))Denise((
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Had my blood tests taken just before Christmas and went back today for the results. My GP was really pleased with my results - HbA1c was 36 (in new money) approx 5.44% down from 38 or 5.6% in April, Cholesterol was 3.0, blood pressure and kidney function normal.
I don't think many of his diabetic patients get as good results as mine. I said it was mainly down to cutting out wheat things and not eating potatoes (don't like rice or pasta so I don't eat those either).
I never have my blood tests done fasting (never been told to), so this time there was a 7.4 mmol/L - so presume this would be a fasting level execpt that it was after breakfast. As I didn't know what levels I'd been diagnosed at in 2007, I asked to have a look (he did offer to print them, but then admitted with their new computer system he didn't know how to :?: ).
At the time of diagnosis I was drinking nearly a litre of sweet fizzy drink per day. The first HbA1c came out at 7.7% but the other measurement (non fasting) was 17.7 mmol/L. I was very anaemic at this time, so would this affect the HbA1c? Otherwise to me it doesn't make sense as I wasn't having hypos.
HbA1c history
Diagnosis November 2007 7.7%
January 2008 7.5%
January 2009 7.0%
Janurary 2010 7.4%
Spring 2010 - very bad control, if test had been done, probably would have been 9.0%
August 2010 - 6.4%
December 2010 - 6.0%
April 2011 - 5.6%
December 2011 - 5.4%
I'm so glad I found this forum, I had no idea about carbs.
I don't think many of his diabetic patients get as good results as mine. I said it was mainly down to cutting out wheat things and not eating potatoes (don't like rice or pasta so I don't eat those either).
I never have my blood tests done fasting (never been told to), so this time there was a 7.4 mmol/L - so presume this would be a fasting level execpt that it was after breakfast. As I didn't know what levels I'd been diagnosed at in 2007, I asked to have a look (he did offer to print them, but then admitted with their new computer system he didn't know how to :?: ).
At the time of diagnosis I was drinking nearly a litre of sweet fizzy drink per day. The first HbA1c came out at 7.7% but the other measurement (non fasting) was 17.7 mmol/L. I was very anaemic at this time, so would this affect the HbA1c? Otherwise to me it doesn't make sense as I wasn't having hypos.
HbA1c history
Diagnosis November 2007 7.7%
January 2008 7.5%
January 2009 7.0%
Janurary 2010 7.4%
Spring 2010 - very bad control, if test had been done, probably would have been 9.0%
August 2010 - 6.4%
December 2010 - 6.0%
April 2011 - 5.6%
December 2011 - 5.4%
I'm so glad I found this forum, I had no idea about carbs.
