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Bluebell_GB

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
As I had been doing well with my weight loss and fasting BG numbers (see charts below), I asked for an HbA1c to confim that I was on track.

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I have just seen the doctor who told me that it was 5.1. She is now questioning the initial diagnosis. I have persuaded her to carry out an OGTT next week (need a week off the metformin) to see whether I have just got this under control or whether I am cured. I suspect the former.

Wish me luck next week.

Regards

Bluebell
 
Wonderful, well done, funny how they wonder if they got it wrong, and its not down to your own efforts.
 
Well done! Those are some impressive graphs. :)

Please come back and tell us what happens with your OGTT...
 
I am well impressed with your results and your graphs which show the correlation between weight loss and BS levels. What app/software did you use?

I seriously need to start losing weight ....
 
magsiesss said:
I am well impressed with your results and your graphs which show the correlation between weight loss and BS levels. What app/software did you use?

I seriously need to start losing weight ....
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Just MS Excel on my pc for the graphing. I keep the file in Onedrive so I can enter the data on my tablet. I also use the MyFitnessPal app to keep a track of macros at each meal and the MySugr app to check the correlation between meals and bg levels. As an engineer, I firmly believe that you can't control what you don't measure.

The diet I use is Michael Mosley's 8 week blood sugar diet combined with 16:8 intermittent fasting (ie just a cup of green tea for breakfast). This is now modified to 1200 calories per day with carbs in the 30-50 grams per day range and 60% of calories from fats. I can't go too high with the fats as I don't have a gallbladder but it seems to work for me.

Regards

Bluebell
 
Thanks @Bluebell_GB

Great example there of what I could be doing ...... and again, congrats on brilliant results
 
I went for my first diabetes eye check today and was advised that I must have at least 150gms of carbs per day for at least 3 days before the OGTT. That's 2 weeks’ worth in 3 days! Oh well, I will get reacquainted with chips and pasta for a while.

It will be interesting to see what effect that will have on my fasting bg.


Regards


Bluebell
 
Bluebell_GB said:
I went for my first diabetes eye check today and was advised that I must have at least 150gms of carbs per day for at least 3 days before the OGTT. That's 2 weeks’ worth in 3 days! Oh well, I will get reacquainted with chips and pasta for a while.

It will be interesting to see what effect that will have on my fasting bg.


Regards


Bluebell
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I am impressed they told you to eat the carbs! Most people wouldn't have a clue, and wouldn't know to tell you. :)
 
OGTT this morning. I get the official results tomorrow but I did my own monitoring - looks like a resounding fail!

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I'm not sure why the initial reading was so high at 6.1. My fasting bg 2 hours before was 5.2 and all I had since then was water. It will be interesting to compare numbers with the official results.

Oh well, goodbye chips, pasta and pizza. Back on the wagon now.

Regards

Bluebell
 
Brunneria said:
Well done! Those are some impressive graphs. :)

Please come back and tell us what happens with your OGTT...
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I have just received the official start and finish numbers - 5.8 and 10.5. These are slightly lower than my readings of 6.1 and 11.5 so it looks as if my meter is reading about 10% high. I am seeing the doctor again next week to discuss the way forward. I suspect it will be carry on as you were with the diet and exercise but I'm not sure whether to keep on with the metformin (I'm only taking 500mg SR per day).

Regards

Bluebell
 
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I halved my Metformin recently due to good results.
Didn't work.
I'm back to 2x 500mgm. But things have settled down agaain.
I'm more concerned with the Levothyroxine at 175 mgm. In 30 years I have never taken that much as a daily dose.
 
I had a review with the Dr this evening and she agreed to increase the metformin to 2 x 500mg SR per day. She will also send my graph to the practice specialist who may be able to tell from the shape whether the issue is IR or loss of B cells (or a bit of both!). I must say that I am impressed with her attitude.

Regards

Bluebell
 
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