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<blockquote data-quote="SaladDaze" data-source="post: 1745709" data-attributes="member: 469373"><p>Hi Simon, </p><p></p><p>Well done on your result.</p><p></p><p>At least you got to enjoy Christmas and the New Year ;-) I was diagnosed T2 a week or so before you, So no Christmas pud for me!</p><p></p><p>I had an HbA1c of 12.1% (= 109). I understood that was not good so I put myself on a low carb diet (no medications as yet) and at the end of Jan it was down to 7.0% (= 53) so still a bit above normal range. Doc said to go back in three months, so I'm now waiting for the end of April for my first HbA1c reading after a full 3 months of low carb.</p><p></p><p>As far as diet is concerned I do love the salads I make and did even before the diagnosis. Also I've started baking loaves of Soul Bread just to satisfy my craving for something a bit stodgy occasonally. I also found a very low carb jam in the supermarket to put on it. Not the best jam but compared to nothing it's wonderful.</p><p></p><p>To date I've also lost 12 kilos (26 lbs) so far.</p><p></p><p>I asked my doc whether I should buy a glucose meter and he said no, but I've just bought one anyway because I thought it would be silly to wait until the end of April to find out if things aren't progressing as well as hoped. I did my first finger prick last night. Four tests in total so far, two within normal range the other two just wierd (which I'm going to ignore for now).</p><p></p><p>Whilst my low carb diet is OK I would like to be able to indulge myself a little occasionally in future if I do get it under control. So my idea is to get myself one of those 'Freestyle Libre' pieces of kit that stick to the skin and take constant readings for 2 weeks. During that period I'll experiment to see how different foods ... and drink ;-) ... affect me, keeping a careful note of what I eat, exercise etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SaladDaze, post: 1745709, member: 469373"] Hi Simon, Well done on your result. At least you got to enjoy Christmas and the New Year ;-) I was diagnosed T2 a week or so before you, So no Christmas pud for me! I had an HbA1c of 12.1% (= 109). I understood that was not good so I put myself on a low carb diet (no medications as yet) and at the end of Jan it was down to 7.0% (= 53) so still a bit above normal range. Doc said to go back in three months, so I'm now waiting for the end of April for my first HbA1c reading after a full 3 months of low carb. As far as diet is concerned I do love the salads I make and did even before the diagnosis. Also I've started baking loaves of Soul Bread just to satisfy my craving for something a bit stodgy occasonally. I also found a very low carb jam in the supermarket to put on it. Not the best jam but compared to nothing it's wonderful. To date I've also lost 12 kilos (26 lbs) so far. I asked my doc whether I should buy a glucose meter and he said no, but I've just bought one anyway because I thought it would be silly to wait until the end of April to find out if things aren't progressing as well as hoped. I did my first finger prick last night. Four tests in total so far, two within normal range the other two just wierd (which I'm going to ignore for now). Whilst my low carb diet is OK I would like to be able to indulge myself a little occasionally in future if I do get it under control. So my idea is to get myself one of those 'Freestyle Libre' pieces of kit that stick to the skin and take constant readings for 2 weeks. During that period I'll experiment to see how different foods ... and drink ;-) ... affect me, keeping a careful note of what I eat, exercise etc. [/QUOTE]
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