My A1C was down

[Omaha Steve]

Last time it was over 11. The target high end is a 7. I was 6.8 this morning.

OS

[Walleye]

1. Good job!

[Happy Hoosier]

2. Well done!

Kick the Beetus where it hurts!!

[woodsprite]

3. That is Awesome!!!

Well done!

[Prairie_Seagull]

4. What was your Dr.s opinion about the change?

If it was something like, Outstanding! I could not agree more. I have fought the same fight with nearly exact numbers and my doc was very impressed. Did mine with mostly diet and exercise some metformin and there were bump in the road, many bumps but got it done. Regardless, Well done Steve.

[WhiteTara]

5. Wow! What was the time period that

you reduced your A1c? My SO is struggling so bad. He was recently prescribed Ozempic. They'll check his labs again in a month.

[Omaha Steve]

6. 3 months

My doctor AND dietician were both very happy.

[WhiteTara]

7. what is your protocol?

[Omaha Steve]

11. ?

Not sure I get your point.

[WhiteTara]

12. what did you do besides

diet and exercise?

[Omaha Steve]

13. Metformin, Glimepiride, Jardiance

I started to get hives when I started on Jardiance. I stopped taking it and the hives are going away. They are considering what drug to replace the Jardiance. I do yard work is about my only real exercise.

A diabetic diet helps too. I try not to cheat. It has taken some getting used to.

[TexLaProgressive]

14. Jardiance is an SGLT2 inhibitor.

You might try the other one, Farxiga. These drugs have the other effects of protecting kidney function and the heart, so much so that SGLT2 inhibitors are being prescribed to non-diabetics and type one if at risk of CKD and heart issues.

[Omaha Steve]

15. Thanks for the heads up

[TexLaProgressive]

16. Glad to be of assistance

I mean, the experience of 33 years living with type 2 diabetes ought to be shared.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. Yeah

[ebbie15644]

9. Congratulations!!

[MOMFUDSKI]

10. That is fantastic.

You might want to read up about Ozempic.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

17. Good for you!

You must have worked hard for it, but it does help to live in a time when doctors can do so much to help you get there.

My nan would have loved to have had access to all of of the modern medications and sheer knowledge when she was suffering from diabetes.

[Model35mech]

18. Reached "normal" range for my AIC on today's blood chemistry

A 5.4 !! Been trying to get "normal" since 2010 without insulin. Yes, that has felt like forever and often out of reach. Row cropping and truck gardening has me more active in the summer so I've always done better in the summer. But nothing like this result.

I did about 11 years of ever-increasing doses of metformin, then added glipizide with increasing doses of that. A couple of years ago I got an empagliflozin (jardiance) Rx and added that to my morning doses.

As the ads said, I lost a bit of weight. I also established a routine with pretty frequent trips to the backside of bushes and tall weeds in the fence rows. An effect that really wasn't covered in the ads.

This summer I was determined to back my weight down which has happened modestly. Chemistry and discipline. Who'd have thought that could work (other than maybe the doc and his nurses)?