lucas12
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 62
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
From 8% to 4.8%in 3 months No meds ,low carb and exercise.
Support from clinicians is vital, so I'm glad you have that. And well done for your hard work!I’ve been waiting eagerly to post here, finally getting results today.
7.2%
I’ve not been a “good” T1 and haven’t had a test since 2016. With my new found love of LCHF and Libre, I’m energised. Before getting too far in I wanted to get the blood work done.
Now the result isn’t brilliant but it’s better than the previous three results this GP has which were all 7.5%
The absolute best part of my day was getting the congratulations of my GP and enthusiasm for my diet choices and paying the big bucks for the Libre. I wish everyone here could get such positive vibes from a GP. He could very easily have turned it all the other way.
Hi everyone,Re: What are your H test results?
HbA1c is also measured in mmols but if yours was 7.1 you'd be dead as it's far too low for survival the blood sugar tests on our meters are measured in mmol/l and the HbA1c in mmol/mol. If you mean your HbA1c was 7.1% then you're bang on target. Check out the converters on this site. Mine was 9.3%, or 78 mmols/mol.
Hello Daisy,I had a new test this afternoon which came out as 5.5 which is up on my last test which was 5.3 so I was a bit disappointed. The only explanation I can find for this is that I have "relaxed" my eating habits a bit and put on weight :thumbdown: This has given me new willpower to be more strict with myself and lose this weight. :clap:
So I went to my Diabetic Clinic check last Wednesday.Not been on the Forum for a while. Disappointed that mine is 66 (8.2) when it was 53 (7.0) in May. Blood pressure is causing issues, gaining weight, and generally unwell. Need to get back on track so today I start again.....
Hi,5.4% for my 7 year old daughter yesterday, we’re delighted.
Hi,
Glad to see you are using the percentage values commonly used in most European countries and not the fixed values which predominate in posts from UK residents. Well done!
Keep up the good work!
My value is 7.1%, for a T1 diabetic of 72 years.
Greetings from Kiel, Germany
Hello Daisy,
You think this is a good result and I wish I could agree with you. My diabetologist considers any level under 6.8% dangerously low. He recommends a reading in the region of 7.0% to. 7.6%, probably because last year I suffered from frequent night time hypos which.were caused by too high doses of Levemir insulin taken just before bedtime ( 11.pm) in order to avoid very high BG levels the following morning.
In the end, we went for a CGM device (in my case the Dexcom G5) which is a life saver for me and for my dear wife, who no longer has the thankless task of having to administer Glucagon injections at all times of night.
Let’s continue this discussion when you have had a moment to digest this post.
Best wishes to you
My most recent was, unfortunately, >14%.
However, since then (it was a while ago), I've come out of DKA and I've taken serious care of myself. According to my MySugar (the app I use to track my glucose levels) my next hba1c will be around 6!