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To: StayoutdaBushesWay

Are you taking any diabetes medicines?


12 posted on 08/19/2024 5:16:48 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

When first diagnosed, my doctor put me on Metformin. About 5 weeks later, I had my first appointment with an Endocrinologist. She prescribed Trulicity and wanted me to stop Metformin.
Up until this point, I hadn’t bought a glucose meter and didn’t know (and really didn’t want to know until I was well into my journey) what my numbers were. But the day I picked up my Trulicity I bought a meter and also had a contrast CT scan scheduled that day. After the CT scan, they told me to hold off for 3 days before taking diabetes meds. So, the day I was to start my new meds, I decided to take my blood glucose and found that it was well within normal limits (I think it was 92). I decided to wait on the Trulicity for a few days to see if it was the residual Metformin. After about 4 days and normal numbers, fasting and after meals, I called the Dr. and they told me to keep monitoring my numbers and if they remained that way, hold off on meds.

Long story short, I haven’t been on meds since the Metformin. :)


18 posted on 08/19/2024 3:22:55 PM PDT by StayoutdaBushesWay (Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding...)
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