Get this I have been on the liquid form of metformin (Riomet) since my surgery  3 yrs ago. It was one of the only meds I still take for my unresolved diabetes. It is better but not totally gone. Now I can't get this medication any longer. The manufacturer has stopped making it. None of the pharmacies in this area carry Riomet and can not order it. So , I just began the pill form and find my stomach is irritated and gets bloated. I am supposed to take (2)500mg 2x a day . I am taking the highest dose allowed. Today I only took one at breakfast.

Did anyone hear anything about the riomet ?  Like when it will be available again? I don't want to mess up my BS with trying a new combo of diabetes drugs. Some make you put on weight.'

I would have to agree with the low blood pressure or low blood sugar. To me it, I would have to relate it to the decrease in eating. Your body is used to getting the amount needed to satisfy your sugar levels but now it is more than lacking because you are only consuming between 800-1000 per day. It will probably take some time for your body to adjust to the amount you now take in. I hope everything works out. 

 Try standing up slowly and see if that makes a difference.That's what my doc told me all those years ago. If it does, it's probably low blood pressure.  

for me milk works great for treating a low. And if needed more omph, I will add carnation instant breakfast NSA.  I'll drink half see how I'm doing and do the other half. If milk is an issue, then use something else lactose free.

Not dumped to treat a LOW, or dumped ever and I'm a year out btw. Though not all the same.

I myself was really worried about being able to treat a low after surgery, fear of dumping and all. But what was great was being able to increase my target BG on my pump for a month or so after surgery, change insulin sensitivity along with IOB feature.

I'm 20 days out of surgery, feeling just great, down a total of 62 pounds.  The only problem that I'm having is that when I go on my designated  walks for exercise my heart rate goes up very quickly and stays up and it feels kind of like someone is sitting on my chest.  My doc (the best, I'm convinced) told me that he thinks I'm having issues with ketoacidosis and that I need to add two protein shakes a day for 72 hours and that hopefully this problem will resolve.  I am diabetic, but since the day of surgery I haven't been taking any medicine, and my sugars were running in the mid-ninties until the last few days they've been running a little higher.  Also I have some kind of constant ache around my ribcage.  It's not surgical pain or gas, it's just a strange ache!  Very weird.

Has anyone else had any issues with ketoacidosis?  Would be very interested to know your experience if you did.

Thanks!

Melissa