A week ago Saturday, I realized my symtoms were those of diabetes so I checked my blood sugar that morning and it was 348. I went to a doc in the box and they drew blood for labs and put me on 1000 mg Gucophage twice a day and 80 mg Diovan daily and told me to come back in a week. My regular physician was out-of-town last week but I'm following up with him this week. I have been taking the meds as ordered and watching my diet very carefully. However, I have not been able to get my blood sugar below the mid 200s and mainly stays in the 300 range, even when fasting. Before eating supper tonight, it was 398. I am so hoping to be able to treat this with diet and exercise alone eventually.
I use metformin in combination with insulin. My own observations from having spent time on and off it, is that it takes about a week for me to see it reducing my blood sugar levels in the average - I do 4 sticks a day. After
about two weeks, it is stable.
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