Well… it’s Day 2 of not taking the niacin and I haven’t had a “flushing” episode since Friday.Â? At the burial service yesterday, one of my church ladies exclaimed, “Jen!Â? You look normal!”Â? Uh yeah… if it hadn’t been so uncomfortable, there could have been some humor in the flushing episodes, especially watching peoples’ eyes widen and their jaws drop as they watched it spread across my face and arms and legs and being like “What?”

I see my doc on Monday and I think we’ve established that it was the niacin and NOT the Metformin (as her nurse was claiming).Â? I don’t think she’ll put me back on it, or if she does, it will be on a significantly lower dose.