Nikiep

hey! congrats! today must be ur c-section. hope all goes well.[/quote]

I too have a wonderful nurse. I hope my story can be as positive as yours. Good luck with everything!

Nikep

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norwichkaren

Hey good luck to you today with the baby!

So, I am up to 750ml a day now, I took half a tab this morning then a full one tonight and so far so good, will keep going very slowly till im all the way there! Yippee....

Karen

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prettychickpea

thanks Mail, for the encouragement. Am waiting for DH to come to bed!

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norwichkaren

Thanks for your advice pretty chick pea, I am up to 750 a day now and am going to stick that till the weekend then up to 1000. So far on the 750 all good apart from my sugar cravings being back in the last few days, am wondering if this is becuase the dosage I am on is not enough to be controling my inslin properly yet - any ideas?

Also I had a very weird light headed 5 seconds last night about 2 hours after taking my 500ml tablet, it was such a weird feeling its hard to explain, I came over all hot and my hands became really sweaty, also went very dizzy and felt like a massive surge of blood to the head, then it went, didnt last long...not sure what all that was about, I was guessing it was because I upped my dose yesterday?

Any one else get any of these weird little things happening to them..?

Have a good day!!!

Karen

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jandk

So I just got off the phone with my doctors nurse, apparently the metformin isn't working quite the way it should be, my androgen levels have only dropped from 5.5 to 5.2 so they want to increase the dose from 1000mg a day to 1500mg, hopefully it will work. Good luck to everyone! Btw..does anyone know what the normal levels of androgens are?

OneWish_Kee

Hello Ladies...

I was just curious to know if anyone has paid for Metformin without insurance coverage..

Im thinking about quitting my job but Ive been on Met for 2 months and its working, Im on cycle day 2, this is my first cycle without provera since May. So im kinda scared that im going to have to go a few months without it, then have to start all over again.

Im more than willing to pay out of pocket if it isnt too costly...

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VRSweeney

Hi I actually forgot my insurance card on 1/2/08 when I went to pick mine up and paid cash. I am on 500 mg (3 x's day) and for a month supply it was $34 something. I hope this helps and I hope this was accurate. I got mine as CVS. Best Wishes....

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VRSweeney

I should have said...they did not send it through my insurance because the card I had on file was expired. So they made me pay "out of pocket" and it was only $34 something.

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setj

I don't know where you live, but Walmart has a $4 prescription program for people without insurance in some states and Metformin is on the list. You can find out information about this at the Walmart site. Click on pharmacy. Sometimes its just a matter of having your doctor change your prescription to match the dosage on the list if you don't already have that one.

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hopeNfaith

For anyone looking for a success story with MET I will share mine. I first found out I had PCOS when I stopped getting AF after stopping BC. I was TTC so my DR started me out on clomid. I tried that for 3 months and had irregular temps. We then switched to MET. I was only on 500mg MET XR once a day and within 2 months I got pregnant. I will say that along with the MET I did walk daily and eat a low carb diet. I did lose 15lbs in that time frame. So for anyone looking for encouragement hang in there. This stuff really works!

OneWish_Kee

VRSweeney, setj: Thanks for the info. 43 isnt too bad and im going to look up the walmart program. Thanks again!!

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VRSweeney

You're welcome onewish....the Walmart program sounds AWESOME!! Thanks Setj. Thanks for sharing HopeNfaith..

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sarahbara

I don't have insurance so i always pay out of my pocket. I usually pay around $30 for a 3 month supply. Hope that helps!

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Sarah (24) Rich (33)
Clomid 50mg cd5-9 -O'd on cd 16
First ever bfp on 05/21!
EDD - January 27th, 2009!
Gender Scan on Sept. 5th - ITS A BOY!

Nikiep

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DD Eva 8/02 no problems conceiving
Miscarriage 11/04 no problems conceiving
TTC since 1/05
1 IUI with no drugs, 1 IUI with Follistim
DX with PCOS 10/06
9 cycles Follistim, great follicles no rupture
2 rounds 50mg clomid, great follicles no rupture
1500mg Metformin since 12/07
Small male factor

jeminijad

I haven't been posting for a while- AF visited in October, but then skipped November, so I didn't feel like a Met "success story." I got a BFN in mid November and didn't think about it again. I know VRSweeney and I chatted about it then. BUT:

On 1/4, when I was using an ovulation strip, I decided just for the hell of it to add a pregnancy strip to the pee cup. It turned dark pink so fast, darker than the control line, that I COULD NOT believe it. I was sure I had confused the strips. Three hours later I peed on a drug store test and got another strong BFP! So shocked, seriously. I truly thought I was relapsing right back into anovulation. I am going for my first ultrasound 1/21, but we think I'm 8 weeks along!

The moral is that Met FRICKEN WORKS!!!!! Very best luck to you ladies, whether you're trying to conceive or just lower androgen levels & get healthy. It is my wonder drug.

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Ultrasound 7/17 7w3d- h/b 141 BPM!
Doppler 8/6 10w2d- h/b 183 BPM!!
Ultrasound 8/14 11w3d- h/b 180 BPM!

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