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01-30-2006, 08:03 PM
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My Mood: Points: 7,120.54 Bank: 8,783.69 Total Points: 15,904.23 | DH paraniod about side effects! I started with met on friday.. 250mg and last night i had 500mg.
Dh has been so paraniod of the side effects, he keeps asking me, have you kept some sweets with you? last night he wakes me up from sleep to tell me 'honey, if you feel hungry, just run to the kitchen and eat something!!!!!!!!!!!!'
and this morning again..'have you kept sweets in your bag, incase you get hypoglycemic?' and i just said..'i will eat a spoonful of sugar from the coffee room at the office if i need to!!!!!!!!'
He CAN be cute sometimes!!! 
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2000mg metformin
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01-30-2006, 08:15 PM
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Points: 1,276.22 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 1,276.22 | awww I think its sweet (har har) that hes looking out for you 
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01-30-2006, 09:38 PM
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Points: 36,257.01 Bank: 3,348,243.84 Total Points: 3,384,500.85 | I think it's sweet too. But tell him met tends to make hypoglycemia better not worse. If you're eating regularly, eliminating refined carbs and fatty foods and taking in regular amounts of protien, you shouldn't have problems.
Good luck with the drug!
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01-30-2006, 10:31 PM
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My Mood: Points: 44,485.07 Bank: 4,689,344.50 Total Points: 4,733,829.58 | hi
aww how sweet - what a caring hubby.
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01-31-2006, 12:22 AM
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My Mood: Points: 7,120.54 Bank: 8,783.69 Total Points: 15,904.23 | I am not going to let him read this thread  ....I dont want his head blown out of proportion!!!!!!!!!
__________________ Me(33) DH(39) DS(3)
2000mg metformin
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01-31-2006, 05:56 AM
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My Mood: Points: 1,511.41 Bank: 5,045.15 Total Points: 6,556.56 | Metformin will not make you go hypo, if it did you would have the ladies on here who aren't IR or not diabetic having hypo's.. If your blood sugar is low when you take you dose of metformin it may make you feel a little odd, but it won't drop your blood sugars into a hypo state. Nice that your husband is caring, but tell him he doesnt have anything to worry about..
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01-31-2006, 07:11 PM
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My Mood: Points: 1,100.55 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 1,100.55 | I think that it's sweet that he's looking after you.
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01-31-2006, 07:33 PM
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__________________ Me(33) DH(39) DS(3)
2000mg metformin
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01-31-2006, 07:54 PM
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My Mood: Points: 7,526.34 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 7,526.34 | very very sweet...but rest assured...no hypo from the Met!!
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01-31-2006, 08:02 PM
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02-01-2006, 10:28 AM
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Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 | I am a type 2 diabetic and the lowest my blood sugar has got so far on Metformin is 5.2!
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