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Disappointing blood test results

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Outlier

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Type of diabetes
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Diet only
Just had my Hb1Ac results - BG 6.2, very disappointing when you think my daily fingerprick tests have all been in the 5s but might be the statin causing the increase as fingerprick tests have gone into 6s and 7s since I started it. Demoralising after all my work. GP appointment in 2 weeks to discuss. Would like to come off statin but suspect the financial gain for the Practice will rule that out.
 
sorry your disapointed with your latest hba1c 6.2% is 44 which imo is pretty good. hopefully when see gp, appt goes well for you. agree after all good work seeing fasting levels pop up will be very demoralising, how long have you been taking them for?

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Outlier said:
Just had my Hb1Ac results - BG 6.2, very disappointing when you think my daily fingerprick tests have all been in the 5s but might be the statin causing the increase as fingerprick tests have gone into 6s and 7s since I started it. Demoralising after all my work. GP appointment in 2 weeks to discuss. Would like to come off statin but suspect the financial gain for the Practice will rule that out.
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Obviously you are disappointed with your HbA1c result @Outlier , but to me that figure sounds great. You are a ways away from the diabetic range where diabetic complications increase. Yes statins may cause a slight rise, but not in everyone. I’m on 20 mg Rosuvastatin, soon to go up to 40mg to counter very high Lipoprotein (a) s My high lipo a results increase my risk of stroke / heart attack x 8.The statins have had no impact on my blood sugars. As always risks v benefits.

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I totally understand your disappointment. I get the same kind of results on a very strict diet, it’s so frustrating that the finger pricks and CGM numbers don’t correspond with A1C. But, as I tell myself, imagine what it would be if you didn’t do what you do for control.
 
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Thank you for your kind words. I had a stroke and nobody knows why, so I am leery about dropping the statin until I speak with my GP. I dropped the 'flozin after the scare letter from the surgery and because it was totally inappropriate to the point of being dangerous for someone on a keto diet. I do get so fed up with having to fight my corner over medication that is general, and inappropriate to my particular situation. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to hand one's health care over to a professional who actually treated us as individuals.
 
@Outlier it looks to me that you are doing very well, 44 for HbA1c is just in the pre-diabetic range.
Are you disappointed because you used to be lower? If not, then why worry.
As others said, there is no direct correlations between finger pricks, which measure instantaneous blood sugar and HbA1c, which measures glycated hemoglobin over 3 months.

Regarding statin, can people please be a bit more careful when saying that you cannot be forced to take it.
If I had a stroke, I would gladly take statins, this is what they are for.
I am saying this as someone who refused to take it, as I don't have a history of cardiovascular disease.
 
Lupf said:
@Outlier it looks to me that you are doing very well, 44 for HbA1c is just in the pre-diabetic range.
Are you disappointed because you used to be lower? If not, then why worry.
As others said, there is no direct correlations between finger pricks, which measure instantaneous blood sugar and HbA1c, which measures glycated hemoglobin over 3 months.

Regarding statin, can people please be a bit more careful when saying that you cannot be forced to take it.
If I had a stroke, I would gladly take statins, this is what they are for.
I am saying this as someone who refused to take it, as I don't have a history of cardiovascular disease.
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I haven't seen any say don't take it, they've said they can force you to take it. Everyone is different, and there is a medication (who's name escapes me) that reduces cholesterol that isn't a statin, but is a lot more expensive
 
lessci said:
I haven't seen any say don't take it, they've said they can force you to take it. Everyone is different, and there is a medication (who's name escapes me) that reduces cholesterol that isn't a statin, but is a lot more expensive
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The med I think you mean is ezetimibe. I'm on it, as statins cause me issues, - although I only take 5mg ie half the normal dose - and it reduces my ldl significantly but for me luckily no bgs rise. It works, I gather, by increasing the number of ldl receptors on the liver. Statins work in a different way and may have other cardiovascular benefits as well as ldl lowering if that's what it's being prescribed for.
 
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