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<blockquote data-quote="Rachox" data-source="post: 2096917" data-attributes="member: 400972"><p>Hi Julieann and welcome! What a truly shocking way to learn of your diagnosis.</p><p>As you say you’ve landed in a great place, this forum!</p><p>First let me give you a link to a useful info page:</p><p><a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/basic-information-for-newly-diagnosed-diabetics.17088/" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/basic-information-for-newly-diagnosed-diabetics.17088/</a></p><p>I was diagnosed with an HbA1c of 70, HbA1c is a clever test which works out your average blood sugar level over the preceding 3 months approx. Here’s some info:</p><p><a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-test.html" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-test.html</a></p><p>As you will see at 52 you aren’t too far into the diabetic range. The HbA1c is different from a finger prick test which shows you your blood sugar at that moment in time. You’ve done the right thing buying a meter, you need to do some methodicay testing before and two hours after meals to see how certain foods affect you.</p><p>As for Metformin, it’s entirely up to you if you start on it, remember your GP can only advise. I do take Metformin as I wanted to get things under control quickly, both blood sugars and weight (you can read my stats in my signature). However with an HbA1c of 52 it is entirely doable to get that down to non diabetic with a low carb diet that’s what I use.</p><p>Do some more reading and come back with any questions that occur to you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rachox, post: 2096917, member: 400972"] Hi Julieann and welcome! What a truly shocking way to learn of your diagnosis. As you say you’ve landed in a great place, this forum! First let me give you a link to a useful info page: [URL]https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/basic-information-for-newly-diagnosed-diabetics.17088/[/URL] I was diagnosed with an HbA1c of 70, HbA1c is a clever test which works out your average blood sugar level over the preceding 3 months approx. Here’s some info: [URL]https://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-test.html[/URL] As you will see at 52 you aren’t too far into the diabetic range. The HbA1c is different from a finger prick test which shows you your blood sugar at that moment in time. You’ve done the right thing buying a meter, you need to do some methodicay testing before and two hours after meals to see how certain foods affect you. As for Metformin, it’s entirely up to you if you start on it, remember your GP can only advise. I do take Metformin as I wanted to get things under control quickly, both blood sugars and weight (you can read my stats in my signature). However with an HbA1c of 52 it is entirely doable to get that down to non diabetic with a low carb diet that’s what I use. Do some more reading and come back with any questions that occur to you. [/QUOTE]
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