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sorry, I had to post that so i could continue!! So, according to that, if you are insulin resistant, you should have high insulin levels both fasting and after meals, so it doesn't make sense that you had a low fasting insulin level. However, if I am reading it right, it could be that you have gotten to the stage where your body can't keep up with producing enough insulin, so maybe it stays low when not stimulated (eg when fasting) but then gets high again after eating??
Could it be that the met has been so effective that you may have actually reversed your insulin resistance? That to me seems possible, but what did your fasting glucose level come back like when they did that test along with the fasting insulin test? You have been on met over 2 years, and I'm guessing you would be exercising and following low gi or similar diet to combat ir? so maybe your body has actually started working properly again and is more insulin sensitive, meaning that you are not insulin resistant anymore? Which would be why they would want to take you off the met, becuse you wouldn't need it anymore. That makes sense, but it depends what your glucose levels are like, if they are still high fasting and after taking glucose, then that to me would make me think that there is still insulin resistance which might mean you should stay on met, but maybe at a lower dose? Maybe your doctor wants to take you off the met and do the tests again to see how your body reacts without met to determine whether you still are insulin resistant & therefore whether you still need to take the met. This is in no way a diagnosis, I am just going through some possible ideas as to what your dr. is thinking - you need to ask a few ?'s as to what he/she thinks is going on and why taking you off met.
Sorry for long-windedness, hope some of it may help in some way!

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