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joe2023

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
Hi everyone. I was diagnosed with T2 in 2019 with HbA1c of 59. With diet and exercise I got it down to 40, but relapsed since last year due to mental health issues and work related stress and commute -- leading to overeating and loss of diet control and poor exercise regime. My latest HbA1c, tested this week, is 67. I have now gone back to controlling my diet (minimal carbs, some fruits, snacking on nuts) and have been exercising regularly (running and biking). I was wondering if there is a chance of bringing the numbers down again without medication. My diabetic nurse was encouraging that I could do it again, but just feel a bit hopeless.

Many thanks.
 
Hi @joe2023 and welcome to the forums.

Lots and lots of posters here have "fallen off the wagon" so to speak, and then climbed back on again. While 67 is higher than you'd like, it's by no means astronomical.

I'd suggest you get yourself a blood testing meter to see how your efforts are working. Hopefully you'll get a pleasant surprise.

Disclaimer, not a doctor and not T2, so just posting on the basis of what I've read here.

You can do this. Good luck and once more welcome.
 
EllieM said:
Hi @joe2023 and welcome to the forums.

Lots and lots of posters here have "fallen off the wagon" so to speak, and then climbed back on again. While 67 is higher than you'd like, it's by no means astronomical.

I'd suggest you get yourself a blood testing meter to see how your efforts are working. Hopefully you'll get a pleasant surprise.

Disclaimer, not a doctor and not T2, so just posting on the basis of what I've read here.

You can do this. Good luck and once more welcome.
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Thank you, EllieM! I have purchased a meter, and I am hoping to see a gradual decrease in the numbers. Thanks also for the links!
 
I think if you low carb, the decrease will not be gradual. We all succumb occasionally, it's the nature of the beast.
 
please don't just focus on the fasting Blood Glucose (i.e. before breakfast) because that one is likely to disappoint you since it's usually the last one to fall , even slower than the HbA1C falling.
Instead focus on the rises/spikes cause by meals i.e. the difference between BG reading jut before a meal and the one 2hrs later.
Once you are regularly seeing these food driven BG rises being mostly under 2 mmol. then you know you are on the right track again!
 
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