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Hi.

I was diagnosed last Friday, and my fasting bloods were 10.1 Two hours after glucose 24. something. I started low carb, high fat on Monday. I am keeping to below 50 grams of carbs per day.

Today my readings are as follows.

As soon as I got up 5.9
Before evening meal 5.8
Two hours later 5.0

Carbs for that meal were 12.

Can this be right? Can I have reversed my blood glucose so quickly? Is this a miracle? I was determined to not let this beat me. Could I have done this as long as I stay on this path? I will test more once I have more strips. I have ran out other than one for first thing in the morning. I am waiting for my prescription to be filled, and for the extras I bought on ebay to arrive.
 
Brilliant results. :clap: If you are on that kind of low carb regime then its quite feasible to get those results usually not that fast I grant you! When you get some more strips try eating a few more carbs and find out where your safety tolerance actually is. In some people its as high as 180 - 200g / day or more. If you want to keep low carbing that's fine but trying out stuff means you'll be giving yourself more options.
 
No Jeannemum, there's no magic, if you don't eat (m)any carbs then you don't get spikes. I'm on less than 30g at the moment, and my BG never goes above 6mmol/l.

The only question is how long can you stick the diet for? It's sometimes a struggle at first, but when you get into it, it's actually quite fun.

Well done by the way!
 
xyzzy said:
Brilliant results. :clap: If you are on that kind of low carb regime then its quite feasible to get those results usually not that fast I grant you! When you get some more strips try eating a few more carbs and find out where your safety tolerance actually is. In some people its as high as 180 - 200g / day or more. If you want to keep low carbing that's fine but trying out stuff means you'll be giving yourself more options.
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I am proud of myself xyzzy, and I attribute part of this to you and others on here helping me out since I joined last week. When I get my strips, I am going to try some roasted new potatoes for starters, but I have to say the thought of not damaging my already rubbish body any further is pretty inspiring. Thank you :thumbup:
 
borofergie said:
No Jeannemum, there's no magic, if you don't eat (m)any carbs then you don't get spikes. I'm on less than 30g at the moment, and my BG never goes above 6mmol/l.

The only question is how long can you stick the diet for? It's sometimes a struggle at first, but when you get into it, it's actually quite fun.

Well done by the way!
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I could get down to 30 if I gave up my Burgen bread sandwich borofergie. I am not sure how sustainable this all is, but I bet it gets easier the more I learn to cook HF/LC. I wondered if it would be worth ringing my DN to ask her if I should stop taking the one x 500mg metformin a day if I can get it even lower. It has dropped daily since I started on Monday. It shows what we can do if we research, research, research :clap:
 
Jeannemum said:
borofergie said:
No Jeannemum, there's no magic, if you don't eat (m)any carbs then you don't get spikes. I'm on less than 30g at the moment, and my BG never goes above 6mmol/l.

The only question is how long can you stick the diet for? It's sometimes a struggle at first, but when you get into it, it's actually quite fun.

Well done by the way!
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I could get down to 30 if I gave up my Burgen bread sandwich borofergie. I am not sure how sustainable this all is, but I bet it gets easier the more I learn to cook HF/LC. I wondered if it would be worth ringing my DN to ask her if I should stop taking the one x 500mg metformin a day if I can get it even lower. It has dropped daily since I started on Monday. It shows what we can do if we research, research, research :clap:
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Well its all up to you but I low(ish) carb and like my Met. Maybe I'll give it up when I've lost more weight and my insulin resistance has got a bit better. I don't get any reaction to it and it certainly helps with spikes even if it doesn't do a lot for background levels. Stephen (borofergie) has complained in the past he would like his Met back as his doc nicked it off him when his BG's improved!
 
Jeannemum said:
I could get down to 30 if I gave up my Burgen bread sandwich borofergie. I am not sure how sustainable this all is, but I bet it gets easier the more I learn to cook HF/LC. I wondered if it would be worth ringing my DN to ask her if I should stop taking the one x 500mg metformin a day if I can get it even lower. It has dropped daily since I started on Monday. It shows what we can do if we research, research, research :clap:
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You don't need to drop to 30g (I'm not sure that anyone does), I'm just experimenting with becoming keto-adapted (and I find it much easier pshychologically not to worry carbs at all).

Don't be in a rush to get off the metformin, it's good stuff.
 
xyzzy said:
Jeannemum said:
borofergie said:
No Jeannemum, there's no magic, if you don't eat (m)any carbs then you don't get spikes. I'm on less than 30g at the moment, and my BG never goes above 6mmol/l.

The only question is how long can you stick the diet for? It's sometimes a struggle at first, but when you get into it, it's actually quite fun.

Well done by the way!
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I could get down to 30 if I gave up my Burgen bread sandwich borofergie. I am not sure how sustainable this all is, but I bet it gets easier the more I learn to cook HF/LC. I wondered if it would be worth ringing my DN to ask her if I should stop taking the one x 500mg metformin a day if I can get it even lower. It has dropped daily since I started on Monday. It shows what we can do if we research, research, research :clap:
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Well its all up to you but I low(ish) carb and like my Met. Maybe I'll give it up when I've lost more weight and my insulin resistance has got a bit better. I don't get any reaction to it and it certainly helps with spikes even if it doesn't do a lot for background levels. Stephen (borofergie) has complained in the past he would like his Met back as his doc nicked it off him when his BG's improved!
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The GP rewarded all of Stephen's hard work by taking his Metformin off him? :shock:
 
bigfatpaulie said:
The GP rewarded all of Stephen's hard work by taking his Metformin off him? :shock:
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Yes. When my HbA1c got to 5.2% he refused to renew my prescription. I begged and pleaded, saying that I was on a very strict low-carb diet and that taking me off metformin would make it even harder. He wouldn't listen. Now I have no metformin :(

Some Doctors are better than others, but it is a significant problem of getting your BG under control too quickly. I'm not fond of taking meds at all, but Metformin seems to have many benefits above and beyond BG control.
 
I'd keep the metformin... it's a useful drug. Your prescriptions should also all be free if you are a diabetic on medication (i.e. metformin). Hopefully your dr filled out a form for you for this, so that you don't pay for the metformin or the test strips you are prescribed, or anything else you may have on prescription.
 
borofergie said:
bigfatpaulie said:
The GP rewarded all of Stephen's hard work by taking his Metformin off him? :shock:
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Yes. When my HbA1c got to 5.2% he refused to renew my prescription. I begged and pleaded, saying that I was on a very strict low-carb diet and that taking me off metformin would make it even harder. He wouldn't listen. Now I have no metformin :(

Some Doctors are better than others, but it is a significant problem of getting your BG under control too quickly. I'm not fond of taking meds at all, but Metformin seems to have many benefits above and beyond BG control.
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Blast!

I have a lot of weight to lose, and I believe Metformin can help with that. I have an underactive thyroid as well, so getting some fat to move is nearly impossible. I will stick with it!
 
edan said:
I'd keep the metformin... it's a useful drug. Your prescriptions should also all be free if you are a diabetic on medication (i.e. metformin). Hopefully your dr filled out a form for you for this, so that you don't pay for the metformin or the test strips you are prescribed, or anything else you may have on prescription.
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I live in Wales, so everyone has free prescriptions anyway. There has to be some advantages :lol:
 
borofergie said:
bigfatpaulie said:
The GP rewarded all of Stephen's hard work by taking his Metformin off him? :shock:
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Yes. When my HbA1c got to 5.2% he refused to renew my prescription. I begged and pleaded, saying that I was on a very strict low-carb diet and that taking me off metformin would make it even harder. He wouldn't listen. Now I have no metformin :(

Some Doctors are better than others, but it is a significant problem of getting your BG under control too quickly. I'm not fond of taking meds at all, but Metformin seems to have many benefits above and beyond BG control.
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That's what I thought-Met is supposed to have good properties apart from reducing BG such as cardiovascular,certain cancers and reducing the levels of bad 'Fats' in the body as well as helping with weight loss so it's a shame your GP can't seem to see the bigger picture on this Stephen. :thumbdown:
 
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