so I'm hoping its not

pneumonia....I made it almost 2 yrs without getting it! I was

getting it every single year for 8 yrs! We shall see what develps

here........I really do apprecate your concern & thanks alot for

taking the time to write to me & try to help me with this mess I've

developed for myself. You are a great friend! I love you for all

you do for me......

Lots of Hugs,

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dear,

The glucophage is to help you with your insulin resistance. If you

went too low while taking it, you probably need to readjust your diet

and exercise so that all three, (the medicine, diet and exercise),

are working for your best benefit. Does your doctor know that you

went low and have stopped taking it? I know that glucophage has been

an excellent med for most type II's, and if you're uncomfortable with

it, you need to go back to the doctor and tell him about your

problems, so he can adjust the dosage to a more suitable level for

you.If you just quit taking it, you won't get any of the stability

benefits it will eventually provide. It may be that just a small

adjustment in dosage is all that you need to make it work right for

you. But, please don't give up on that type of therapy so soon in

the game, dear, because I think you'd much rather be swallowing a

pill than having to give yourself insulin injections every day,

right? This messing around with 5-6 injections every day can be a

big pain in the you-know-what, if ya know what I mean.

Actually...LOL...it's not even in the-you-know-what, but in the

abdomen....but it's still a big pain! So get your doctor on the horn

and tell him you need to see him

about the medication, and then get in there and get it adjusted so

you can get yourself straightened out. You don't want the diabetes

to get any worse, so you need to tweak everything that can be

tweaked so that it's all working for your benefit.

With love, hope and prayers,

Heidi

[Guest guest]

This goes to anyone in the group that would like to respond. I am a

nurse and should have some knowledge of this. But I don't. I have had

CP since last summer. That was my first attack. Enzymes very high.

They are about two to two and a half times normal, now. I see two very

good GI doctors in Pittsburgh and WVU. I have learned by trial and error

what to eat, although sometimes I eat it anyway and then here comes the

attack. I have CP from cystic fibrosis. Now my question is, after I

eat and about three hours after or even longer my BS are 160-170,

sometimes 200-300. I have coverage of insulin if I need it. I don't

take it because they always come down within about four hours. The MD's

are telling me that they are from insulin resistance. I guess my response

to carbohydrate load is not working well due to the pancreatitis. Does

anyone else experience this? They tell me no concentrated sweets and to

control it through diet. I am trying. Let me know if anyone can shed

some light on this. Thank you, you are an awesome group of people. Deb