This is my first post so please bear with me if I am not posting the right place.
T2 diabetic since 2002 - now 17 years - When Diagnosed I aimed for 8.00 2 hours after meals, min one hour walk per day and reduce my weight then 117 Kilos. My doctor prescribed 500 mg metformin slow release with breakfast to assist control. Over the years my Hba1c have ranged 5.7 - 5.9. and so I reduced by blood sugar monitoring. My doctor recommended staying on metformin because of the benefits. I changed to high fat med moderate carbs diet several years ago and my weights goes up and down around 83 Kilos..
In 2016 I began to eat sourdough bread because it was low GI and seemed OK within 2 hours. However, at the start of 2018 I accidentally discovered a massive spike 4-5 hours after eating sourdough - if you eat low GI monitor your blood sugars very carefully - Although I knew Low GI could a trap and risky (Rice seems to be a no go for me) I did not expect so large a spike and importantly it was not showing in the Hba1c results.
So after reading Jenny Ruhl ( Blood sugar 101) I went low carb hi fat and resumed testing with a goal of 7.8 1 hour after meals and asked my doctor to increased metformin to 1000 xr to try and help achive tighter control.
After 7 months Hba1c now around 5.4.
I have checked Vitamin b12 levels and they are OK.
I have had a cardiologist check me out and had a scan etc for calcium build up in my arteries etc and I am very low risk - so I don't have to take statins. I wonder if this is a benefit of taking 500 gm metformin all these years or just me. I plan to review of my increased level of metformin in the next week or so.
My question is what are the benefits going medication free eg:- of coming off metformin and and or the down side to the increased level of Metformin versus the very low dose of 500mg. I have had some long term tummy issues starting in 2014 but these seem to be related to a picking us some form of infection in 2014 while travelling and not the low dose of 500gm metformin and now settled down to some mild symptoms even with the 1000-XR
T2 diabetic since 2002 - now 17 years - When Diagnosed I aimed for 8.00 2 hours after meals, min one hour walk per day and reduce my weight then 117 Kilos. My doctor prescribed 500 mg metformin slow release with breakfast to assist control. Over the years my Hba1c have ranged 5.7 - 5.9. and so I reduced by blood sugar monitoring. My doctor recommended staying on metformin because of the benefits. I changed to high fat med moderate carbs diet several years ago and my weights goes up and down around 83 Kilos..
In 2016 I began to eat sourdough bread because it was low GI and seemed OK within 2 hours. However, at the start of 2018 I accidentally discovered a massive spike 4-5 hours after eating sourdough - if you eat low GI monitor your blood sugars very carefully - Although I knew Low GI could a trap and risky (Rice seems to be a no go for me) I did not expect so large a spike and importantly it was not showing in the Hba1c results.
So after reading Jenny Ruhl ( Blood sugar 101) I went low carb hi fat and resumed testing with a goal of 7.8 1 hour after meals and asked my doctor to increased metformin to 1000 xr to try and help achive tighter control.
After 7 months Hba1c now around 5.4.
I have checked Vitamin b12 levels and they are OK.
I have had a cardiologist check me out and had a scan etc for calcium build up in my arteries etc and I am very low risk - so I don't have to take statins. I wonder if this is a benefit of taking 500 gm metformin all these years or just me. I plan to review of my increased level of metformin in the next week or so.
My question is what are the benefits going medication free eg:- of coming off metformin and and or the down side to the increased level of Metformin versus the very low dose of 500mg. I have had some long term tummy issues starting in 2014 but these seem to be related to a picking us some form of infection in 2014 while travelling and not the low dose of 500gm metformin and now settled down to some mild symptoms even with the 1000-XR