Things Are Looking Good!
Last week I went in for a blood pressure check since my BP has been a little elevated despite being on Lisinopril. I honestly felt that it was probably a little high due to being sick and getting over all that mumbo jumbo. Well, my blood pressure was 110/63 that day which is on target if maybe a bit low. I'm glad that now that I feel better, my BP has come down. Since I had been having so many dangerous lows with Glipizide, my doctor took me off it and started me back on Metformin slowly. I started out with 1 500mg pill per day. When that didn't cause any stomach issues, we increased it to 2 500mg pills per day. Once we determined that was well tolerated, I went to 3 500mg per day. I had very slight stomach issues which I felt I could deal with since the benefit far outweighs the occasional discomfort. Despite the Metformin, my blood sugar was not coming down to my ideal range. I was waking up with sugars in the 140-160 range no matter how minimal my carb intake was the night b...