clairy clutterbuck
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 73
- Location
- North Hampshire
- Type of diabetes
- Treatment type
- Non-insulin injectable medication (incretin mimetics)
Well done Xyzzy. Its nice to have a good result for once at the GP.
I too had a diabetic chat with my GP last week and am now awaiting my blood results and another trip to see her next week. I also had a very positive discussion and lots of helpful advice.
1. She totally agrees with the lower carbohydrate diet - she suggested 50-100g, she didnt feel I needed to go lower with results of 6.2, 6.4 and 6.5 in recent months.
2. She feels that if my weight continues to decrease I stand a good chance of maintaining non diabetic levels one day without any meds at all.
3. She took me off Victoza as she said she didnt feel I needed it any more and she doesnt believe it continues to work long term and she didnt like the risks, however slight. She thinks I am now doing this on my own with diet and exercise.
4. She doesnt agree with testing but is continuing to prescribe me some strips as I wanted to test.
5. She praised my efforts on exercise and diet and results. "Delighted" was the term used. She said there is new advice coming out that getting your heart really pumpng and getting out of breath each day kicks the pancreas into working for up to 48 hours - still being researched, but she suggested I get on the cross trainer for 5-10 minutes when I could.
All good, BUT she did confuse me as I said that I was aiming to get my HBA1C results into the 5's and why was 6.2 too low. I mentioned some of the discussions regarding other countries attitudes on this website and she said (and I am sorry as I know her comment is going to cause a bit of annoyance, but I would like some opinions) that getting your HBA1C as low as possible is now old advice and the latest research is showing mortality rates drop once levels go below 7 and down to mid 5's but they start to increase again once HBA1C levels drop below this and into the 5's. What do other people think? It is very hard when we are all getting conflicting advice. I must add she is very well thought of locally, is a dibetic specialist GP and is very forward thinking. But am unsure what I should do....
xx
I too had a diabetic chat with my GP last week and am now awaiting my blood results and another trip to see her next week. I also had a very positive discussion and lots of helpful advice.
1. She totally agrees with the lower carbohydrate diet - she suggested 50-100g, she didnt feel I needed to go lower with results of 6.2, 6.4 and 6.5 in recent months.
2. She feels that if my weight continues to decrease I stand a good chance of maintaining non diabetic levels one day without any meds at all.
3. She took me off Victoza as she said she didnt feel I needed it any more and she doesnt believe it continues to work long term and she didnt like the risks, however slight. She thinks I am now doing this on my own with diet and exercise.
4. She doesnt agree with testing but is continuing to prescribe me some strips as I wanted to test.
5. She praised my efforts on exercise and diet and results. "Delighted" was the term used. She said there is new advice coming out that getting your heart really pumpng and getting out of breath each day kicks the pancreas into working for up to 48 hours - still being researched, but she suggested I get on the cross trainer for 5-10 minutes when I could.
All good, BUT she did confuse me as I said that I was aiming to get my HBA1C results into the 5's and why was 6.2 too low. I mentioned some of the discussions regarding other countries attitudes on this website and she said (and I am sorry as I know her comment is going to cause a bit of annoyance, but I would like some opinions) that getting your HBA1C as low as possible is now old advice and the latest research is showing mortality rates drop once levels go below 7 and down to mid 5's but they start to increase again once HBA1C levels drop below this and into the 5's. What do other people think? It is very hard when we are all getting conflicting advice. I must add she is very well thought of locally, is a dibetic specialist GP and is very forward thinking. But am unsure what I should do....
xx