Thank youHi @anhnev and welcome to the forum.
Your HBA1c does indicate a diagnosis of diabetes.
An HbA1c level of 6.5% (48mmol/mol) or above indicates type 2 diabetes. Although there's no fixed point to indicate when someone has pre-diabetes, a UK expert group has recommended that an HbA1c level of 6-6.4% (42-47 mmol/mol) would indicate that a person has a high risk of developing diabetes.
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Diabetes-type2/Pages/Diagnosis.aspx
Hi and welcome,
Your HbA1c is enough to confirm a diagnosis of Type 2, so welcome to the club! It is not unusual to have no symptoms. I didn't have any. It does come as a shock, but best not to deny it. Time to take control and with a bit of effort you can get those levels down. There is no harm in asking for another blood test, but another HbA1c test done now is likely to show the same results as they are a sort of average of the previous 2 to 3 months. This is why we only tend to have them every 3 months.
Hi and welcome,
Your HbA1c is enough to confirm a diagnosis of Type 2, so welcome to the club! It is not unusual to have no symptoms. I didn't have any. It does come as a shock, but best not to deny it. Time to take control and with a bit of effort you can get those levels down. There is no harm in asking for another blood test, but another HbA1c test done now is likely to show the same results as they are a sort of average of the previous 2 to 3 months. This is why we only tend to have them every 3 months.
Thank you. Is the diet they put you on easy to follow? Would it be possible to know more about it?
Thank youNobody put me on a diet, other than the wonderful people on this forum. My nurse told me to eat carbs with every meal, plenty of fruit, low fat, and to keep the protein down. That advice is, of course, rubbish. For diabetics, carbs are not good. Carbs convert to glucose once inside the system. Glucose (sugar) is what we have to avoid. Fruit is also not a good choice for most of us as there is too much sugar in it, although some fruits are OK. If we cut down on the carbs we have to make up the lost calories somehow and these can only come from fats and protein. Take your pick.
The main carbs to avoid or reduce are bread, potatoes, rice, pasta and cereals.
Yes, a low carb/increased fats diet is easy to follow. It has to be as it is a diet for life.
thank youHi anhev,
A good idea would be to read through the advice that the forum has compiled for newly diagnosed diabetics and then ask any questions you have.
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/basic-information-for-newly-diagnosed-diabetics.26870/
You will find that there are different eating plans that people use to control their diabetes but the main tool you will need is a testing meter. Your G.P. may be happy to supply one although many posters do not get them and it seems to be a postcode lottery. We can give you information about the cheapest one.
Some people can eat 20grammes of carbs a day and there are others who can manage more, 60, 70, up to about 200 so you will see that menus are all trial and error for you. You have to find your acceptable level and that is why you need to test in the early days.
Stress, illness, infections, lack of or too much activity will all affect your levels but sometimes there is no rhyme or reason as to why a test produces high or low results.
It is a shock for most when diagnosed and has been compared to a grieving process, grieving for a life that has altered. This article may be of help to you,
Diabetes explained. The five stages of grief.
http://www.diabetesexplained.com/the-five-stages-of-grief.html
Ask anything you like, nothing is silly as when you are first diagnosed it can be a minefield to understand all the information.
thank youHi anhev,
A good idea would be to read through the advice that the forum has compiled for newly diagnosed diabetics and then ask any questions you have.
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/basic-information-for-newly-diagnosed-diabetics.26870/
You will find that there are different eating plans that people use to control their diabetes but the main tool you will need is a testing meter. Your G.P. may be happy to supply one although many posters do not get them and it seems to be a postcode lottery. We can give you information about the cheapest one.
Some people can eat 20grammes of carbs a day and there are others who can manage more, 60, 70, up to about 200 so you will see that menus are all trial and error for you. You have to find your acceptable level and that is why you need to test in the early days.
Stress, illness, infections, lack of or too much activity will all affect your levels but sometimes there is no rhyme or reason as to why a test produces high or low results.
It is a shock for most when diagnosed and has been compared to a grieving process, grieving for a life that has altered. This article may be of help to you,
Diabetes explained. The five stages of grief.
http://www.diabetesexplained.com/the-five-stages-of-grief.html
Ask anything you like, nothing is silly as when you are first diagnosed it can be a minefield to understand all the information.
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