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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2450578" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>Hi [USER=549737]@Higaomo[/USER] ,</p><p></p><p>Sorry about the diagnosis, but you've come to the right place. Your HbA1c is indeed high, but I've seen people come back from worse on here, usually on a low carb/high fat diet. It's what I did, and I've been in the normal range ever since. I'll always be a diabetic, so when I eat carbs, my blood glucose will rise... So I just don't. And they're fine. You've already been given The Nutritional Thingy's link, so I won't bludgeon you with it, but it's maybe something to share with your dad too... A lot has changed far as research and such goes, but it's taking just about forever to trickle down to Endo's, GP's, dieticians and ultimately, patients. Maybe you can gift one another Dr. Jason Fung's The Diabetes Code as a very early christmas pressie. There's a helpful/hopeful book if ever there was one.</p><p></p><p>You're going to be okay, and you won't have to deal with any of this alone. There's always someone here.</p><p>Hugs,</p><p>Jo</p><p>PS: Just in case you're not at your appointment yet: Get a print-out of all your test results, and ask for them from here on in every time you're tested. And if you're offered statins, if you go low carb that could solve high cholesterol too, while statins can raise blood glucose (and trigger T2 in previously non-diabetics). Just mentioning it as they're usually offered as a matter of course, even if someone doesn't need them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 2450578, member: 401801"] Hi [USER=549737]@Higaomo[/USER] , Sorry about the diagnosis, but you've come to the right place. Your HbA1c is indeed high, but I've seen people come back from worse on here, usually on a low carb/high fat diet. It's what I did, and I've been in the normal range ever since. I'll always be a diabetic, so when I eat carbs, my blood glucose will rise... So I just don't. And they're fine. You've already been given The Nutritional Thingy's link, so I won't bludgeon you with it, but it's maybe something to share with your dad too... A lot has changed far as research and such goes, but it's taking just about forever to trickle down to Endo's, GP's, dieticians and ultimately, patients. Maybe you can gift one another Dr. Jason Fung's The Diabetes Code as a very early christmas pressie. There's a helpful/hopeful book if ever there was one. You're going to be okay, and you won't have to deal with any of this alone. There's always someone here. Hugs, Jo PS: Just in case you're not at your appointment yet: Get a print-out of all your test results, and ask for them from here on in every time you're tested. And if you're offered statins, if you go low carb that could solve high cholesterol too, while statins can raise blood glucose (and trigger T2 in previously non-diabetics). Just mentioning it as they're usually offered as a matter of course, even if someone doesn't need them. [/QUOTE]
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