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<blockquote data-quote="Max68" data-source="post: 2369558" data-attributes="member: 521172"><p>Thought I would place this here rather than starting another thread! Spoke to a new GP today re my HBA1c jump from 51 to 70 and I thought she was very good. Was very pleased that I had lowered the carbs in my diet over the last week or so and she is very "pro carb reduction" which was good to hear. Pleased that I was also back exercising so she believes that I will get back to good control level because I have done it before but said if that doesn't happen there are drugs that she can offer. The first was a drug where you get rid of excess glucose via the bathroom but with a weak bladder anyway and on meds to "stop me going" that's not a particularly pleasing option so she then suggested a once a week injection (not insulin) that regulates blood sugar but I can't remember what it is called.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime she is prescribing me slow release metformin, (I picked up on that suggestion on this website) and was surprised I wasn't on that anyway but it is 3 tablets in the morning apparently. She is changing my BP meds from Amlodipine to Ramipril and changing my statin to get my lipids down. My total cholesterol is fine but my good and bad are off and my Triglycerides are too high. She said my Heart CT of a couple of years ago was good with a calcium score of zero so lets keep it that way. Very productive and pleased that she is giving me a few months to carry on with the diet and exercise and she didn't have a pop like some diabetic nurses do. Feeling positive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Max68, post: 2369558, member: 521172"] Thought I would place this here rather than starting another thread! Spoke to a new GP today re my HBA1c jump from 51 to 70 and I thought she was very good. Was very pleased that I had lowered the carbs in my diet over the last week or so and she is very "pro carb reduction" which was good to hear. Pleased that I was also back exercising so she believes that I will get back to good control level because I have done it before but said if that doesn't happen there are drugs that she can offer. The first was a drug where you get rid of excess glucose via the bathroom but with a weak bladder anyway and on meds to "stop me going" that's not a particularly pleasing option so she then suggested a once a week injection (not insulin) that regulates blood sugar but I can't remember what it is called. In the meantime she is prescribing me slow release metformin, (I picked up on that suggestion on this website) and was surprised I wasn't on that anyway but it is 3 tablets in the morning apparently. She is changing my BP meds from Amlodipine to Ramipril and changing my statin to get my lipids down. My total cholesterol is fine but my good and bad are off and my Triglycerides are too high. She said my Heart CT of a couple of years ago was good with a calcium score of zero so lets keep it that way. Very productive and pleased that she is giving me a few months to carry on with the diet and exercise and she didn't have a pop like some diabetic nurses do. Feeling positive. [/QUOTE]
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