Having researched further, I contacted Diabetes UK and they say there is no correlation between Metformin and BMI so I think the GP is wrong and I have gone back on it.
i am type 3c and have recently had a Whipples procedure in which the head of my pancreas was removed. It was in any case calcified so not fully functioning. As expected my blood sugar levels are all over the place. When I saw my GP about this he said I shouldn’t be taking Metformin because my...