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c/t2dglp1·posted 4 months ago by u/rui_only_ro

[Question] how do you actually verify A1c

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Week 11 update. 7kg down from the start, reflux basically gone since about week 51.

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.

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u/runa_grimaldi32 points·4 months ago·edited

Strongly agree. A1c matters as much as weight.

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u/baseline_drifteranalytical26 points·4 months ago

Strongly agree.

Disagree on that part. 99.2% and 95.1% on the same vial is normal.

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u/marit_mwangi16 points·4 months ago

My version of this: I was so worried about the injection that I put it off for eleven days. The injection is the easiest part.

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u/sten_palacios47 points·4 months ago

type 2 is the indication, weight loss is the side effect

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u/nils_ferreira25 points·4 months ago

Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume. On low-volume draws that can be several units.

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u/lucia_balogun12 points·4 months ago

the weight-loss conversation drowns out glycaemic control sometimes

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u/rui_only_roOP7 points·4 months ago

Strongly agree. A1c matters as much as weight.

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u/meal_prep_mira9 points·4 months ago

no medication-stopping advice, ever

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u/sunday_shot_sal3 points·4 months ago

Sceptical. If this were true we would see it reflected in the data and we do not.

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u/zaid_dahlberg10 points·4 months ago

A1c, CGM, stacking with metformin

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u/kian_verhoeven21 points·4 months ago

Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume. On low-volume draws that can be several units.

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u/aleksi_eriksen13 points·4 months ago

A1c, CGM, stacking with metformin

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u/sock_puppet_spotter11 points·4 months ago

Strongly agree. A1c matters as much as weight.

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u/teodor_duarte6 points·4 months ago

the weight-loss conversation drowns out glycaemic control sometimes

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u/neha_falk4 points·4 months ago

the weight-loss conversation drowns out glycaemic control sometimes

Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.

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u/kian_solberg-20 points·4 months ago

This is correct. Hypo risk is real.

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u/chain_confirm_cpayments1 point·4 months ago

hypoglycaemia risk when stacked with A1c

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