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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
I went to see a GP today on an unrelated to diabetes matter. The Dr I have been seeing has left so I saw someone new. Having dealt with my other problem she did a medication review.
"So you're on Gliclazide and Metformin?"
"No I don't take any medication"
"Why?"
"Because it didn't agree with me and I feel better without it"
"Do you think you can control your diabetes with diet alone?"
"I seem to be doing alright at the moment"
"But your last test was very slightly elevated"
"It was 42, and had come down from 70 at the previous test!!!"
"Oh yes, it was extremely high at diagnosis. Have you lost a lot of weight?"
"Only a few kilos"
She then removed testing strips and lancets from my repeat prescriptions (I didn't mention I still have over 100 at home!) and told me I need to make an appt for another set of blood tests. I knew this, the last one was August so it's due again in November.
Apart from the "slightly elevated" (pah!) jibe, she passed no comment, didn't ask me what I ate, didn't comment that I hadn't had a review with the DN after the last test, or anything. It does slightly concern me that with an HbA1c of 42 she seemed to think I ought to be on medication. I thought that was pretty good! (But there's no chance I'm going to take anything now)
"So you're on Gliclazide and Metformin?"
"No I don't take any medication"
"Why?"
"Because it didn't agree with me and I feel better without it"
"Do you think you can control your diabetes with diet alone?"
"I seem to be doing alright at the moment"
"But your last test was very slightly elevated"
"It was 42, and had come down from 70 at the previous test!!!"
"Oh yes, it was extremely high at diagnosis. Have you lost a lot of weight?"
"Only a few kilos"
She then removed testing strips and lancets from my repeat prescriptions (I didn't mention I still have over 100 at home!) and told me I need to make an appt for another set of blood tests. I knew this, the last one was August so it's due again in November.
Apart from the "slightly elevated" (pah!) jibe, she passed no comment, didn't ask me what I ate, didn't comment that I hadn't had a review with the DN after the last test, or anything. It does slightly concern me that with an HbA1c of 42 she seemed to think I ought to be on medication. I thought that was pretty good! (But there's no chance I'm going to take anything now)