I'm sad today. I had my fourth day of high glucose readings in a row - in the 140's with each day going higher, today was 148. This is with eating low carb and a low dose of metformin and glipizide. My bedtime readings are good, but my fasting won't go down. My headaches have been horrendous because my eyesight is still blurred and I can't get glasses because the blurriness changes. I had an exam last week and got some off-the shelf glasses that seemed to help for a bit and then the headaches came back with a vengeance. I went back yesterday and my eyesight was completely different from a week ago. So I picked up some new glasses but even with those I get very bad headaches.
I talked to the dr and she said that we might need to increase metformin, basically doubling the dose because that's what will take care of the early morning glucose. The problem is that since I have some signs of liver and kidney damage, that is a concern as metformin affects the liver. I'm really sad that I have not been able to bring my numbers down with diet alone. I feel like a failure. I know that's not the case, and I should not be so hard on myself, but it's hard.
I don't know what is more stressful, worrying about possible organ damage because of my high readings, or worrying about possible organ damage from increasing the meds. It sucks.