In a panic!

[Andy HB]

I stopped my metformin after three months too. But, I was not in denial of my condition which, please forgive me, seems to be the case with your husband.

I continue to test infrequently to ensure my levels remain OK and I suggest that your husband does too.

Type 2 diabetes can be controlled using just diet and exercise, but as others have said the symptoms will return if he doesn't take care to ensure that the conditions which caused them to occur in the first place never occur again.

Thinking that diabetes will just go away is just a fantasy I'm afraid and a very dangerous one at that.

Anyway, for the moment, it is possible he is OK, but you don't have very much information to go on to confirm that.

Best wishes,

Andy 🙂

 

[Northerner]

Yes,it was a finger test on a contour machine, and no,his doc doesn't know he's stopped meds..

In that case so much would depend on when the test was done i.e. how soon after eating, or was it before eating? 7 would be at the upper end of the scale for a fasting fingerprick test, and tests after eating would more than likely be well above range. Hope you can persuade him to see the doctor and get everything checked out - it's in his best interests!