Good morning FantaticallyFreaky, and welcome to this group. From my experience Metformin can take some time to start to work. It is my understanding that Metformin works by mimicking the action of the signaling protein CBP which regulates the communication between the pancreas and liver, thereby controlling the glucose output of the liver. That being said, it can take a while to get things 'aligned' again. My best recommendation would be to ask your doctor how soon to expect progress, and when to take the next step should the anticipated progress not be attained. Did your doctor share with you what she felt a good glucose goal for you should be? Did you ask? Do you have a glucose goal in mind? Once you have a target range, you can work toward it. Sadly, from my experience, many (but not all) General Practitioners are woefully uneducated in Diabetes management.

welcome to the group, and congrats on bringing down your numbers quickly...I was 18 for an A1C, my current doctor said it was a surprise I was not in a coma or the hospital lol.

Ok an average range is fasting 100 (which is hard for all of us to maintain at times thanks to something called the dawn effect) so don't freak out if first thing in morning you are over the 100

2 hours after a meal you should be about 140, some doctors will say 160 so basically it is how you feel. In time you will learn to read your body and what feels best for you. And once you get the numbers in control you will probably be able to decrease the amount of metformin.

there is no set diet, it is a matter of eating healthy, watch the fats, fried foods and the white bread, rice, pasta and potatoes since these items can hold the numbers higher and longer (the starches and fats are the issue)

most of us count carbs and try to aim for about 30-45 carbs a meal and about 20 for a snack. Don't fall into the "sugar free" or "stop eating sugars" since sugars are carbs/carbs are sugars. Most sugar free items can be worse carb wise than just the normal food item

Yes you can have fruits, pick the smaller sizes...and most important watch the portion controls.

Ask questions, of your doctor and of us, if your doctor says something that in your gut doesn't sound right or you are not sure, come to us. We have 100s of years among all of us and we won't lead you wrong.

See a dietician and take away from that what you feel comfortable.

Doctors and dieticians tend to have their own idea, shoot my ex doctor was "text book" the book says this, but as I told him I was not a text book.

even here some of us have different ideas and know we do not all react the same way to meds, foods, etc. This disease does not behave the same in all of us. It is not curable but it is controllable.

So talk to us....and don't forget that nasty word for some - exercise LOL, it does help and you feel better.

Thanks for the reply's!
I am trying so hard and I think I may need another doctor, not sure because I like her very much but she just said to come back in 3 months which to me seems like a long time for having out of control sugar, not sure?

I am still kind of in shock over having to stay away from foods I love, I am from the south and im really sad about no more fried chicken or fish fry's. I love mashed potato's and gravy . biscuits and gravy, hell I love gravy on everything even in grits. :( I don't know how I am ever going to learn to love healthier food without the good stuff.

I guess im in a mood today about all this. I will go out and get a food scale tomorrow and try to do better about exercise.

My vision is so messed up I can hardly read what I type. :(

You will feel much better with healthy food choices. Much lighter, clearer in mind. Once you experience those benefits, automatically you will remove unhealthy foods from your diet. Its just about experience. Hang in there

your numbers are still high, once you get them back into control, your eyesight will improve but do see an eye doctor to make sure of whether you have any damage.

I also am from the south, but a healthy diet is more important than the fried foods in lard and the bisquits and gravy. You will get use to eat and wonder why you were not eating this way before - you will discover new ways to cook, spices, veggies etc

Hello FantasticallyFreaky, I'm new here too. I read the foods you love ... Those are the foods I loved too. I had to acknowledge to myself that I Am a carb junkie. Sweets, breads, cookies, gravy of all kind. Their not worth the risk. When I found out I was Type 2 in Nov. 2011, here are some of the changes I made for the first 3 months...weight my food, to learn carb grams, portion control, sight size on a plate. Eliminated all white starches like potato, rice, bread, etc...Only eat at the table, when relaxed...no eating at the frig door, or on the go, under stress...use the same plate, with sections, to learn portion control...make a salad my main meal of the day with chicken, turkey, fish...put cinnamon in my first cup of coffee, as it helps to lower sugar.

After 3 months of this, my a1c went down, I learned portion control thru sight size on my plate, learned what new foods I liked, that work for me, lost excess weight, felt better, could tell I felt better, results encouraged me to continue, changed bad practice for good practice.

I have family that can eat the things that I know don't work for me. I would love to have that stuff...I know what my sugar will do if I eat it. What keeps me going, aside from results, I want to have the best number that I can...I want to have the best number when I test and I want to have the best number when it comes to a1c. I have to remind myself to stay on these lifestyle changes or I will slip up...I Am a Carb Junkie.

The last change was exercise.

Good to see your numbers coming down, hope some of these ideas may help.