I went for a dental surgery today and realized that I don’t know anything about my diabetes. They tested my blood sugar before the procedure because I’ve never tested myself and it was over 500 while fasting. Everyone I spoke to was amazed that I don’t self monitor but my doctor never discussed it with me. He always tells me, “just let the meds do their job.” Well I’ve been on a GLP-1 for over 6 months, lost 20 lbs, have a healthy body weight, but have no control over my diabetes.
I have another appointment with my doctor to try to come up with better solutions but I don’t think he cares much either way.
Today was a hard day.
Edit: thank you everyone for your concern. I have booked an appointment with my doctor to get recent labs so I can ask for a referral. I also bought my own monitor and will be testing my own levels. And continuing to educate myself.