just had my latest HBA1c result which came back as 5.5% in old money, i was diagnosed at 10% 14 months ago and put on 2x metformin daily with the help of this forum and other research i quickly started very low carbing (i'd say as close to zero carb as possible for the first 4 months) to drop fat and drop my blood sugar level as fast as i possibly could, i went from just over 20 stone and 34% bodyfat to just under 14 stone and 18% bodyfat and dropped my HBA1c from 10% to 5.8%
i eased up a bit on the zero carb diet to try and find a point that i felt i could be comfortable with going forward and moved to a low carb diet ( less than 50g most days, perhaps upto 100g on the 2 days i weight train ) my last result approx 6 months ago was 5.9% and my gp was very keen to take me off meds, however i tried to explain how strict i was dietwise and that the metformin gave me a little bit of flexibility in my diet, i hasten to add i don't abuse meds to let me eat whatever i fancy but he wasn't impressed with the whole low carb thing but agreed to leave me on the 2 x metformin daily at that time however following todays result of 5.5% he really wants me off them as in his own words "i'm too low" ? *** ? i asked him why he would want me any higher than an average non diabetic ? he had no answer to that and just said 7% is the "safe" limit, i'd prefer to stay on the metformin for the reasons i've already outlined as well as the potential cardiovascular protection as well as the possible anti cancer properties.
can he force me off the metformin ?
i keep getting told that there is no possibility of me having a hypo and this is used as one of the reasons for me not to test myself yet my gp is now telling me that i'm too low and there is evidence to suggest that being too low is as harmful as being too high ? but surely i want to be as close to a non diabetic level as i can get and sustain comfortably ? i thought i had a good grasp on this but am now confused ?
we ended the conversation with the agreement to drop down to 1 x metformin daily and i'm to have another HBA1c in 3 months time, i don't know how people on here feel about this but i'm seriously tempted to sabbotage this next test ?
i hope someone understands where i'm coming from with this ? if i stick to the same diet and decrease my meds surely my HBA1c test results can only go up ? and although i'm sure they'll still be within they're healthy range but they won't be where i want them to be ?
am i right to want to be as close to a non diabetic level as i can comfortably sustain bearing in mind this is a progressive condition which to the best of my knowledge will only get worse ?
does anyone else feel that the NHS "safe" limit of 7% will be revised down the way in the future ?
Thanks just for reading this and if anyone can identify with any of this and can take the time to reply i'd be extremely grateful
Craig
i eased up a bit on the zero carb diet to try and find a point that i felt i could be comfortable with going forward and moved to a low carb diet ( less than 50g most days, perhaps upto 100g on the 2 days i weight train ) my last result approx 6 months ago was 5.9% and my gp was very keen to take me off meds, however i tried to explain how strict i was dietwise and that the metformin gave me a little bit of flexibility in my diet, i hasten to add i don't abuse meds to let me eat whatever i fancy but he wasn't impressed with the whole low carb thing but agreed to leave me on the 2 x metformin daily at that time however following todays result of 5.5% he really wants me off them as in his own words "i'm too low" ? *** ? i asked him why he would want me any higher than an average non diabetic ? he had no answer to that and just said 7% is the "safe" limit, i'd prefer to stay on the metformin for the reasons i've already outlined as well as the potential cardiovascular protection as well as the possible anti cancer properties.
can he force me off the metformin ?
i keep getting told that there is no possibility of me having a hypo and this is used as one of the reasons for me not to test myself yet my gp is now telling me that i'm too low and there is evidence to suggest that being too low is as harmful as being too high ? but surely i want to be as close to a non diabetic level as i can get and sustain comfortably ? i thought i had a good grasp on this but am now confused ?
we ended the conversation with the agreement to drop down to 1 x metformin daily and i'm to have another HBA1c in 3 months time, i don't know how people on here feel about this but i'm seriously tempted to sabbotage this next test ?
i hope someone understands where i'm coming from with this ? if i stick to the same diet and decrease my meds surely my HBA1c test results can only go up ? and although i'm sure they'll still be within they're healthy range but they won't be where i want them to be ?
am i right to want to be as close to a non diabetic level as i can comfortably sustain bearing in mind this is a progressive condition which to the best of my knowledge will only get worse ?
does anyone else feel that the NHS "safe" limit of 7% will be revised down the way in the future ?
Thanks just for reading this and if anyone can identify with any of this and can take the time to reply i'd be extremely grateful
Craig