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A drum roll please........

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Blythespirit

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As some of you might remember I joined you lovely lot back in March when I was tearing my hair out because my levels were sky high (23 to 33)and no one was listening to me. You welcomed me aboard, listened and advised and helped me stick up for myself. I got my first ever appointment with a Consultant at the end of March and was prescribed Byetta, after reading about it on here and asking about it. I picked up other tips from here on the way. I know I don't talk a lot about myself, but that's never been my way, mainly because I don't think people would be that interested. I do always like to commend and sympathise with others though if I can. I'm not one for giving advise as I felt I was in no position to do so as my levels were so bad and others are much more knowlegeable than me.

Now, my HbA1c back in February was a mind blowing 12.1, in May and one month down the line on Byetta it was 10.5. I got my latest results from the Consultant yesterday and it was................................


6.7

That's right, not a typo!

I was quietly confident it might be below 7 but it was great to see it in print and to get the reaction I did off the Consultant. I'm back to the levels I was at 2 and a half years ago, and I'm thrilled to bits.

I know I still have some work to do. My fasting levels are still too high. Between 7 and 9. I've been having a fair few late afternoon hypos. My Consultant was more bothered about stopping the hypos than he was about the waking levels. Not too happy about his attitude there. I said I was concerned about my waking levels and he said he wasn't. So I guess as long as the average is okay.......

Any way, I've to cut my lunchtime Gliclazide now and maybe halve the breakfast one if the hypos continue. I see him again in February. XXXXXXX

 
Wow! What an awesome result. That's a great success story too, just shows that all your determination paid off. Well done 🙂
 
Holy Moly! Thats a FANTASTIC result...well done you!!

Keep up the good work and you deserve to have a treat methinks!!:D
 
Congrats! That's a great result. 🙂
 
Brilliant work. Well done ! :D

I can see where the consultant is coming from. If you get the highs down, you'll be suffering even more hypos so get those sorted and ease the highs down from there. 🙂

You're more than qualified to share your success with others and advise them where they can improve.

Rob
 
That's an absolutely brilliant result! A massive well done on all of your hard work, you must be so proud of yourself:D
 
That's the best thing I've heard all day! Brilliant news! Well done! :D Morning levels are always the trickiest to deal with, and I often wonder with people whose control is otherwise very good if readings in the 7-9 range may not be that far off 'normal' for you, so I guess that's why the consultant is more concerned with the hypos. I secretly think that, unless they have hypos themselves, they don't really know what they are like except that you might - with a really sudden and bad one - keel over, whereas a slightly elevated result means you are probably safer through the night.

Hope the change in medication smooths out the afternoon problems and maybe with more stability overall the waking ones will come down a little too. Remember that current thinking is that it is better to have more stable levels that are perhaps slightly elevated than big up and down spikes.

Once again, fantastic news and I am always so pleased to hear it when someone has been helped by sharing experiences on the forum - it makes my day, so thank you! 🙂
 
Fantastic New :D Well done
 
That's brilliant news Faith, I'm so glad it's worked out well for you. Congratulations.
 
Cor Blimey! Thats absolutely amazing - well done you.
For what its worth I find all of your posts very nice to read and helpful, so please keep posting!🙂
 
Fantastic result - congratulations!
 
Blythespirit said:
As some of you might remember I joined you lovely lot back in March when I was tearing my hair out because my levels were sky high (23 to 33)and no one was listening to me. You welcomed me aboard, listened and advised and helped me stick up for myself. I got my first ever appointment with a Consultant at the end of March and was prescribed Byetta, after reading about it on here and asking about it. I picked up other tips from here on the way. I know I don't talk a lot about myself, but that's never been my way, mainly because I don't think people would be that interested. I do always like to commend and sympathise with others though if I can. I'm not one for giving advise as I felt I was in no position to do so as my levels were so bad and others are much more knowlegeable than me.

Now, my HbA1c back in February was a mind blowing 12.1, in May and one month down the line on Byetta it was 10.5. I got my latest results from the Consultant yesterday and it was................................


6.7

That's right, not a typo!

I was quietly confident it might be below 7 but it was great to see it in print and to get the reaction I did off the Consultant. I'm back to the levels I was at 2 and a half years ago, and I'm thrilled to bits.

I know I still have some work to do. My fasting levels are still too high. Between 7 and 9. I've been having a fair few late afternoon hypos. My Consultant was more bothered about stopping the hypos than he was about the waking levels. Not too happy about his attitude there. I said I was concerned about my waking levels and he said he wasn't. So I guess as long as the average is okay.......

Any way, I've to cut my lunchtime Gliclazide now and maybe halve the breakfast one if the hypos continue. I see him again in February. XXXXXXX
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What a fantastic result, well done to you:D Sheena
 
Hooray hooray hooray.:D:D
 
Thank you all for your lovely comments. I hope my story will encourage others who find themselves in a similar situation where they're worried about their levels and/or finding their Health Care Team aren't listening.

One thing he did say that made me want to prove him wrong was that Byetta is only a stop gap on the way to insulin. He said that the vast majority of people find that after a few months, their levels start to rise again and that I'll probably be on insulin within 12 months! We'll see about that then wont we?

It's not that I think there's anything wrong with going on insulin as such, It's the assumption that it's ineviatable no matter what I do to look after myself. Or is it the assumption that as a Type 2 I wont look after myself? XXXXX
 
thats is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!! you should be sooooooo proud, great news,

well done xx
 
eat2live said:
thats is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!! you should be sooooooo proud, great news,

well done xx
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Excellent news - and you sound "empowered".
 
A whole set of drum rolls for that amazing effort and result.
 
Wow, thats fantastic .... fab result, well done :D

Heidi
xx🙂
 
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