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- Type of diabetes
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Just had my annual review, and my HbA1c was 46 which is one click up from last year, GP told me it is too low, and that he wants the next one to be 56 or higher. This equates to a daily average of 9 mmol.l, I pushed back, and he cut my Dapagliflozin med that had been prescribed for my heart. This is on top of withdrawing my Metformin completely last year. I asked for more gliclazide since I had secretly been trialling some to get my HbA1c back to 42. But NO. He wants 56 because his recent refresher course says this is what patients over the age of 70 should be advised to go for. Buzzcocks. I could not find any UK directive supporting this change, but did find a US advisory
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/apr/29/lower-blood-sugar-is-not-always-the-bes/
Looks like I will need to go keto or carnivore now. That will make my eGFR worse, of course because of the extra creatine. I am also cutting out the furusomide since that med is definitely raising my blood sugar level, and giving me constipation.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/apr/29/lower-blood-sugar-is-not-always-the-bes/
Looks like I will need to go keto or carnivore now. That will make my eGFR worse, of course because of the extra creatine. I am also cutting out the furusomide since that med is definitely raising my blood sugar level, and giving me constipation.