I just want to share with you what happened to my doctor's visit yesterday.

1. He discussed with my earlier 2-hour glucose test, which was a spike of 157 (I think) at 30 mins and 72 at 2-hour post prandial -- he said NORMAL.
2. I showed numbers of my home monitoring which are punctuated with spikes at 1 hour and generally normal after 2 hours (except on few occasions).
3. He said accdg to the criteria of the American Diabetes Assoc, my "official" results are not diabetes, not even pre-diabetes. While my home numbers are high, he does not want to recommend medication at this point....
4. I asked if the spikes, even a short while, can damage nerves. His answer, "yes to some, no to some". But since i already have the nerve problems, will it further damage mine, he said "maybe".
5. i mentioned treatment, e.g. ER Metformin.

The doctor was really hesitant to give me treatment but i said to give it try because the numbers are freaking me out. I need to gain some weight but i cant eat because i am scared of elevating the sugar!

So, he gave me a prescription. its not metformin but, Tradjenta. When i went home, i checked on the drug interaction website. It has contraindication with one of my antibiotics. I called the clinic and am waiting for the callback.

Thank you for letting me share.