septemberwoman

My husband was in the hospital 2 weeks ago for a heart problem (he was ok thank God). He is type 2 DX 1 yr. He was on Metformin out of the hospital. They gave him injections of insulin in the hospital due to a risk of interaction between Metformin and heart testing they were doing. He also had to refrain from Metformin for 3 days after leaving the hospital for the same reason. The nurse told us that when diabetics are in hospital they are given insulin injections for better, more precise control even when they are not having heart testing. At least this was true at this large metro hospital here in Oklahoma. They told us that it would not cause him to need the insulin after dismissal. We were concerned when his sugar jumped to over 200 over the next few days, but again it went back down after getting back on the Metformin. He is keeping it around 120 per fasting. Maybe this can inform your questions some since you had been in hospital also. One note also--the nurses said that stress will increase your sugar also.