[neohdiver]

I hope only temporarily

Diagnosed as somewhere on the spectrum 6 days ago based on a fasting BG of 140, along with hypothyroid & extreme vitamin D deficiency.

I've just started on both Metformin (500 mg), home testing, and drastic change in diet.

2 hours after eating my BG was 136 yesterday & 116 today. My understanding is that 5 &6 days in is too soon for the change to be due to Metformin. So whatever is going on must be relatively mild. I'm guessing I'm one of the folks who has a high BG in the morning (when the fasting BG was measured)

My goal is to lose weight, get my vitamin D under control - which may normalize the thyroid numbers, then get off metformin (I'm tolerating it now since the thyroid meds can trigger diabetes, so better safe than sorry.)

That said, everyone over 59 who is a descendant of my maternal grandfather is diabetic - so even if I can stave it off for a while by getting my weight under control and balancing my carb intake, I was not at all surprised by last Friday's visit.