KevinPotts
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- Diet only
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- Unkind people, failure to take personal responsibility.
Hello,
My recent HbA1c result was the worst I've had since diagnosis 5 years ago, at 68, up from 62 three months ago, and continuing an upward trend which has seen it climb from a pretty decent 48 about 16 months ago, to 56, then 62 and now 68.
Nothing much has changed in terms of my eating or exercise habits in this time, but I had thought that the more recent increases could be down to significant levels of stress during this period, which have thankfully now lowered. I reckon I'm kidding myself though, as due to my most recent result, I've started monitoring 5-6 times daily, and despite the excess stress being out of my life now, I'm still coming out far too high.
So, as I see it, I've got four options. I eat and exercise fairly sensibly and consistently, so I could just let my doc do what he will inevitably suggest, and increase (or possibly change) my meds. I'm currently on 2x500mg Metformin and 1x80mg Gliclazide daily, but on one occasion quite soon after diagnosis when my doc increased my Metformin by an extra 500mg (at that stage I simply hadn't got my head round what to eat so numbers were still out of control), I struggled to function. Dosing off to sleep in the middle of the afternoon for example, so not keen to go down that road again.
Option two is to ask him if I can jump straight onto insulin. I have a type 2 colleague who swears it's the best thing he ever did, having arrived at a similar scenario to the one I currently face.
Option 3 is to carry on as I am, but just try that bit harder with both eating and exercise and see what happens.
Option 4 is to go full pelt at changing my diet. The Michael Mosley book is very topical in our family right now, containing stories of Type 2 reversal and the like, which I'm sure is possible, but only if you choose to live like a monk, as far as I can see! There may be some middle ground, and my wife is adamant that I should try this before even contemplating insulin, and she's probably right, but the prospect of living on spinach and pine nuts is hardly one to savour!
1, 2, 3 or 4 folks!? Or, do options 5 or 6 also need investigating?
Thanks in advance.
I e followed Moseely/low carb and there's no Monking

