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Permalink Reply by Anthony Holko on September 19, 2009 at 3:13pm

I agree with Gerri. I lost 85 lb and exercised 2 hours per day but was not able to get the BG into the normal range. A little insulin in the begining would have done marvels. Now I take a hell of a lot of insulin and my life is ruined.

Todd the diabetes is progressive so weaning yourself off may only be temporary but hey if temporary is ten years then all the best. I stopped metformin and controlled mine with diet and tonnes of exercise in my case the metformin did not seem to do anything and the Endo's considered insulin toxic at that time.

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Permalink Reply by Patti Burns on September 19, 2009 at 3:52pm

I was taken off Metformin so that the radiology tech could perform a ct scan. And at the same time I was on antibiotics to were I couldn't consume dairy at all so that the meds could work for 7 days.

I actually lost some good weight 7 lbs. So now I'm not on metformin, I check my bloodsugars and they are under control. But I say we need more research on this because Metformin has its ups and downs.

Only on glipizide and lantus, they are working great only them two.

Also depends on the body intolerance of what comes in the body. Sadly, I only drink a little bit of milk...4 0z every other day because of the flare up. I'm glad I found out was causing the body weight. We are all different, just follow what your body is trying to tell you.

good luck either way, and god bless

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Permalink Reply by PatientX on September 20, 2009 at 6:19pm

I have been doing experiments with my metformin. I was first diagnosed as type 1 and was on insulin for 9 months. I excercised and cut all the mess out and the bg's came down. Then I was off of things for about 3 years. I started taking metformin again when I let my self go. I went back and read all the old journals I kept as far as excercise logs and food logs and i thought I could repeat again. So when i came back to treatment but with metformin this time around. I was supposed to start with 500 per meal and then work my way up to 1000 per meal. I noticed that the 1000's worked to keep blood sugar between 100 and 160. As I saw things getting closer to 100's and my A1C was right at 7. I decided to kick up the excercise and eat a hybrid dash diet. i stuck with the veggies and fruits and lower the breads a little but not too much since I needed the carbs for excercise. Then in the past 3 months I cut the 500 in half. I would take a half of a pill with breakfast, lunch and dinner. Then i started biking for about an hour between 7 and 9. So depending on what I have for dinner I sometimes do not take the dinner half of pill because I seem to burn some serious calories on the bike ride. I was going low in the middle of excercise when I took the half pill for dinner. So the biggest thing about this experiment is checking all the time before meals, after meals, before excercise in between excercise and sometimes in the middle of the night. I used more test strips, but when I start to get to 160 to 180 i hop on the treadmill and bring it down. Or before I go on a bike ride I need to be about 180 so I can come back in an hour at 100. My last A1C with this routine was 6.3. If you need more info dont hesitate to ask

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