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HbA1c - 3 monthly results....normal?

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First.Officer

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
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Diet only
Okay, just heard today that my latest HbA1c (as measured last week) are down from August 2018 (51 mol/mmol), December 2018 (58 mol/mmol - diagnosed T2) to the latest one - 26 mol/mmol. Anyone know if such a drop is usual? Or perhaps requires re-clarification? My blood glucose monitor was estimating a figure around 28/29 mol/mmol, so perhaps such a drop isn’t entirely out of line?.
 
First.Officer said:
Okay, just heard today that my latest HbA1c (as measured last week) are down from August 2018 (51 mol/mmol), December 2018 (58 mol/mmol - diagnosed T2) to the latest one - 26 mol/mmol. Anyone know if such a drop is usual? Or perhaps requires re-clarification? My blood glucose monitor was estimating a figure around 28/29 mol/mmol, so perhaps such a drop isn’t entirely out of line?.
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That's an awesome result. Keep doing whatever you're doing now! Can I ask whether you're on medication (I suspect they'll reduce it if you are) or was this from diet and exercise?
 
Thanks all....was just diet change, coupled with brisk walks 5-days a week (usually between 4-8 miles a day). Was curious if the figure seemed too low, although there admittedly was a complication to the original T2 diagnosis, in as much as I was harbouring a sugar consuming parasite for a few years, and the blood glucose spiked around the time it was “killed” with antibiotics - co-incidence? I think not lol. I’ve messed around a little recently with foods, some carbs and sugars and generally stuff doesn’t spike me much more than 1-1.5 mol/mmol and I always sit around 5.3, 5.4 mol/mmol - sometimes a bit more as in I spiked 2.3 mol/mmol an hour after eating various Chinese takeaway elements to see what happened - by the second hour I was back at the 5.3 levels....
 
First.Officer said:
Thanks all....was just diet change, coupled with brisk walks 5-days a week (usually between 4-8 miles a day). Was curious if the figure seemed too low, although there admittedly was a complication to the original T2 diagnosis, in as much as I was harbouring a sugar consuming parasite for a few years, and the blood glucose spiked around the time it was “killed” with antibiotics - co-incidence? I think not lol. I’ve messed around a little recently with foods, some carbs and sugars and generally stuff doesn’t spike me much more than 1-1.5 mol/mmol and I always sit around 5.3, 5.4 mol/mmol - sometimes a bit more as in I spiked 2.3 mol/mmol an hour after eating various Chinese takeaway elements to see what happened - by the second hour I was back at the 5.3 levels....
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That's fascinating, I suspect your case may become the subject of some paper by an aspiring medical researcher. I guess you can just experiment with food now and see if it's safe to go back to your pre-diagnosis diet. Honestly, with those figures I'd be dubious about the T2 diagnosis. Good luck and well done.
 
Well, don’t know - but my diet prior to wasn’t great as in the space of 3 years, looking back I had put on at least 2+ stone in weight due to a large increase in high carb and sugar items I was consuming, which may have been a reaction to the parasite possibly....who knows lol. I’m also mindful that all this could merely be a ‘blip’ and so I think I had better still be a bit more careful moving forward, as although my pancreas obviously works - it may have been possibly compromised to some degree?. Awaiting my GP’s comments as I called up to get the results prior to the GP having a chance to formally review - although I may not hear anything as i have never seen a GP prior or subsequent to T2 diagnosis. And they failed to mention the fact I was aT2 diabetic (at 51 mol/mmol) back in August anyway - they merely mentioned fleetingly that “my blood sugar was a little high, get another test done in December”. Bit naughty that, as was already a T2 back in August 2018 and they didn’t mention that fact.
 
Wonderful result. :)

It is perfectly possible to see such a drop in HbA1c results, and if your meter averages agree then it is probably more or less correct. There are others on here with HbA1cs in the 20's. My advice, however, is do not become complacent and think you are cured. It may come back and bite you in the bum. Keep testing, and keep the carbs down.
 
Fantastic result! Very well done! Keep on doing what you’re doing, it obviously suits you.
 
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Bit naughty that, as was already a T2 back in August 2018 and they didn’t mention that fact.
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I've got to agree that I wouldn't have a huge amount of faith in your doctors, though it seems that they dealt with the "parasite"? (I have this mental image of an Alien like (as in the movie) parasite exploding from your stomach and being doused by acid by a bevy of white coated doctors :), possibly holding machine guns?). If you keep doing your own blood tests you should be able to keep track of your metabolic health and hopefully avoid any repeat of the T2 diagnosis. My guess is that they'll now tell you you're cured so you may need to push to continue to get hba1c tests, let alone blood testing strips. (Though that will depend on the country you're in, as diabetic protocols vary by country.)

Anyway, congratulations.
 
Sadly my GP wasn't the one to diagnose the parasite either! they missed that one too somehow, and it was only by paying privately with a Gastroenterologist that it was identified and treated. It was somewhat "explosive" in as much as i sometimes needed to go up 5-6 times in an hour and was painful - could also strike at any time and require immediate toilet visits, hence it limited my daily life quite severely at times.
 
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