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3 months on - first repeat hbA1c results since diagnosis - Metformin & diet results

Mrs SLD said:
Coming back to add that I had an unscheduled call from my DNS, she said she was still getting her jaw off the floor at my results she said in 20 years of practice that she has never seen a drop this quickly on Metformin and diet. Feels good to have that kind of interaction
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That's really great and it helps so much when people recognise just what an achievement you've made, she sounds like a great person.

When I dropped down to 38 I had moved house so didn't see my old Diabetic nurse. I had my bloods taken at my new GPs and found the result myself on the NHS app - the diabetic nurse didn't even mention it just said I needed to keep a tight control on it - she was nice enough but didn't seem very impressed, haha. She weighed me and said I was 13 stone 6 so I told her I had got down from 20 stone 5. She just said "oh, ok". Then about 10 minutes later while she was going through my info on her PC she said "oh, you really were 20 stones two years ago" in a tone which suggested she hadn't believed me when I had told her. I was a bit deflated, haha.
 
peterb999 said:
That's really great and it helps so much when people recognise just what an achievement you've made, she sounds like a great person.

When I dropped down to 38 I had moved house so didn't see my old Diabetic nurse. I had my bloods taken at my new GPs and found the result myself on the NHS app - the diabetic nurse didn't even mention it just said I needed to keep a tight control on it - she was nice enough but didn't seem very impressed, haha. She weighed me and said I was 13 stone 6 so I told her I had got down from 20 stone 5. She just said "oh, ok". Then about 10 minutes later while she was going through my info on her PC she said "oh, you really were 20 stones two years ago" in a tone which suggested she hadn't believed me when I had told her. I was a bit deflated, haha.
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Oh this is disappointing! It's hard I guess when the person you see doesn't understand your history and the progress made. A number of 47 wouldn't be something they would be so excited about if they didn't understand where I was a few months ago. I was glad they made the effort to encourage me, it really makes a difference.
 
Funnily the only people who have congratulated me are the people on this forum and I really appreciate it, friends and family don't really understand the scores etc. and I don't really mention it to people in real life.

However, I am still flabbergasted that you have gone from 107 to 47 in 6 months, that really is amazing and bodes so well for your future. It took me two years to go from 110 to 48 and I always thought I was doing really well. I think you're fantastic for achieving it, I really do and it's not often I am so impressed.
 
peterb999 said:
Funnily the only people who have congratulated me are the people on this forum and I really appreciate it, friends and family don't really understand the scores etc. and I don't really mention it to people in real life.

However, I am still flabbergasted that you have gone from 107 to 47 in 6 months, that really is amazing and bodes so well for your future. It took me two years to go from 110 to 48 and I always thought I was doing really well. I think you're fantastic for achieving it, I really do and it's not often I am so impressed.
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Thank you! Your achievement is huge as well, and I know how much work it takes. Fingers crossed for our futures and enjoy your canary island holiday soon
 
Mrs SLD said:
Hi all, I wanted to come back and share an update as I just this morning received my 3 month repeat hbA1c results :)

Just a brief summary so far - I am 42f, was tested in July on the advice of a podiatrist because I had a toe wound that wasn't healing. I had no other symptoms and my BMI was 23. My hbA1c came back as 107, a huge shock.

I was started on Metformin immediately and I worked really hard to reduce my carb intake. I was prescribed Glicazide but agreed with my DNS to try Metformin and diet first. Since then I have continued to work hard on this, using finger prick testing and a couple of months of CGMs (self funded) to really learn about my trends etc. I could see my numbers were coming down so did not take the Glicazide.

I spoke to my DNS last week before my repeat bloods and she said anything below 60 would be great progress at this stage, she said the target long term would be under 48 but the lower the better obviously.

I had my repeat bloods last thing on Friday and after being so anxious all weekend I finally received the results just now - 47!!!!!

I know that I will want to bring them down further in the long term but to go from 107-47 in this time is a huge relief for me. Considering this result covers the past 3 months when my levels would have been really high at the start.

Anyway, just wanted to share. I know I have to continue my hard work and my journey is just starting, but it feels really good to get this news after 3 months of this all.

Thanks also to this forum, it is so helpful.
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Absolutely fantastic - you are making brilliant progress. CGMs can be really useful in helping understand what is making your BG go up, especially after such a shock diagnosis. Keep it up and you will get an even better result next time.
 
Spine Wars 2023 said:
Many congratulations! amazing numbers :) can I ask how long a period was your toe wound? Thank you.
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I got a blister in march, it got infected and I got cellulitis. It just didn't heal fully, kept having a slight opening now and again that would bleed. I saw the podiatrist in June who referred me to the GP for an a1c test. I am also hyper mobile so they do think it was impacted by that as well.
 
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