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Categories: Type 2 Oral Meds Fitness
Tags: exercise glucophage HbA1c Metformin
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That's right, after LOWERING my dosage of metformin (generic glucophage) six months ago; my HbA1C went DOWN to 5.5 from 5.8. Yes, I brought my average blood sugars DOWN by reducing my medication and increasing my cardio and strength training. It's only a decrease of about 8 mg/dl but that's an average over 24/7. AND I went from 2000 mg metformin to 1500 mg. I know "they" say it can and should work that way, but I'm the first to admit I didn't believe it. (Or that was my excuse for not trying harder).
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Categories: Type 2 Oral Meds Fitness
Tags: passage
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That's right, after LOWERING my dosage of metformin (generic glucophage) six months ago; my HbA1C went DOWN to 5.5 from 5.8. Yes, I brought my average blood sugars DOWN by reducing my medication and increasing my cardio and strength training. It's only a decrease of about 8 mg/dl but that's an average over 24/7. AND I went from 2000 mg metformin to 1500 mg. I know "they" say it can and should work that way, but I'm the first to admit I didn't believe it. (Or that was my excuse for not trying harder).
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Women's Issues
Tags: HbA1c pregnancy
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I had to laugh at the lead paragraph on this story.
"In the first study to use continuous monitoring throughout pregnancy , researchers found that levels of glycemic control differ significantly between women with type 1 diabetes and those with type 2."I would think that blood sugar levels between type 1 and type 2 patients always differ significantly. The nature of the different diseases make it sort of obvious. I don't know why pregnancy should be any different.
Let me throw in a disclaimer here - I am not a medical professional, I'm not even in a field related to medicine. This is my own interpretation of the article. Discuss anything you find interesting with your own doctors. You can read the abstract here as well. (READ MORE)
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I don't do well with change sometimes. Ok, most of the time. Well... honestly, almost all of the time change throws me for a bit of a loop.
I am moving my healthcare from 4 doctors 50 miles away to 1 doc who is 15 minutes away. I was going to get an endo here, but I don't really need a specialist endo, at least not at this stage. I can't afford the fancy MD/PhD nutritionist who was fabulous. I'm not having any more babies, so I don't really need an ob/gyn (debatable). My former primary care doc just left her practice and opened a retainer-based center (much too pricey even with my old paycheck and insurance). It was the "perfect storm" for a big healthcare change.
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Categories: Type 2 Oral Meds
Tags: HbA1c levothyroxine Metformin thyroid
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I went for my 6 month endo appt week before last. I finally got my bloodwork back in the mail. That's one thing I really dislike about my doctor. I think it would be so much more effective to have the test results in front of us for the discussion.
By the way, where I write "doctor", feel free to substitute "physcian's assistant". As with most doctors who are in demand, he has 4 PAs that also see patients. The office tells you that you can make appointments with anyone, but if you want to see the actual MD, it takes a couple more months of waiting or accepting the oddball times, like 7:45 am on a Monday or 11:55 on a Friday - they close at noon on Fridays.
My HbA1c went up from 5.5 to 5.7. I realize that is still an awesome result and nothing to complain about, but I'm sure it's directly related to the 12 lbs I have gained in the past 6 months. That dreaded holiday weight that I was so afraid of? Yes, that would be about 8 of those pounds. (READ MORE)
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I visited my endocrinologist recently. Actually, I visited one of his Nurse Practioners. I was more than a little nervous, because my weight was up a tad, after promising to lower it again, and my exercise had been non-existant. (also again).
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Complications Emotions Fitness Real Life
Tags: A1C endocrinologist HbA1c
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Last October, I totally ditched an appointment with my endo.
Why? I didn’t want to face the music. I didn’t want to hear about what I have not done right and I just did not want to see my A1C.
My last A1C was from last July and it was an 8.9%. Not good at all. I was upset about it but in the end I knew it made sense. I was not on top of things.
And this year was no different. I just kept gaining weight, snacking, and my BG was high a lot of the time. So when the time for the appointment came I wrote a post here about wanting to ditch and how I needed to face the music.
I still ditched it.
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Categories: Type 1 Children Food Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: A1C endo visit increasing carbs
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The nurse slapped the small piece of paper down on the table.
I glanced at the 8.2 and then looked away, disinterested. I figured as much. Like I said, it’s been a high summer.
I spoke to the nutritionist first, then the CDE and then the doctor.
Charlie’s height is trending fine, but his weight had dipped in the last three to six months. Despite the A1c of 8.2, Charlie couldn’t have heard better news from the dietician.
"Let’s up his food. Make it more like 185 to 200 carbs per day."
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Categories: Type 2 Oral Meds
Tags: cholesterol HbA1c HDL
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I finally got the results from my bloodwork. My endo has you come in for the appointment, then go do bloodwork, then mails you the results with a note of any changes they want to implement on it. I'd prefer to have the numbers to discuss at the appointment, but I really like the other aspects of his practice, so I stay with him.
Without further ado - the number all persons with diabetes are most interested in - the A1C. (drumroll, please)
5.5%. Yes, five point five! I have seen 5.5 before but I was pregnant and on insulin. I am pretty thrilled. My last A1C in May was 5.8, so this is great. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Food Highs & Lows Complications Emotions Fitness Real Life
Tags: A1C blood sugar management
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Five months ago I was beyond excited when I made my Facebook status: "Heard 6.9 at the endo's office today. I think I'll say it all day. 6.9! 6.9! 6.9!"
My A1C was below 7 for the first time in a long time and I owed it mostly to my morning walk. I knew I needed to start walking again, so I arranged a new schedule with my boss earlier this year that allowed me to go in an hour late so I could walk.
Walking was really the only thing I had changed in my routine. My eating habits were mostly the same. To me, it was all about the walk.
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