I've had a rough couple of days. I woke up yesterday with a rash all over my body, and I thought it was hives. I began thinking and realized that the only new product that has come into my life recently is the change in metformin dosage. The 500 mg pills are very different from the 1000 mg pills. So, I went to the doctor today and he said it could possibly be an allergic reaction to something in the pill. So, he said, "Why don't we just stop the medication?" Well, these are the words I've been waiting to hear....but I panicked..... I told him I was scared to go off them and then have to get back on them because of the sickness that comes with starting on metformin. Anyway, he gave me a sample of a month's supply of a newer medicine called Onglyza. He also made me promise to NOT check my blood sugar until tomorrow afternoon. He knows I am a numbers person and that it may go up tonight and tomorrow morning from not taking my metformin. I will keep my promise. I can't, however, stop getting on the scale every morning and every night.... I try to use those numbers to guide me in cutting back when I need to or thinking about what I did right that day. Wow, I feel like I'm talking to a therapist in this post! Thanks, guys, for "listening".... I've got some steroid cream to put on the rash for a while to help with the itching.
