Gestational Diabetes Management

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Diabetes and obesity

I have been suffering from obesity and diabetes , tried working out and diet but nothing is helping me in losing weight, kindly help me , doctor suggested weight loss Injections once but I hesitated , now I am thinking about it seriously as I need to lose weight loss immediately as I am planning to get married, losing weight is really important for me right now, I was never obese person, I put on weight because of health issues, I have splenomegaly also, please suggest me good and not expensive weight loss Injections and I will definitely goto Doctor for this concern, before that I want to know if I get any side effects from it . I have never taken any medication for type 2 diabetes and i was managing with diet, it's very difficult for me to lose weight.

Diabetic medicine need to change or not

I have diabetes since 8 years and bp i take metformin 500 sr recent hba1c is 6.8 and before that it is 6.2 do I need to know change medicine or not and life style should b changed pls suggest and I have fartin issue

HbA1C is 10.1 Need to change Medication

I have been taking Glycomet 500 but my diabetes is still very high. The report has been attached in my reports tab. I need a change in medication to control my diabetes more effectively.

When this used?

When homa ir test ? is used and recommended When is this blood test used and Recommended? I dont think It's regularly used

Hba1c values

I took test around aug 8 my hba1c is 5=.3 but it increases within one month and it reaches 5.7 how 5.7 means pre diabetic ah iam getting panic please help me out

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