I am diabetic but not taking any medicine 8 months back. My HbA1c is 11.2 and now it’...?

I had an HbA1c of 12.1 6 yrs ago. I went through 5 doctors all wanting me to be on heavy meds. I was on metformin for 5 years before it reached an HbA1c of 12.1. I finally stopped listening to t…

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