Update on my A1C

So today, went to see my doctor concerning my hemoglobin.  It turns out they forgot to put in the chit for my blood test.  I did get the results of my A1C though.  After getting off of Janumet (a mixture of 2000mg of Metformin and some other drug) my A1C is back down to 6.1; right where it was before I started taking Metformin.

I don't plan to go crazy with going back to stuffing my face with carbs (I love pasta).  I think it is wise to go easy on sugar and white flour.  I am a moderate in a lot of things.  In my politics, in my Pentecostalism, and in my lifestyle.

I have started going to the gym.  I have been a couch potato long enough.  So I been getting on an elliptical trainer 3 times a week and I have worked myself up to 45 minutes doing 20-30 minutes in the cardio zone for my age.  I was doing some core strengthening exercises for my back, but I have other things I have been working on.  Hopefully,  I will be back to is sooner or later.

So I am left wondering what is going on with my body and Metformin.  It is supposed to help your cells metabolize or accept insulin for people who are experiencing insulin resistance.  Of course, all my naturopath friends tell me that metformin actually increases blood sugar.  Well, that WAS my experience.  But why?

What also concerns me is the number of people dying from malpractice or procedural accidents.  People are shoving drugs at us thinking they are going to fix our SYMPTOMS, but they are not looking very close at the underlying causes.

While I was in Ukraine, I did some role play with a doctor who was wanting to do an internship here in the US.  As I learned from him, doctors are now being required to try to get through an exam in less than 15 minutes.  How can a doctor really find the root cause of my illness in a 15-minute  examination?  Obviously, many things doctors encounter are pretty straight forward like sprains, broken bones, boils and such.  But what about those of us who are outliers from the norm.  My body temp norm is 97.6 maybe a serum blood sugar of 6.1 in normal for me.  What does it mean when I take metformin and my blood sugar goes up.  So far all I have gotten is a lot of head scratching.

Next week I will see my primary care doctor (another new one) and we will see what she has to say about that fact that I have stopped my medication for blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood pressure.  I am mostly working at controlling these through exercise and some changes in my diet.