phil1966
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
So, I've just got back from my first DN appt and it was a pretty positive event. I went armed with my BS readings from MySugr and a full (31 page) food diary printed out from MyFitnessPal.
She looked through my BS readings and was more than a little surprised I'd got them under control as well as I have and said she was planning to increase my metformin dose but doesn't need to now
She also gave me my HbA1c reading from when I was diagnosed which was a bit of a shock - it was 107 (11.9% or an average of 16.3 mmo/ml)!!
In the 5 weeks since I was diagnosed I have completely changed my eating habits, cutting out carbs and drastically increasing the amount of vegetables I eat (thanks in no small part to this excellent forum) and my 7 day average BS is now 5.7
She then weighed me (and I was delighted to see I've lost 5kg in the last 5 weeks) and gave me a flu shot
I asked about testing strips but she said they aren't allowed to prescribe them (she could give me a meter but no strips!) as I'm only on metformin and it doesn't have a risk profile associated with hypos: She did say she didn't agree with the rules as she could clearly see I am using my meter to motivate myself and assist in controlling my diabetes, but her hands are tied
After that she gave me a leaflet (adding it's probably superfluous for me
) and told me about the eye tests, foot tests, etc and about the courses they run (which I probably won't go on)
Finally she congratulated me for getting things so well under control so quickly and off I went
In all, a pretty positive first appointment
She looked through my BS readings and was more than a little surprised I'd got them under control as well as I have and said she was planning to increase my metformin dose but doesn't need to now
She also gave me my HbA1c reading from when I was diagnosed which was a bit of a shock - it was 107 (11.9% or an average of 16.3 mmo/ml)!!
In the 5 weeks since I was diagnosed I have completely changed my eating habits, cutting out carbs and drastically increasing the amount of vegetables I eat (thanks in no small part to this excellent forum) and my 7 day average BS is now 5.7
She then weighed me (and I was delighted to see I've lost 5kg in the last 5 weeks) and gave me a flu shot
I asked about testing strips but she said they aren't allowed to prescribe them (she could give me a meter but no strips!) as I'm only on metformin and it doesn't have a risk profile associated with hypos: She did say she didn't agree with the rules as she could clearly see I am using my meter to motivate myself and assist in controlling my diabetes, but her hands are tied
After that she gave me a leaflet (adding it's probably superfluous for me
) and told me about the eye tests, foot tests, etc and about the courses they run (which I probably won't go on)Finally she congratulated me for getting things so well under control so quickly and off I went
In all, a pretty positive first appointment
