Nielh123
Active Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
After my A1C remaining stubbornly in the 70-90 mmol/mol range for ages, I began taking meds and started doing cardio at the gym three times a week in addition to continuing to walk an average of 13k steps a day. Six months later and My A1C was 53. Still too high but a big improvement.
But ... I'm wondering what the primary cause of the drop was - the meds or the gym - given that they started at around the same time! I'm minded to continue both, get tested again in a few months, and IF I'm below the magic 48, come off my meds for three months pending another test to see whether going forward I can do it with exercise and continued weight loss alone.
I just wondered if this sounds like a plan to others or whether coming off the meds seems reckless? I know my nurse feels it's the meds doing the magic but I'd hate to think I'm popping pills if they were no longer necessary.
But ... I'm wondering what the primary cause of the drop was - the meds or the gym - given that they started at around the same time! I'm minded to continue both, get tested again in a few months, and IF I'm below the magic 48, come off my meds for three months pending another test to see whether going forward I can do it with exercise and continued weight loss alone.
I just wondered if this sounds like a plan to others or whether coming off the meds seems reckless? I know my nurse feels it's the meds doing the magic but I'd hate to think I'm popping pills if they were no longer necessary.