@zauberflote thank you! My GP visit wasn't too bad. I have dodged the Metformin bullet for now and have three months to improve my diet. Thank you for recommending Bonesmart; I shall take a look. I am in the UK so BMI is very important here even though my x-ray report says I need replacement now. Exercise absolutely kills me and I dread physio!
Glad you’ve dodged the metformin! Here’s what I did- bought a meter immediately. Then I got an app called “Glucose”, which figures my average BG from the numbers I give it (the more I give it the closer to reality that average is), and then it also tells me my ESTIMATED HbA1c based on that average. So again, the more readings I take the closer to reality its own calculations are.
My dr wanted me back in three months also (early December), but I had reason to see him before that and told him I was doing stress, diet, and would add exercise and drop the stress in January, AND, that the estimated A1c was dropping (at that point it was .5 below the reading he’d had). We agreed I could have until mid Feb, at which point insurance would also pay for another test I’d like re-done. The app is reporting I am now .9 below that original lab reading, and have moved into normal range.
So maybe if you can make progress in three months, you could get a similar extension. For me, it’s taken me to where I hope not to have to add “T2D” to my resumé. I will be eating this way the rest of my life!
This Way Of Eating is actually not difficult to live with. Counterintuitively, we cut carbs waaayyy down, and add fats-all the ones we’ve been told will kill us- and it seems many people are losing weight, not even counting calories. Myself included. I do practise portion control, as there’s no way I’m going to exercise enough to burn off too much food. But I am rarely hungry! This is reported by lots on here.
As far as the hip, yes, the BMI has come to rule. That’s why you may need a few more opinions; find somebody who understands that by giving you a new hip he will be giving you a new life, and since the new one won’t hurt (after a month or so, and even before that if you’re lucky) and most especially Will Not Have The Grinding Debilitating Pain of OA !!!!, you’ll be able to walk your BMI down enjoyably, and OA pain-free!!
I’ll tell you a little secret… I did physical therapy with my first hip, because I was supposed to. What it was most helpful with was keeping me off the streets, and it may have permanently restricted my ROM…
with the second hip, I was much more confident, and did zero zip zilch physical therapy. Every hip is different, and my second one was very much easier to recover from than my first. I never lost the feeling of stability in that hip, as I had lost it with the first one for a couple of months. Every hip is different, and nobody has two identical experiences, even if they do bilateral. Go to Bonesmart (no need to join to browse) and look for my two recovery threads. Same screen name as here. Also search BMI, and overweight, and you should see lots of posts with the “rubbish!!” response
I’m a little bit of an evangelist aren’t I?
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with the second hip, I was much more confident, and did zero zip zilch physical therapy. Every hip is different, and my second one was very much easier to recover from than my first. I never lost the feeling of stability in that hip, as I had lost it with the first one for a couple of months. Every hip is different, and nobody has two identical experiences, even if they do bilateral. Go to Bonesmart (no need to join to browse) and look for my two recovery threads. Same screen name as here. Also search BMI, and overweight, and you should see lots of posts with the “rubbish!!” response 
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