A slight case of overblogging

Having been on the Wegovy since November I asked my GP to do another HbA1c test, to see how my diabetes is responding to the additional drug and weight loss associated with it. HbA1c is down from 43 in November to 36 on Friday. That's the first time below the pre-diabetic range (42-48) since well before I was diagnosed in November 2020. Now waiting to see what GP wants to do with this information. (Suspect I no longer need to be on a high dose of Metformin though, which is why I wanted them to check).

My iron levels are also still low-end of normal, but it looks like I can now safely give blood again too, so I've booked that in for the Friday after next. We'll have to see how long it takes them to recover from that!

ETA: It's now the 26th and I still haven't actually heard from GP what they think about the results. I asked for an update from the admin team and just got a "result is normal" text, which wasn't very helpful, so have sent the medical team a request to review. Will see what they say!

Well, I finally got round to getting my HbA1c tested - basically average blood sugar levels for the last 3 months. It was last done in January 2019, and was a bit raised - and since then I've been through the NHS preventing diabetes course, starting January 2020. Admittedly I've not actually *done* much to change my lifestyle as a result of that, and my weight has crept up a bit since 2019, including with lockdown (by around 5 kg).

Anyway, I was not 100% surprised to see I've tipped over the boundary, and I'm now officially diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

I've been advised to lose weight, and specifically to reduce carbs and increase green veg. My currently levels of exercise were deemed acceptable though. They'll invite me to Sawston soon to get a photo of the back of my eyes. And back in 3 months to test blood sugar levels again, and they'll check cholesterol then as that hasn't been done recently. Recommended Diabetes UK as a resource.

In the meantime I've asked if I can start Metformin now, in the hope it will make it easier to lose weight as well as manage the blood sugar. Advised to start with 1-a-day with main meals, increase to 2-a-day after a week if it's not upsetting my digestive system, then to 3-a-day after another week (but 2-a-day is fine if I won't tolerate 3-a-day).