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So the blood sugar is coming down.. but not enough :(

Tuesday it was 356...... my pcp put me on 500mg of metformin.. and Friday (yesterday) it came down to 285. He told me to start taking 1000mg starting yesterday.. and i checked it this morning its reading 256 :( Its down but NOT ENOUGH ..

I am so scared they will postpone my surgery on Thursday.

I really need some help on how i can lower this bad boy between now and Tuesday.. bc that is when my last follow up with my PCP is regarding my levels.

I know i have to stay low on carbs.... but my surgeon has me on a low fat no meat (protein shakes instead) diet. and when i find things with little carbs, there is more fat....... and vice versa.

I wonder what would happen if i took 1500mg of metformin instead?

SOMEONE pleaseeeeeeeee help :(

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Hi Tamz,

First, I would tell you to stay away from the carbohydrate, anything that has sugar in it. Next I'll suggest you drink a lot of Water, the Water will help you to fill up and feel less hurgery and rid the waste in you as you excise. This would truly help, if it’s possible at all to excise because that would help your panaceas to product its own insulin.

Burn as many calories as possible a day, get your heart rate up and working

God healed me healed from being a type 2 Diabetes in Aug 2010.

My best method was to trust God and confess His Word over my sickness.

I’ll be praying for your healing as well, all things are possible, with God.

Let me know if that helps.

Gina

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Has it always been high or was this just diagnosed as you were getting ready for surgery? If it has been high prior to pre-surgical stuff, what were you on before and how much? I was on 2000 mg on metformin and glyburide and victoza, still my sugars were never higher than 200 (even before the meds). Call your doctor and advise him/her that although you are taking the prescribed metformin it isn't coming down much and ask if you can take something else like glyburide? They should be working with you to get those high numbers down, not just as a pre-surgery thing, but because having such high numbers is not good on your body. I went on a liquid diet before my surgery and also stopped all my diabetic meds, I did green smoothies mainly and my blood sugars were normal pre-surgery without any meds, they are still normal now after surgery even though I have been having lots of carbs since most of the things I can get down are carby.

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