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Hana? Just wondering what you mean?

thanks Anne - am determined not to go back on it

Hi Guys i was on on 500mg x4 a day of metformin and my hba1c was always 6.9 since january I have lost 5stone 6lbs and my hba1c was 5.4 last week. my doc has told me to stop all metformin and he will run anothe hba1c in 12 weeks - he says if I stay below 6 I will remain off metformin. does this...

Hi Hana so what do you mean exactly that 5.4 is a non diabetic number?

Thanks so much Marion - I joined slimming world in January and lost it all on the SW plan. Saw Doc on Monday and he asked me to check sugars for 3 days and he ran an HBA1c when I said I fainted. My daily sugars were no more than 4.1 and when I rang on Thursday my HBA1c was only 5.4. Doc said...

Hi Guys - I am Karen. I have PCOS and was put on metformin about 5/6 years ago. After a year a I was told I was borderline diabetic and the dose was increased. At some point I guess I was confirmed as type 2 diabetic but not sure when. I was very overweight and was on 500 mg 4 times a day...