A little update on me and a question

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Hi all,

I am a 33 female, diagnosed Nov 01 with a fasting of 13 and a hba1c of

11. I began low carbing the day after my diagnosis, and withing 4

months my hba1c was 6.1. I have dropped 47 pounds. I do not take

med's, I used diet and exercise to control my diabetes.

My husband and I are now trying to add to our family. As a result of

the need for folic acid and dairy products I have adjusted my diet to

include more carbs in the form of whole wheat bread and 2%

milk.....oddly enough my pre-meal numbers are lower then when I was

30-45 grams of carbs per day. My post meal numbers linger between

6.1-6.8 (109.8-122.4) with this way of eating, with low carbing my

numbers were usually 5.6-6.0 (100.8-108) post meals.

I am finding that my body can tolerate more, with no increase in

activity. For example, today I ate a burger with the bun and a salad,

then 2 bits of real chocolate moouse. My 2 hour post meal was 5.6

(100.8), my three hour post meal was 5.1 (91.8). So here is my

question...it seems that my body has reduced it's insulin resisitance,

is there a test available for me to request that will test my level of

IR? As well, I heard that the use of Metformin in person's with IR or

pre-diabetes will in fact prevent the onset of full diabetes, ....as

well as assist women with PCOs (which I have/had) to conceive, so should

I consider going on Metformin now for the above?

Jacky - who is as confused with her question as it reads...because if

Metformin prevents the onset of type 11, what it would do with me is

just mask it, right?

hmmmm