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Hello Everyone,
I was diagnosed three weeks ago as type 2. I am confused as to the relationship of the HbA1c tests and the fasting glucose test.
When tested my fasting level was 7.7. The HbA1c was 6.2. What is the relevance please? If the HbA1C shows the glucose levels over a period of 3 months, then is this not the figure we should be going on?
Treatment is to be diet and exercise. I am 70 years old, and not likely to start power walking at my age. I do need to lose a lot of weight. Diet advice was low fat, high carb. Surely this cannot be right?
They tested my cholesterol at the same time. Total level was 5.6, HDL was 1.14, LDL was 3.97. I was offered Statins but declined. Does anyone here know much about the research done which showed that a higher cholesterol level was in fact beneficial in the elderly? I see no point in lowering my cholesterol only to find I have shot myself in the foot, so to speak.
I have been given strips for testing urine, all of which have been totally negative when tested. The Dr does not believe in monitors for mild diabetics such as myself.
Thanks in advance for any help given.
The more I read the more confused I become.
I was diagnosed three weeks ago as type 2. I am confused as to the relationship of the HbA1c tests and the fasting glucose test.
When tested my fasting level was 7.7. The HbA1c was 6.2. What is the relevance please? If the HbA1C shows the glucose levels over a period of 3 months, then is this not the figure we should be going on?
Treatment is to be diet and exercise. I am 70 years old, and not likely to start power walking at my age. I do need to lose a lot of weight. Diet advice was low fat, high carb. Surely this cannot be right?
They tested my cholesterol at the same time. Total level was 5.6, HDL was 1.14, LDL was 3.97. I was offered Statins but declined. Does anyone here know much about the research done which showed that a higher cholesterol level was in fact beneficial in the elderly? I see no point in lowering my cholesterol only to find I have shot myself in the foot, so to speak.
I have been given strips for testing urine, all of which have been totally negative when tested. The Dr does not believe in monitors for mild diabetics such as myself.
Thanks in advance for any help given.
The more I read the more confused I become.