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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
- Dislikes
- Spiders, long walks in the countryside
Hello lovely people.
I've had my follow up blood test following my initial diagnosis at the end of July. I started out with an HbA1c of 100, and was told today that I've brought it down to 45. The Horrible Nurse Who Makes Me Feel Like Rubbish (of THNWMMFLR for short) couldn't quite believe it. She seems to see me as her star pupil now, which considering she was nothing but rude and unkind to me when I went for the blood test a couple of weeks ago made me smile to myself. She wants me to go back and see her in three months so "we can celebrate your new body." She seems stunned that a lard-bottom such as myself can manage to shift getting on for three stone (a drop in the ocean, still a long way to go) in this time too. Obviously I'm going to change surgery way before then. This lot are awful, and I deserve a less humiliating experience.
Anyway, then she said my cholesterol was high and that I should be cutting all the fat off my food and eating low fat. I said "okay then" and got off the phone as quickly as I could. I'm kicking myself for not asking for a breakdown of the numbers, but after a day of waiting for this call my nerves were pretty shot. I eat fairly low carb but not fully keto because, after much umming and erring I decided to take the canagliflozin I'd been prescribed and you wonderful lot told me that keto and this stuff doesn't mix well. I'd say I'm eating about 50 - 80 grams of carb a day. Do I need to worry about the cholesterol? Do I need to stop eating rib-eye steak and butter and switch to the low fat options like she said? I'm delighted to have a handle on one but obviously don't want the other to get out of control either.
Anyway, I'm off to celebrate my HbA1c results with a low carb lager and a few squares of dark chocolate!
I've had my follow up blood test following my initial diagnosis at the end of July. I started out with an HbA1c of 100, and was told today that I've brought it down to 45. The Horrible Nurse Who Makes Me Feel Like Rubbish (of THNWMMFLR for short) couldn't quite believe it. She seems to see me as her star pupil now, which considering she was nothing but rude and unkind to me when I went for the blood test a couple of weeks ago made me smile to myself. She wants me to go back and see her in three months so "we can celebrate your new body." She seems stunned that a lard-bottom such as myself can manage to shift getting on for three stone (a drop in the ocean, still a long way to go) in this time too. Obviously I'm going to change surgery way before then. This lot are awful, and I deserve a less humiliating experience.
Anyway, then she said my cholesterol was high and that I should be cutting all the fat off my food and eating low fat. I said "okay then" and got off the phone as quickly as I could. I'm kicking myself for not asking for a breakdown of the numbers, but after a day of waiting for this call my nerves were pretty shot. I eat fairly low carb but not fully keto because, after much umming and erring I decided to take the canagliflozin I'd been prescribed and you wonderful lot told me that keto and this stuff doesn't mix well. I'd say I'm eating about 50 - 80 grams of carb a day. Do I need to worry about the cholesterol? Do I need to stop eating rib-eye steak and butter and switch to the low fat options like she said? I'm delighted to have a handle on one but obviously don't want the other to get out of control either.
Anyway, I'm off to celebrate my HbA1c results with a low carb lager and a few squares of dark chocolate!