OUCH !!..6.3 and 8.3 at 1 hour and 8.2 at 2 hours. No ridiculous spike like yesterday. Trying to stay calm but I had a big fall 2days back (slipped on a rug and fell on the base of my spine and heck did that hurt) and still ache a bit.
OUCH !!...delayed shock for spike ?
Don't wish to tempt fate but I do not seem to suffer from dawn phenomenon that much.
I am on Metformin and believe that this may have something to do with it, as I have been reading that one of the main ways this medicine works to bring down glucose levels is by limiting glucogenesis I.e the conversion of glycogen stored in the liver to glucose in the blood , which I understand is what happens during the Dawn a Phenomenon.
Just food for thought.
Pavlos
I am on 2*850 mg a day Mike.Are you on 2 a day Pavlos? Enjoy your journey ... it might be a walk to you, but for the rest of us, it's an insight into someone else's life. Thanks for sharing it as you may have no idea how interesting it is ....
When we forget to learn, we may as well forget to live
Mike
Nice to see you back at your long term average!4.6 this morning
Maxwell
I think it's worth a discussion. I had a similar diagnosis level to you with immediate medication of 3 x 500g metformin. That was last November. Reduced to 2 then 1 by May. HbA1c 35 in May so came off altogether. I wanted to see if I could manage without. My annual test is next Friday so I'll let you know the outcome.I am on 2*850 mg a day Mike.
I started of on 3*500 on diagnosis and was at some point raised to 3*850, only to then convince my doctor to reduce it back to 2*850.
I much prefer not to have to remember to take medicine at lunchtimes when I am at work.
Reason I am reading up on Metformin is because I am trying to decide whether to ask the doctor to reduce the dosage further.
To be honest although the idea of not taking any drugs for diabetes does sound attractive, and i do suspect that I probably could manage on diet and exercise alone, given my latest hba1c of 5,2% (33 mmol), I am not sure that I want to come off Metformin all together. It is supposed to have health benefits which extend beyond diabetes to lowering cholesterol and reducing the chances of cardiovascular disease.
I never was given the option of managing my diabetes without meds by the way, perhaps because I was rather high on diagnosis at 16,6 mmol I was put on Metformin immediately.
Pavlos
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