“In March, when the urgent care physician treated my foot infection, he determined that I also had diabetes mellitus type 2. At that time, my blood sugar was 569 and HbA1c was 12.6. He prescribed Metformin 500 mg once a day and after one week, since my daily finger sticks remained over 300, he ordered Metformin 500 mg twice a day. However, my finger stick results were not improving. When I finally got an appointment with the endocrinologist, he ordered Janumet 50/500 mg twice a day which improved my blood sugars some, but I still had periods of finger sticks of 170 to over 200. When I finally made an appointment in May with Dr. Tamika Henry, she was confident that she could improve my health status and also decrease my daily diabetic medications. When I finally received my diabetic medications from Dr, Henry and after I only took them one day, my finger stick was below 120 and within a week, my morning finger sticks that usually were the worst were in the 90s. Also, my HbA1c in June went down to 6.6 and in August, I was able to eliminate my evening Janumet pill. When I had an other lab test the end of September, my HbA1c result was 4.8 and my endocrinologist reduced my Janumet to Metformin 500 mg only. By adhering to my diabetic meal plan and daily exercise regime, I am confident that I will be discontinuing the Metformin very soon. I recommend that every diabetic will get an appointment with Dr Henry to improve blood sugar results, for mine improved so much that my life with diabetes is a joy to live with. Thank you again, Dr. Henry!” – SF, RN