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I have just been given my latest hba1c score: a very nice non-diabetic 5,2% or 33,3 mmol. ( my last score was 6% or 42mmol)

All lipid counts improved as well!
-Triglycerides down from 1,5 to 0,99 mmol.
-Total cholesterol down from 3,9 to 3,7.
-LDL down from 2,3 to 2,2
-HDL up from 0,85 to 1,01

Feeling very very happy
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Pavlos
 
pavlosn said:
I have just been given my latest hba1c score: a very nice non-diabetic 5,2% or 33,3 mmol. ( my last score was 6% or 42mmol)

All lipid counts improved as well!
-Triglycerides down from 1,5 to 0,99 mmol.
-Total cholesterol down from 3,9 to 3,7.
-LDL down from 2,3 to 2,2
-HDL up from 0,85 to 1,01

Feeling very very happy
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Hi Pavlos,

Those are excellent results. You should feel very proud of all that you have achieved...I know I feel very proud of you also. I really love it when people post their results, its a real incentive to people like me and gives me that little push I need to do better.

Well done
Kezzer
 
pavlosn said:
I have just been given my latest hba1c score: a very nice non-diabetic 5,2% or 33,3 mmol. ( my last score was 6% or 42mmol)

All lipid counts improved as well!
-Triglycerides down from 1,5 to 0,99 mmol.
-Total cholesterol down from 3,9 to 3,7.
-LDL down from 2,3 to 2,2
-HDL up from 0,85 to 1,01

Feeling very very happy
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Well done and well deserved x
 
brettsza said:
Hi Pavlos

Well its not not high and well within NICE guidelines but being diabetic I am always scared to see a 6 on the meter, funny enough my a1c was 7.5 as you and bluetit helped me with that and I never see that on the meter ever

I just want the a1c to be below the diabetic range next time and sometime even my wife says you are just thinking too much about the levels all the time and I should relax a bit but I am too hard on myself always:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:

All the best for your A1c and lipids, hope they are good :)

Regards

Bretts
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Phew.....not just me that doesn't like seeing a 6 these days!!:joyful: Kind of gets hold of you doesn't it?!
 
pavlosn said:
I have just been given my latest hba1c score: a very nice non-diabetic 5,2% or 33,3 mmol. ( my last score was 6% or 42mmol)

All lipid counts improved as well!
-Triglycerides down from 1,5 to 0,99 mmol.
-Total cholesterol down from 3,9 to 3,7.
-LDL down from 2,3 to 2,2
-HDL up from 0,85 to 1,01

Feeling very very happy
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Well done!! Great results!
 
pavlosn said:
I have just been given my latest hba1c score: a very nice non-diabetic 5,2% or 33,3 mmol. ( my last score was 6% or 42mmol)

All lipid counts improved as well!
-Triglycerides down from 1,5 to 0,99 mmol.
-Total cholesterol down from 3,9 to 3,7.
-LDL down from 2,3 to 2,2
-HDL up from 0,85 to 1,01

Feeling very very happy
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Pavlov,

What can I say, jealous, hate you lol, but really very pleased for you.

I hope when I get called for my next test I can go somewhere near what you have achieved.

Onward and downward that's they way.

Very, very well done, we all know it's not easy but there agin good things generally are not easy.
 
AndBreathe said:
Peacetrain – I also found my levels would move in notches as I progressed in my journey.

I’m interested in your reaction to your 3s. If you haven’t tested for a while, you were probably experiencing them without realising, and without taking any “corrective” action? If that’s the case, why do you feel compelled to “correct” with raisins?

Those 3s are possibly all part of pulling your scores down. If you think about the early days and carb cravings, where our bodies are trying to “protect” us from lower numbers, when they are alien to us.

Provided you feel fine when you see a 3 (I know the first few times it’s a bit of a “Whoooooaaaaa” moment), then just carry on as before and see what happens. For me, I just get to the next meal fine.

Of course, we are all different and I might have grasped the wrong end of the stick.
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Once I'm in the low 5s I begin to feel it and it's not a good feeling. When I begin to overbalance I know I've gone lower. So even though I wasn't measuring I did make sure I had a little something when I didn't feel ok. This is my personal approach. I think there is no concrete rule of thumb. You are right ... We are all different.Different reactions to each other when it comes to the same quantity of food. Similarly, different people feel differently to each other with the same bg level.
If my body has been tricking me whilst not testing I'll soon know it at the end of the month. I just wanted a rest from testing and I didn't change my food, so I felt quite safe. During half term I did frequent the coffee shops and probably had 2 cappuccino s a day when it's usually 2 a week in total. I've drunk black coffee for 34 years but now cappucino is my treat and I have it instead of a pudding if I'm eating out.
 
pavlosn said:
I have just been given my latest hba1c score: a very nice non-diabetic 5,2% or 33,3 mmol. ( my last score was 6% or 42mmol)

All lipid counts improved as well!
-Triglycerides down from 1,5 to 0,99 mmol.
-Total cholesterol down from 3,9 to 3,7.
-LDL down from 2,3 to 2,2
-HDL up from 0,85 to 1,01

Feeling very very happy
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Great results Pavlos !! Well done :)

Ps your the only other person I've ever seen on Diovan !
 
pavlosn said:
I have just been given my latest hba1c score: a very nice non-diabetic 5,2% or 33,3 mmol. ( my last score was 6% or 42mmol)

All lipid counts improved as well!
-Triglycerides down from 1,5 to 0,99 mmol.
-Total cholesterol down from 3,9 to 3,7.
-LDL down from 2,3 to 2,2
-HDL up from 0,85 to 1,01

Feeling very very happy
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Love your work :)

Mike
 
Had a 5.9 this morning so pleased with that :)

Exercise in one hour and see what the reading is at 2 hours
 
I took one reading and it said 7.1 this morning, so I immediately took another....6.8. I must have had a liver dump. I had a huge work day yesterday, had to go into the country (2hr drive) for a long meeting and then a 2 hr drive back. This morning I am really, really tired, but I have to bounce back I have so much work to do. Eating a cheese omelette that will bring the bs down.
 
.... and 6.8 at 2 hours after 20 minutes leisurely exercise. Lowest at that point in time after breakfast in 2 weeks and nowhere near the 8s and 9s of recent days.
 
An unusually low 3,8 mmol for me this morning.

Wonder if this has anything to do with the two glasses of red wine I had last night. I do not drink often but last night was my 30 year reunion with my schoolmates, and a very enjoyable reunion it was too, so I made an exception.

I now wish I had checked what my level was last night before bed/after dinner.

I guess I will have to experiment with a glass of red wine at dinner time again and see if I get a similar result again.

Pavlos
 
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An unusually low 3,8 mmol for me this morning.

Wonder if this has anything to do with the two glasses of red wine I had last night. I do not drink often but last night was my 30 year reunion with my schoolmates, and a very enjoyable reunion it was too, so I made an exception.

I now wish I had checked what my level was last night before bed/after dinner.

I guess I will have to experiment with a glass of red wine at dinner time again and see if I get a similar result again.

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Also may have been influenced by your good readings and you relaxed?

I couldn't believe I hit 4.1 last nite after some post dinner exercise.

Still can't seem to get over the pain in my sides during the day but I guess that's the LCHF changes. Shakiness is now only minimal (first thing in the morning and that's it) and no longer feel unsteady when walking. I think more exercise is in order.

Mike
 
Just tested again after taking a carb shot in the form of a small unripe banana about an hour ago just before my 5km fifty minute morning walk. My 3,8 on waking up has now risen to a more normal for me 5,3 so I guess I judged that just about right.

It was important to me psychologically to not miss my morning walk today.

Not only because I missed yesterday's walk, but also because I do not want any thoughts of easing up, of resting on my laurels after yesterday's good results of my latest blood test to enter my brain.

Complacency has always been my enemy, so I can not afford to take my eye off the ball.

Really pleased with those blood test results though :-)

Pavlos
 
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