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<blockquote data-quote="viviennem" data-source="post: 206059" data-attributes="member: 31282"><p>Someone on here said that Metformin doesn't make that much difference to your glucose levels, only a unit or so (eg, 5.6 instead of 6.6), so it might be worth decreasing your intake a bit. </p><p></p><p>My HbA1c is in the lower 5s, too, but there's been no mention of me coming off them yet. Mind you, I still have a lot of weight to lose, and they do help with that. I don't think I'd like to come off them completely, ever, because of their other protective effects - particularly as I'm so anti-statin!</p><p></p><p>When I was first discussing being registered diabetic with the practice nurse, we had a look at the form and it has a tick-box for 'no longer diabetic' or something similar! However, I would prefer a term like 'dormant' - we might get our levels down to "normal", but if we go back to our old ways, at least for some of us Type 2s, we'd be full blown diabetic again in very short order!</p><p></p><p>Viv 8)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="viviennem, post: 206059, member: 31282"] Someone on here said that Metformin doesn't make that much difference to your glucose levels, only a unit or so (eg, 5.6 instead of 6.6), so it might be worth decreasing your intake a bit. My HbA1c is in the lower 5s, too, but there's been no mention of me coming off them yet. Mind you, I still have a lot of weight to lose, and they do help with that. I don't think I'd like to come off them completely, ever, because of their other protective effects - particularly as I'm so anti-statin! When I was first discussing being registered diabetic with the practice nurse, we had a look at the form and it has a tick-box for 'no longer diabetic' or something similar! However, I would prefer a term like 'dormant' - we might get our levels down to "normal", but if we go back to our old ways, at least for some of us Type 2s, we'd be full blown diabetic again in very short order! Viv 8) [/QUOTE]
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