just kept saying T2s on diet would only worry themselves if they saw high results with home testing as they wouldn't be able to lower them.....They kept going on about having to have a balanced diet with carbohydrates in it and cutting out the bad fats. Pulled the diet plate out and kept going on about the need to eat carbs with every meal to ensure your brain had enough glucose and that it wasn't coming out of the liver's stores
I have my DESMOND full day class coming up this Monday.
I was diagnosed (firstly unofficially by myself- after having the unquenchable thirst and comedic number of trips to the loo symptoms in late March/ early April) by using clinistix urine test and Boots home DIY BG test kit in April: then officially by GP with formal HBA1c early May.
That HBA1c- blood taken 2nd May 2012- was 13.5 (124 in new money) :shock:
At the same time my other blood work from that test visit gave
* headline total cholesterol 7.0; 'good' HDL 1.05; ratio TC/HDL 6.6
* and a liver function ALGT/SGPT number of 67 (he wanted me to go for an MRI to investigate Fatty Liver disease!)
Throughout April and May I spent 80-90 hours researching on the internet- to the extent that I got a slightly bad mid-back and neck problem (gone but took a week away from the PC to unstiffen me) !
The GP immediately put me on 2000 metformin (500x4 per day): I instituted dietary changes (a 'low-medium carb approach' = maximum of 150g of carb a day/ no white flour based products / no added sugar products/ more protein) and exercise (aerobic stationary bike/ dumbbells in my lounge and increase walking in daily life e.g. stairs not lift/ walk not bus etc etc)
My first post diagnosis test results (blood taken last Thursday 3 months after original) were
* HBA1c = 6.4 (46 in new money)
* headline total cholesterol 4.4; 'good' HDL 1.29; ratio TC/HDL 3.4
* liver function ALGT/SGPT number of 32
Result?
Metformin immediately halved to 500x2 per day; statin halved to 20mg per day (this was my lowest set of lipid numbers EVER since my first test when I was diagnosed hypothyroid in 2003 and this is the lowest dose I have been on since 2006): both with a view to lower/ halt usage in 3 months time. Plus 'forget the notion of an MRI scan- your FLD has been reversed.' :thumbup:
I shall be telling the DESMOND people that I test 2/3 times a week- occasionally FG but usually post prandial especially if I have been out and had a larger than normal portion. I will also tell them that I tested a lot in the first month to gauge my bodies reaction to different carbs- I learned this way- for example- that no-wheat bread has only a modest impact as does brown basmati, as do low sugar-lo salt baked beans. But that potatoes- in various forms- and high cost premium squeezed orange juice give me a horrible spike that is not under control 2 hours later.
I shall also be telling them- and showing them via my iApp ("my net diary")- that both my saturated and total fat level intake has increased by 35% in the last three months; my protein intake has increased 20% and my carb intake has decreased 55%. Since January (when ironically I decided to go on a health regime- yep the low fat high fibre high carb orthodoxy!) everything I have eaten or drunk has been recorded. The hard facts are in that app. I have also lost three stone since April (starting pre formal diagnosis when I knew what was wrong).
I wonder what the excuses of the DESMOND team will be?!
I am betting "no wonder you have halved your A1c in 3 months- look at the amount of metformin you were on- if you'd eaten a balanced diet it would be even lower" / "if you had not tested you would have been less stressed and your A1c would be even better" :lol:
