rhedgehog
Member
- Messages
- 14
- Location
- Bournemouth
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
- Dislikes
- Licorice
Back again... unfortunately.
Long time lurker, diagnosed 2015 and had been on dietary control alone for the last 5 years. Then it all went wrong.
Back in february I had a period of feeling like **** for a week or two after an ilness and after too many nights waking up needing to pee in the middle of the night, finally my brain realised that I knew those symptoms. Pulled out my old meter and bought some new strips to see how bad it had got.
18.8 at 10am having had only a coffee for breakfast!
Oh dear. Time to get back on the horse. Called the doctor and booked in a full set of blood tests and a diabetic review and started cutting out the carbs. Had to wait almost three weeks for the review, but A1c of 71 was the main take away, but also that I had lost 6 kg from the previous review 9 months earlier.
Back on the Metformin, Rosuvastatin, Ramipril and now for the first time, a dose of Dapagliflozin.
Meanwhile, onto low carb like I had done previously and try and up the time out on my bike.
Cut to now. 3 months later and another review to see how i am getting on with the dapagliflozin. More blood tests, all the usual.
Blood sugars regularly floating most of the time in the 6-6.5 range according to the dexcom, and rarely going into double figures now.
I also had a work trip to Cumbria for a week in May and the ebike went with me. A few afternoons pootling round the country lanes near Greystoke after work and a day off in Whinlatter Forest helped to keep me away form the local takeaways and get the blood flowing in some glorius early summer sun. So I had hopes I had got things back down to at least approaching normal.
The results?
A1c down to 41 and 10KG lost!
Cholesterol back into normal range, Liver and kidney tests all perfectly normal.
Even the blood pressure is down.
Currently been stuck at 170KG for the last few weeks so the next step is the Mounjaro. I'm still 30KG lighter than I was at my heaviest, but having just turned 45, i have decided it's about **** time the lot came off. After a long conversation with my older brother who was heavier than i am (although not diabetic) and who has been on it for a year and lost 6 stone already, he's convinced me to give it a go.
Probably going to stick to the lower doses for more than the 4 weeks initially, as that has worked for him. Hopefully we're similar enough that it will work for me too, but if i have to go higher, so be it.
Plus, as my blood sugar, choesterol and blood pressure are 'back under control' as the nurse put it, i wouldn't qualify on the NHS. Thankfully i am fortunate enough to be able to self fund, so the order just went in.
I'm working on the food habits, and I am much better than I was a few months ago. The sweet tooth hasn't died just yet, but it's getting better every day. I know i need to change for good this time, and not just for a while before slipping back into the old habits again...
The diabetes team have been warned, and they want to see me after three months to check if i need to stop or adjust the metformin depending on how it goes. although the Nurse was thinking of dropping me to 1 metformin a day anyway, so i may do that myself.
Fingers crossed... but i guess i'm getting me some more dexcoms to keep a close eye on things for the next few months as well!
Long time lurker, diagnosed 2015 and had been on dietary control alone for the last 5 years. Then it all went wrong.
Back in february I had a period of feeling like **** for a week or two after an ilness and after too many nights waking up needing to pee in the middle of the night, finally my brain realised that I knew those symptoms. Pulled out my old meter and bought some new strips to see how bad it had got.
18.8 at 10am having had only a coffee for breakfast!
Oh dear. Time to get back on the horse. Called the doctor and booked in a full set of blood tests and a diabetic review and started cutting out the carbs. Had to wait almost three weeks for the review, but A1c of 71 was the main take away, but also that I had lost 6 kg from the previous review 9 months earlier.
Back on the Metformin, Rosuvastatin, Ramipril and now for the first time, a dose of Dapagliflozin.
Meanwhile, onto low carb like I had done previously and try and up the time out on my bike.
Cut to now. 3 months later and another review to see how i am getting on with the dapagliflozin. More blood tests, all the usual.
Blood sugars regularly floating most of the time in the 6-6.5 range according to the dexcom, and rarely going into double figures now.
I also had a work trip to Cumbria for a week in May and the ebike went with me. A few afternoons pootling round the country lanes near Greystoke after work and a day off in Whinlatter Forest helped to keep me away form the local takeaways and get the blood flowing in some glorius early summer sun. So I had hopes I had got things back down to at least approaching normal.
The results?
A1c down to 41 and 10KG lost!
Cholesterol back into normal range, Liver and kidney tests all perfectly normal.
Even the blood pressure is down.
Currently been stuck at 170KG for the last few weeks so the next step is the Mounjaro. I'm still 30KG lighter than I was at my heaviest, but having just turned 45, i have decided it's about **** time the lot came off. After a long conversation with my older brother who was heavier than i am (although not diabetic) and who has been on it for a year and lost 6 stone already, he's convinced me to give it a go.
Probably going to stick to the lower doses for more than the 4 weeks initially, as that has worked for him. Hopefully we're similar enough that it will work for me too, but if i have to go higher, so be it.
Plus, as my blood sugar, choesterol and blood pressure are 'back under control' as the nurse put it, i wouldn't qualify on the NHS. Thankfully i am fortunate enough to be able to self fund, so the order just went in.
I'm working on the food habits, and I am much better than I was a few months ago. The sweet tooth hasn't died just yet, but it's getting better every day. I know i need to change for good this time, and not just for a while before slipping back into the old habits again...
The diabetes team have been warned, and they want to see me after three months to check if i need to stop or adjust the metformin depending on how it goes. although the Nurse was thinking of dropping me to 1 metformin a day anyway, so i may do that myself.
Fingers crossed... but i guess i'm getting me some more dexcoms to keep a close eye on things for the next few months as well!
