Thanks for your thoughts.
They screwed up my blood tests and so she based her decision to talk about doubling dosage on an old blood test, taken 19 days after I started meds. 19 days is not nearly enough time in my book, especially as the blood cells have a 2 or 3 month life cycle and all other stats were very positive, including my home tests.
I have lost about 9kg since diagnosis in Dec, through diet and walking. I'm now 73kg BMI 21.4 and with diet and 40mg statins my cholesterol is down from 11 to 3.4.
I'm interested to learn more about how sugar levels rise and fall during the day, so I can judge if my metaformin is helping smooth out the highs or pushing me a little low. I imagine it's doing both?