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<blockquote data-quote="Sirzy" data-source="post: 344715" data-attributes="member: 38017"><p>Hi Craig,</p><p></p><p>I'm afraid I can't help you with the Metformin question as I'm not yet on any medication, but I follow a very low carb diet and my HbA1c is usually around 5.1-5.3% My diabetic consultant is very pleased with this and says I'm lower than almost all of his other patients. although I'd still like to be lower, possibly in the high 4's (i.e. the non-diabetic range). I asked him out of curiosity what sort of HbA1c levels I'd have to be getting before he'd start considering meds and he said they'd have to be in the 6's, so your GP's suggestion of 7% as a 'safe' level sounds way too high to me. As I understand it, doctors prefer insulin taking diabetics to run a little higher than non-insulin diabetics to avoid hypos (I think, not totally sure, as I'm not taking insulin yet), but as you're not at this stage yet, I think your GP has got this wrong to be honest. </p><p></p><p>It might be worth doing a bit of research about HbA1c values and how they can lead to complications if they're too high (the Blood Sugar 101 website is a good starting point for this as she specifically addresses this problem <a href="http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/35169265.php" target="_blank">http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/35169265.php</a>), then you can go back to your GP armed with some evidence that a low HbA1c is actually a good thing!!</p><p></p><p>Sarah <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sirzy, post: 344715, member: 38017"] Hi Craig, I'm afraid I can't help you with the Metformin question as I'm not yet on any medication, but I follow a very low carb diet and my HbA1c is usually around 5.1-5.3% My diabetic consultant is very pleased with this and says I'm lower than almost all of his other patients. although I'd still like to be lower, possibly in the high 4's (i.e. the non-diabetic range). I asked him out of curiosity what sort of HbA1c levels I'd have to be getting before he'd start considering meds and he said they'd have to be in the 6's, so your GP's suggestion of 7% as a 'safe' level sounds way too high to me. As I understand it, doctors prefer insulin taking diabetics to run a little higher than non-insulin diabetics to avoid hypos (I think, not totally sure, as I'm not taking insulin yet), but as you're not at this stage yet, I think your GP has got this wrong to be honest. It might be worth doing a bit of research about HbA1c values and how they can lead to complications if they're too high (the Blood Sugar 101 website is a good starting point for this as she specifically addresses this problem [url=http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/35169265.php]http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/35169265.php[/url]), then you can go back to your GP armed with some evidence that a low HbA1c is actually a good thing!! Sarah :D [/QUOTE]
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