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Rachox

Rachox

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Location
Oxford
Type of diabetes
I reversed my Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
I had my last diabetes review in February during which my GP agreed I could stop my Amlodipine (BP med), as with losing weight my BP had come down to normal. Today armed with my home readings which only went up a tiny bit he has erased Amlodipine from my repeats :happy: I was keen to stop that, rather than the Ramipril which I’m also on as Amlodipine can cause raised blood sugars whilst Ramipril protects kidneys so I’m quite happy to stay on it. My blood sugars have come down a little and I didn’t get a lecture about self monitoring when I showed him the graph on my Glucose Companion app! Instead I got huge congratulations about my change of lifestyle and taking control. He said “I was a model patient and made his job very easy”! :angelic:
He said that normally he would put me on an annual review now but as I’m keen to try dropping my Metformin dose down he’ll do my next HbA1c and review in August and discuss my Metformin dose then :)
I’ll keep an eye on my predicted HbA1c on MySugr in the meantime ;)
 
Rachox said:
I had my last diabetes review in February during which my GP agreed I could stop my Amlodipine (BP med), as with losing weight my BP had come down to normal. Today armed with my home readings which only went up a tiny bit he has erased Amlodipine from my repeats :happy: I was keen to stop that, rather than the Ramipril which I’m also on as Amlodipine can cause raised blood sugars whilst Ramipril protects kidneys so I’m quite happy to stay on it. My blood sugars have come down a little and I didn’t get a lecture about self monitoring when I showed him the graph on my Glucose Companion app! Instead I got huge congratulations about my change of lifestyle and taking control. He said “I was a model patient and made his job very easy”! :angelic:
He said that normally he would put me on an annual review now but as I’m keen to try dropping my Metformin dose down he’ll do my next HbA1c and review in August and discuss my Metformin dose then :)
I’ll keep an eye on my predicted HbA1c on MySugr in the meantime ;)
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That's great news :)
 
That's wonderful news @Rachox and very well deserved. I too am eagerly awaiting my follow up in May.
 
@Rachox well done you’re going from strength to strength very inspirational and excellent work but at least your hard work is paying dividends. Please accept a congratulatory hug from me.
 
Rachox said:
I had my last diabetes review in February during which my GP agreed I could stop my Amlodipine (BP med), as with losing weight my BP had come down to normal. Today armed with my home readings which only went up a tiny bit he has erased Amlodipine from my repeats :happy: I was keen to stop that, rather than the Ramipril which I’m also on as Amlodipine can cause raised blood sugars whilst Ramipril protects kidneys so I’m quite happy to stay on it. My blood sugars have come down a little and I didn’t get a lecture about self monitoring when I showed him the graph on my Glucose Companion app! Instead I got huge congratulations about my change of lifestyle and taking control. He said “I was a model patient and made his job very easy”! :angelic:
He said that normally he would put me on an annual review now but as I’m keen to try dropping my Metformin dose down he’ll do my next HbA1c and review in August and discuss my Metformin dose then :)
I’ll keep an eye on my predicted HbA1c on MySugr in the meantime ;)
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Yay, well done, great results, you must be feeling on top of the world. :happy:G
 
Rachox said:
I had my last diabetes review in February during which my GP agreed I could stop my Amlodipine (BP med), as with losing weight my BP had come down to normal. Today armed with my home readings which only went up a tiny bit he has erased Amlodipine from my repeats :happy: I was keen to stop that, rather than the Ramipril which I’m also on as Amlodipine can cause raised blood sugars whilst Ramipril protects kidneys so I’m quite happy to stay on it. My blood sugars have come down a little and I didn’t get a lecture about self monitoring when I showed him the graph on my Glucose Companion app! Instead I got huge congratulations about my change of lifestyle and taking control. He said “I was a model patient and made his job very easy”! :angelic:
He said that normally he would put me on an annual review now but as I’m keen to try dropping my Metformin dose down he’ll do my next HbA1c and review in August and discuss my Metformin dose then :)
I’ll keep an eye on my predicted HbA1c on MySugr in the meantime ;)
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Just great news and fully deserved with all that you've been through. Your doc seems to be a listening type. It's all good. Well done to you. :)
 
Smashing news, well done!
 
Thank you for all your lovely comments this evening. As usual smashing support from people who really understand the ups and downs of this disease and all that goes with it :happy:
 
HbA1c 35 Feb 16th 2018. Weight 82.7kg. - excelent!
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@Rachox Can I have a little bit personal question? What is your target for weight and what is your ideal weight?

I ask because I should have 85 but I cannot go under 90 even if I do what I do... Maybe with diabetes the body has lifted internal limit for ideal weight and does not allow me to go under this limit.
 
rom35 said:
HbA1c 35 Feb 16th 2018. Weight 82.7kg. - excelent!
:happy:
@Rachox Can I have a little bit personal question? What is your target for weight and what is your ideal weight?

I ask because I should have 85 but I cannot go under 90 even if I do what I do... Maybe with diabetes the body has lifted internal limit for ideal weight and does not allow me to go under this limit.
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Hi Rom, at only 161cm, to put me into the healthy BMI range I need to get down to 65kg which from where I currently stand is a further 16.4kg. Whether I manage to achieve that remains to be seen!
 
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