- Messages
- 38
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
At the risk of sounding trite, want to thanks everyone who posts here, past and present. Found this site around time of my diagnosis and the information here has given me a chance to educate myself and get things under control when I felt my doctor had written me off.
Had second meeting with DN earlier, happy to report that my hba1c has dropped from 104 (late July) to 49 (start of October). Meeting was a lot more positive than I expected, DN seemed delighted with results and genuinely interested in what I've been doing. DN admitted that she had originally suggested the meeting to see how much I needed to increase medication (currently 2*500mg metformin) but no need for that. Even had a frank conversation about the diet recommendations from the desmond course.
Not going to become complacent and know I've a lot more to learn/experience but this is a real game changer for me. Rarely visited the doctor (perhaps 3-4 times in last decade), been over 300 lbs all that time but felt unsupported. Told to lose weight but suggestions for how was to get up early and go swimming or take fat binding tablets. Been logging what I eat on myfitnesspal, lowering carbs replacing with protein and healthy fats and taking as many opportunities to get out for a walk as possible. As well as lowering my hba1c, have lost more than two stone since end of august. Still a big guy (340 lb) but now have the confidence that I can come out of this better than before.
Had second meeting with DN earlier, happy to report that my hba1c has dropped from 104 (late July) to 49 (start of October). Meeting was a lot more positive than I expected, DN seemed delighted with results and genuinely interested in what I've been doing. DN admitted that she had originally suggested the meeting to see how much I needed to increase medication (currently 2*500mg metformin) but no need for that. Even had a frank conversation about the diet recommendations from the desmond course.
Not going to become complacent and know I've a lot more to learn/experience but this is a real game changer for me. Rarely visited the doctor (perhaps 3-4 times in last decade), been over 300 lbs all that time but felt unsupported. Told to lose weight but suggestions for how was to get up early and go swimming or take fat binding tablets. Been logging what I eat on myfitnesspal, lowering carbs replacing with protein and healthy fats and taking as many opportunities to get out for a walk as possible. As well as lowering my hba1c, have lost more than two stone since end of august. Still a big guy (340 lb) but now have the confidence that I can come out of this better than before.
