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I just wanted to say that I have just got back from seeing both the nurse and the doctor and they were both really pleased with my results. I know others are struggling and I don't want to crow but I did want to share.
My last appointment was end of April with an HbA1C of 71 and Cholesterol of 5.8 and blood pressure 108/80
Today my HbA1C is 56, Cholesterol 5.2 and blood pressure 105/76. I have also lost just over a stone in that time. (My doctors don't give a cholesterol breakdown just the one figure, which while is high they have accepted and said that any more meds wouldn't really be worth it)
My blood pressure monitor also checks my pulse rate and that had gone down from 101 to 87 beats per minute.
The nurse was a little disapproving when I mentioned i had bought a meter but I mentioned after she had said how well I had done so she could really complain. She was even encouraging me to eat more veg and less potatoes. The doctor even suggested that if I wanted to reduce from 4 Metformin a day to 3 I could, as I don't have a problem with them I decided to stay at 4 (which the doc approved of) and if it keeps on improving then we can reduce them in 6 months time.
When I think that I have had this much improvement when I only got the meter and really started to work on it about 6 weeks before the blood test it is almost making me look forward to the next test in 6 months.
My last appointment was end of April with an HbA1C of 71 and Cholesterol of 5.8 and blood pressure 108/80
Today my HbA1C is 56, Cholesterol 5.2 and blood pressure 105/76. I have also lost just over a stone in that time. (My doctors don't give a cholesterol breakdown just the one figure, which while is high they have accepted and said that any more meds wouldn't really be worth it)
My blood pressure monitor also checks my pulse rate and that had gone down from 101 to 87 beats per minute.
The nurse was a little disapproving when I mentioned i had bought a meter but I mentioned after she had said how well I had done so she could really complain. She was even encouraging me to eat more veg and less potatoes. The doctor even suggested that if I wanted to reduce from 4 Metformin a day to 3 I could, as I don't have a problem with them I decided to stay at 4 (which the doc approved of) and if it keeps on improving then we can reduce them in 6 months time.
When I think that I have had this much improvement when I only got the meter and really started to work on it about 6 weeks before the blood test it is almost making me look forward to the next test in 6 months.