First HbA1C since low carb, bye bye fatty liver!

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OK it's only been a month since diagnosis but my doc wanted me to have a HbA1C and I'm booked in for another in 3 weeks time. She's really looking after me :D

At diagnosis I was 10.9 now just after four weeks (I did the test before xmas, only got the results today) it's 8.1! Bearing in mind there'll be some 'leftovers' from my previously high status, I'm looking forward to my next HbA1C!

The best thing though is that i was diagnosed with Fatty Liver on diagnosis and was quite concerned about this. Whatever they base it on (can't remember what she said) was 135 at diagnosis, now it is 71, completely in normal range. She looked quite shocked when she told me and said that is was 'remarkable' to have come down so fast.

Thanks for all your advice and support guys. As soon as I was diagnosed I instinctively knew low carb was the was to go but it has certainly helped knowing others feel the same and have had success. Thanks!

Dave
 
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Good on you Dave - all heading in the right direction.

I'd guess you're next HBA1c could be similar to the one you've had as it is being taken quite soon after the first one, so don't e downhearted if it doesn't drop as much again.

You really need 3 month gaps between them unless you have a different blood replacement cycle than most (which does happen so I'm told).

You're definitely on the right road, low carbing seems to be an effective method, I was 12% at diagnosis, 6.6% 3 months later, 5.8% a week or so back.

Good work fella, low carbing should certainly get that BMI down too!
 
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Well it was a good start to the year but this evening I was carrying some heavy weights up the stairs and felt a sickening rip up the length of my calf! Talk about pain, it felt like material being torn, I was green apparently when my wife found me rolling round LOL. Four hours of waiting in A&E to have it confirmed I've torn my calf muscle. I can barely put any weight on it at all, so much for starting my exercise programme this week. Gutted....

On the way home from hospital I was starving and felt drained of energy, had a chicken sandwich and chips! BG was 10.3 going to bed... :( :( :(
 
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Doc ,you could sit in a chair and do exercises.That's what I did to start with before I got a bit fitter.Lift hand weights or something,it all helps.
 
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I am new to this forum but just wanted to say welll done on your excellent results! Can only sympathise with you for your injury, you must be so fed up, can they do anything or is it just rest?
 
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Thanks Jo and welcome, hope you find this site as helpful as I have. The key is do what's right for you, monitoring your blood glucose levels is essential to work out what you can eat and what you can't. Personally I have found a low carb approach to be beneficial and would recommend it wholeheartedly.

With regard to the injury, I have to keep trying to use it and take pain killers, actually it's tonnes better already I can walk quite freely on it today. Maybe it's all the healthy food and protein I'm eating LOL Think I'll be fine for work tomorrow unfortunately LOL I reckon it'll be fine in a week, isn't the human body amazing!

Thanks for the advice again Sue, hopefully I'll not be off my feet too long but as you suggest it'll be upper body workouts only for the next couple of weeks!

Dave
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Do you know what else is amazing, I was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea earlier this year, had an appointment with a specialist to be fitted for a machine to breath at night two weeks after giving up carbs and do you know what I don't need it. I'm sleeping better than I have done in years!

How can that be just from ditching starchy carbs? I certainly hadn't lost enough weight to make an impact at that stage, having had sleep apnea for years before (when I was considerably lighter)!
 
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You have lost a fair amount of weight,that does help with sleep apnoea.
 
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Yeah but this weight was coming off before I was diagnosed with diabetes and I was still suffering with the apnea. Within 2 weeks of giving up carbs it went! Plus I have had sleep apnea constantly as an adult even when I was as low as 13 and a half stone and I'm 6 and a half stone off that! It's definitely the carbs...
 
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Doczoc said:
Yeah but this weight was coming off before I was diagnosed with diabetes and I was still suffering with the apnea. Within 2 weeks of giving up carbs it went! Plus I have had sleep apnea constantly as an adult even when I was as low as 13 and a half stone and I'm 6 and a half stone off that! It's definitely the carbs...
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Possibly the reduced BG improving autonomic neuropathy? There appear to be connections between diabetes and sleep apnea in both directions, improve one and the other also improves
 
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