Hi Micah - tell us a bit more about yourself if you would, so we can answer any questions you have appropriately.
Firstly exactly what tablets you are taking for either diabetes or anything else, what's been happening with your blood glucose levels since your diagnosis, whether you made any changes to your diet and exercise levels during the last 9 years, whether you've been testing your blood glucose yourself prior to now, what insulin you've now been prescribed, what instructions they've given you about testing your blood and what your latest HbA1c result is?
Oh gosh where to start ....
so I take daily
4 x Sukkarto SR Metformin 500g
1 x 10mg Ramipril
1 x 30mg Gliclazide ( 1 year )
1 x 40mg Atrovastin
2 x 50mcg Cyanocobalamin Vitamin B12 ( was on an injection every 3 years but due to Covid now on tablets )
oh and I'm Asthmatic
as of Tuesday 13th 10units of Insulin 3 x a day 10.mins before food
I test my BGL 10 mins before food and 2 hours after and then just before bed
Diet .... started really well then wobbled then back on the wagon then off then on and so on then fully back , I was swimming every week and my job is a property manager in London so a fair amount of walking and climbing stairs then I was hit by a cyclist and had both knees operated on and hip ..... oddly enough I came of the the wagon .
so since March 20 I work from home in front of a laptop all day from 9 - 5 take 30 mins for lunch or just have lunch and carry on working
when I was first diagnosed in 2011 the said I have probably been undiagnosed for at least 5 - 10 years
This morning my BGR was 16.8 at 9.46 all I had was a mug of tea with skimmed milk no sugar
I then tested at 10.41 and it was 12.6 I then had 10 units of insulin and had breakfast 10 mins later 2 eggs scrambled and 1 slice of granary bread with olivio spread
due to take my BGR at 12.40
I don't actually know what my HbA1c result is I think they told me but was I was not able to take all the info in
I have a phone consultation on Friday so I shall ask then oh I have also been referred to the Renal Team
Micah