Hello all, I’m age 67 and I’ve been diabetic type 2 for seven years. When I was first diagnosed I went into denial for a long time, although sometimes I tried to keep the carbs low, but my health was suffering! I’ve now been on a Keto diet since February this year. I’ve lost a lot of weight and I feel a lot better. I exercise regularly and test my BG everyday, especially first thing, so I don’t go off the rails! My HbA1c test last week was 40mmol/l, which I’m please about. As I need more recipe ideas I’ve just bought the book ‘The Diabetes Weight-loss Cookbook’ with a forward by Dr David Unwin. I find Dr Unwin quite inspirational, I wish he was my GP!
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Mark Rawlinson
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Hello and welcome
Hba1c 40 well done what was your level before that
I am no diet expert really but am sure others will be along to help soon
Hba1c 40 well done what was your level before that
I am no diet expert really but am sure others will be along to help soon
Mark Rawlinson
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Re the metformin I was so glad to be able to come off that I asked to go on insulin instead (the side effect was SO bad) Mt levels were 129 now down to 45 at last reading vit dont know now as all the labs doe results are on stroke here in Lancashire
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Similar to me; I don't know what mine was, I was just told it was "very high" and that I needed to go on 2000g Metformin immediately, if not sooner! I pointed out that this couldn't have happened overnight, and why hadn't it been flagged in previous years, but apparently "they had all been too worried" about an anomalous blood test result, which they had decided was cancer (spoiler: it wasn't!) to worry about my blood sugar! I was furious!
So, anyway, last year they told me I was down to pre-diabetic levels and well done and keep on doing whatever you're doing (which was mostly not taking a blind bit of notice of having diabetes other than taking the meds!), and then I got invited on to the Ascend Plus trial, which gives you either 14mg oral semaglutide or a placebo. I'm on the semaglutide (one is not supposed to know, but it's patently obvious) with the result that I've lost a lot of weight and my last HbAc1 was 40! I asked if I could reduce my metformin but was told "not yet", which means it's going to be another year before I can. Oh well. They don't give me side-effects any more, although the semaglutide does!
45 is good! Sorry to hear about lab strike!
Yes, I’m seeing doctor this week and going to ask if I can reduce the Metformin. I don’t get side effects, but I think my absorption of B12 has decreased, so changed to a spray. Apparently it takes years of insulin resistance before diabetes type 2 develops, but they don’t test your insulin!
