[PSA] A1c is not what most of this community thinks it is
Week 47 update. 43kg down from the start, reflux basically gone since about week 4.
Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I want to. Things that did not: everything I bought on the internet to help with reflux.
The part that surprised me is how much of this is admin. Ordering, storing, logging, remembering. Nobody mentions that the hard bit is not the drug, it is the routine.
Happy to answer anything. Please do not ask me what dose you should be on.
best — the order this archive was captured in
post A1c with units and assay date
post A1c with units and assay date
Adding to this: metformin is doing more work than the comment implies.
Yeah, glycaemic control is the original use.
How many weeks between the two measurements?
Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume. On low-volume draws that can be several units.
Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume.
Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.
Which country? Half the answers in this thread only apply in France.
the triglycerides change is the signal
the 9 A1c trend is the answer
CGM traces tell a story, numbers alone do not
type 2 is the indication, weight loss is the side effect
Yeah, glycaemic control is the original use.
CGM traces tell a story, numbers alone do not
CGM traces tell a story, numbers alone do not
Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 93 weeks to accept.
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