Question: For a couple of years, I've trouble with swallowing. It seems worst with cold liquids but even with room temperature water or skim milk at times. Then for the past six months or so I have been having problems with extreme and rapid weakness with my major muscle groups. ( neck muscles to hold up my head, lifting and holding up my arms to shower, brush teeth, standing at sink, and holding up my arms to shave or even lift my arms to apply deodorant. When sitting I need to keep my neck and back supported. This all seemed to start after a hospital stay in April 2017 for excess fluids on my chest causing me to stop breathing as my muscles relaxed while trying to fall asleep. I would arouse gasping for air. After removing about 7 quarts of water I could then fall asleep fine. Added to this weakness seems to be dizziness and light headed. A week ago, I blacked out for a brief period. Then last Friday after a Thursday blood test my VA care nurse called me first thing in the morning and told me to stap using Metformin 2000mg daily immediately. Something showed up (I'm not sure what) that caused alarm about Kidney damage. He told me to keep taking diuretics even though they have not been helping much as I had a couple of episodes falling asleep last night even with my cpap on. I am a Type II diabetic and have Congestive heart failure and coronary artery disease and all the bad stuff that goes along with it.
Can you give me an idea as to what is going on, how metformin fits into the picture, where I might be headed. Thank you very much.
Let me know if you have any questions.