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A1C results and medication drops....
I just got my latest round of blood work. My A1C is now 5.6. That is down from 10.5 last September. At 10.5 I went on Lantus. I stopped the Lantus in March. Now I get to reduce my metformin down to 500mg per day. The goal is to get off it all together in 3 months if the numbers still look good. Total cholesterol was 126,…
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Blood Sugar Up After Exercise
I'm curious if anyone can explain a phenomena I have observed with my blood sugar monitoring. My blood sugars actually increase after exercise. Eventually they come back down again, but I was wondering if anyone can explain what might be going on. For example this morning: 5:08 a 90 when I woke up. This was fasting. 8:40 a…
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No more insulin
My latest A1C came back at 5.5. I've been lowering my Lantus dose as I've lost weight and I've been down to 7 units for a while. Doctor said I could stop taking the Lantus. No more shots! To put this in perspective my A1C was 10.5 in September. After that I started Lantus and worked my way up to 25 units to get my blood…
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Rewards
Ultimately I have over 150 lbs to lose. Rather than consider such a daunting amount I'm breaking it up into smaller pieces. The first one is 35lbs (almost 10% of my weight) and then after that it will go in 25lb increments. I'm looking for ideas on how to reward myself for reaching a goal. Clothes just doesn't do it for…
