*That* Appointment
I had a somewhat dubious start to Christmas, having been told to make yet another appointment to see the doctor with another set of Hba1c results. Christmas Eve, 8:30am .. ho bloody ho. Sadly there was no laughter involved as my Hba1c was now 113, worse than my previous two results and worse than my diagnosis 5 years ago. I had stopped taking my glucose readings as I knew they were bad (I was constantly deydrated) but at a guess I would say high teens, low 20s. Which is bad.
There are two medications what I’m supposed to take on top of the Metformin; Gliclazide and Lisinopril. I’ve avoided taking the Gliclazide because I don’t like taking so many pills and I stopped taking the Lisinopril a couple of months ago as I suspected it was the cause of major hair loss. The latter is why I’ve been going to the doctors, as it’s been really getting me down and I wanted to come off the drug. My doctor thinks it’s caused by stress, but I disagree. I’ll talk about that in another post though, as this is primarily about my BG and the direction it’s going in.
Area chart. Data table with 50 rows and 2 columns follows.
| 21-Jan-19 | 5.9 |
|---|---|
| 21-Jan-19 | 8.6 |
| 22-Jan-19 | 5.8 |
| 22-Jan-19 | 8.4 |
| 23-Jan-19 | 5.1 |
| 23-Jan-19 | 7.4 |
| 24-Jan-19 | 4.9 |
| 24-Jan-19 | 7.2 |
| 25-Jan-19 | 7.6 |
| 25-Jan-19 | 6.3 |
| 26-Jan-19 | 5.9 |
| 26-Jan-19 | 13.6 |
| 27-Jan-19 | 11.6 |
| 27-Jan-19 | 5.5 |
| 27-Jan-19 | 8.4 |
| 29-Jan-19 | 6.4 |
| 30-Jan-19 | 5.6 |
| 31-Jan-19 | 7.9 |
| 01-Feb-19 | 7 |
| 01-Feb-19 | 6.5 |
| 02-Feb-19 | 6.8 |
| 02-Feb-19 | 7.9 |
| 02-Feb-19 | 5.4 |
| 03-Feb-19 | 7.2 |
| 03-Feb-19 | 9.4 |
| 04-Feb-19 | 10.4 |
| 04-Feb-19 | 5.5 |
| 04-Feb-19 | 6.2 |
| 05-Feb-19 | 5.7 |
| 06-Feb-19 | 8.9 |
| 06-Feb-19 | 5.5 |
| 06-Feb-19 | 5.6 |
| 07-Feb-19 | 5.5 |
| 07-Feb-19 | 9.3 |
| 08-Feb-19 | 6.2 |
| 08-Feb-19 | 5.3 |
| 09-Feb-19 | 6.5 |
| 09-Feb-19 | 6.2 |
| 10-Feb-19 | 6.2 |
| 10-Feb-19 | 8.9 |
| 11-Feb-19 | 8 |
| 11-Feb-19 | 6.7 |
| 12-Feb-19 | 6.6 |
| 15-Feb-19 | 5.2 |
| 16-Feb-19 | 6.5 |
| 17-Feb-19 | 10.4 |
| 18-Feb-19 | 7.5 |
| 25-Feb-19 | 10 |
| 26-Feb-19 | 8.7 |
| 28-Feb-19 | 8.5 |
As you can see, my BG has dropped substantially in the last three weeks. There are two possible factors.
- I’ve started taking the Gliclazide
- I’ve given up drinking full sugar Coca-Cola and switched to Coke Zero
Combination of the both is most likely, but I suspect switching to Coke Zero has had the most impact. Blood sugar levels for those with diabetes is between 4 and 7mmol/L. I’m not there as a constant yet but it is dropping well, and hopefully I’ll be able to maintain that soon. Diet is also a factor but I’m going one step at a time, and not watching my weight right now. Stupidly, I have forgotten to order my meds so it’ll be interesting to see how I fare for the next five days.
This is all great, but mostly I just want my hair back 🙁
