Experiences with

Sitagliptin / Metformin

Controlled with medication, metformin, sitagliptin. In 2024?I was diagnosed with grade 4 kidney cancer and have now had one kidney removed. I am now cancer free. But I have had to stop taking metformin because it is not good for my remaining kidney.

I wanted to ask if anyone had to contemplate FET cycle that falls over Christmas? I had failed FET in January it took 12 months to reach this point because I decided to go attend RIF clinic but all the waiting time then treatment to hopefully deal with implant failure has meant my next cycle can start

I am delighted to report after just short of a year, I reduced my insulin dosage in correlation with my tapering down on Prednisolone, and I successfully came off it at Christmas! I am also on 25mg weekly of Methotrexate. I did this with the approval of my diabetic nurse. I also changed from Metformin

Hi All. I need to ask whether other members with Diabetes type 2 and Polymyalgia Rheumatica have seen similar issues with blood sugar control. I have had type 2 diabetes along with High Cholesterol for some 12 years and traditionally take the following tablets daily which kept me inline. 2 x 1000mg

Hello to alll you wonderful people. I’m writing with some sad news (for me) tonight at 2.30 am. I was told on Friday at my appointment with my Onc, after having had a PET scan a mammogram , (because the that my cancer had come back in the breast and there was a a mass there that had gone undetected

Hi I was diagnosed with T2 in May 2024 following two A1c readings of 6.7 (I'm in Canada) this was after 10 years of pre diabetes. ( I also had a NSTEMI in early Nov 23 followed by a triple bypass late Nov 23 went back to work late January 24.)In may 2024 I began taking metformin at 250mg twice a day

Went to see my wonderful local hematologist on Feb 05. What a great doc!. He listens and explains things in the way the patient prefers. He never dumbs things down and is very respectful of the patient's decision making. HCT is up to 45.4. It is time for a venesection, which I scheduled for next

My 76 yr old S African brother was diagnosed in Sept 2024 with Stage 3 Chronic Kidney (Renal) Failure. He's Type 2 Diabetic & also on anti-hypertensive medication. Otherwise well but shocked & overwhelmed with information overload by me in Australia where the CKF landscape is quite different. He had

Hi everyone, I am new here - I'm 41 and live in NZ. Sorry if this is long.A little background - I had my gallbladder out in 2012 and ever since have had digestive issues - and have been diagnosed with IBS. Recently I have noticed what look like baked beans in my stool on occasion (when I haven't eaten

I was told 3 weeks ago that my HbA1C had increased from 44 to 57 and I’ve been started on low dose metformin. To try and figure out where I’d gone wrong diet wise, I bought a blood glucose monitor to track my blood sugar before and after meals. Of course my surgery have refused to give me the test strips

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about 5 years ago, I also have hashimotos and fibromyalgia. Lately I've been feeling really unwell all the time. I have dizziness, pain in my brainstem/neck and jaw, also in my joints, I get aura migraines, slurred speech, unsteady on my legs, brain

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia about 10 years ago, I also have hashimotos and type 2 diabetes. Lately I've been feeling really unwell all the time. I have dizziness, pain in my brainstem/neck and jaw, also in my joints, I get aura migraines, slurred speech, unsteady on my legs, brain

[i]https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/20/weight-loss-jabs-linked-to-reduced-risk-of-42-conditions-including-dementia[/i] Yes, I realise these newer generation diabetes medicines aren't the same as the likes of Metformin or pioglitazone, both of which you can get prescribed for our disease

Sorry this is a long story ! Started on Pred (15mg) nearly 3 years ago. Gradually reduced and now at 6mg. Planning to Reduce 1/2 mg every 6-8 weeks 🤞🤞 18 months ago prescribed metformin for T2 diabetes - probably associated with steroids. HBa1c was still too high so metformin dosage increased and

I am 68 years old and I work full time as a salesman, (but act like I am 38 + VAT) my hobby is salsa dancing which I do every weekend so you can imagine that the following has hit me hard both physically and emotionally: On the 26th December 2024 I had chest pains and visited the GP the next day, the

I had a follow-up MRI and met with my Neurologist/NF Specialist yesterday. There is no sign of recurrence of the brain tumor. In fact, it seems I have a rather healthy brain for someone age 69. There is less cortical ischemia than many my age have and no signs that would indicate a risk of developing

Has anyone seen this study from China? https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cell-and-developmental-biology/articles/10.3389/fcell.2021.685522/full [i]Findings: We found that metformin indeed had a therapeutic effect on mice with HT mainly by reducing TgAb and lymphocyte infiltration in thyroid tissue

After almost two years on Ibrance and letrezole, I had progression. I only have mets to my liver. It was discovered I have the Pik3CA mutation. In late December I started Ibrance, Fulvesterant, and Itovebi. Within a few days, my glucose level went to over 300. The Itovebi was stopped for a few days,

I recently had my Carvedilol increased to 6.25mg twice a day. Lately, I am freezing to the bone. I turn my heating up and up and am still cold when everyone else says its like a sauna. I just wondered if anyone else has this? It could also be my recent addition of diabetes medication, Sitagliptin. Never

I'm diabetic and I take Metformin every time I take it I get headaches dizzy tired but if I don't take it I'm fine but my sugar reading don't go down even if I take it told the dr he just put me on another Metformin but still my brains feel like a zombie when I take it what should I do anything else