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5.4 :) A couple of months ago my baseline was around the 7's but now it seems to be in the 5's! I'm hopeful I can start to look at lowering my meds soon but I'm nervous that my current diet alone won't be enough to keep me on track. To restrict myself more and have to think about food even more...

HbA1c in October was 109, January it was 68, this week its 45! I'm so happy right now! But feeling guilty for having a bad food weekend...back on it tomorrow to keep it going down. I feel so much better with limited carbs and sugar aswell which is the main thing for me. Yay me! Or...

Thanks that's all good to know! I'm not taking a proper average each day I just mean when I've checked against the libre the finger pricks are often 2 points higher so if I've been roughly 5/6 over the day on the libre I assumed it would be 7/8 on the strips. If that makes sense. But your...

Wow good to know. My next A1c is in a couple of weeks time so I'll see how it matches. I'm hoping it's close to as I'm happy with what it's showing me so far.

Can I ask which is more accurate, the Libre monitor or the finger pricks? I have the monitor (free trial for 2 weeks) and it has me mostly in the 5's or 6's but if I check against the finger prick that is always 1 or 2 points higher. So im just wondering if my average is 5 or 6 over a day, as...

Same here, I feel a lot better in myself. I wasn't prepared for such pain from certain foods though! Crazy how it works but definitely helps with sticking to the good stuff.

It's definitely motivating! I won't be eating them again for sure.

Apologies if this is long and rambly! I have always felt I've been in pain of some kind, just in general, and never been able to pinpoint any reason. Team that with constantly being told I'm being dramatic I learned to live with a certain level of discomfort thinking this is just what being...

Thanks Definitely only happens occasionally now. I feel better with these replies and I can relax a bit, which will help me stay on track better in the long run I think.

Thank you that's very helpful I agree about people, I'm not a huge fan of the humans and we don't deserve the wonders that are animals. Research is my thing too, I started creating a database of all kinds of info about diabetes/food etc. and then I got overwhelmed because it got too large and I...

Thanks I will check that out!

That's good to know! I don't know the number I haven't spoken to the Doc yet I just know it's been flagged as high. They weren't going to test for cholesterol as they saw no reason to but I pushed for it as I didn't want to be blindsided by that later down the line. I was feeling pretty...

So after having a slight breakdown today, I have just got the results of my A1c. My first was taken 2/10/23 and was 109, my second was 4/1/24 and its down to 68 so I'm pretty happy about that! I'm right to be happy about that right? But I do have high cholesterol which sucks but I have already...

Thanks for the reply. No offence taken, my coping mechanisms may not be healthy but they make me feel better! I have a weighted blanket, I should utilise it more. I'm much more experienced in dealing with my meltdowns before they become too much but today it just hit me. I think I needed someone...

After running a few errands today I began to have a meltdown like I haven't had in a long time (I am autistic/adhd) and I have ended up dancing and singing very loudly around my living room drinking red wine from the bottle which is an old coping mechanism for me. I stole my partners crisps too...