Terminal illness is a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and that is reasonably expected to result in the death of the patient within a short period of time.he six-month standard is arbitrary, and best available estimates of longevity may be incorrect. Consequently, though a given patient may properly be considered terminal, this is not a guarantee that the patient will die within six months.
1 Stop metformin if the eGFR is below 30 ml/minute/1.73m2.  Prescribe metformin with caution for those at risk of a sudden deterioration in kidney function and those at risk of eGFR falling below 45ml/minute/1.73m2.
My blood glucose was 201 and my A1C was 10.2. My doctor put me on a low carb diet and 500 Mg per day of Metformin. In 90 days, I had my A1C down to 5.9 and my glucose was back into the control range (70-120) in two weeks. Also, I attended a 4 day/4 hours per day diet class. Metformin has been a true blessing along with diet alteration.