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<blockquote data-quote="Later123" data-source="post: 1729482" data-attributes="member: 470564"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>I have been voraciously reading this site for the last sixty days and learned so much, so thank you. I was stunned but realize I must have had this for roughly two years in retrospect, based on symptoms. I feel so stupid.</p><p></p><p>Sixty days ago I was advised I had diabetes with an HBa1c of 8.2. I am a type 2.</p><p></p><p>After the diagnosis, immediately I began walking every day and a rigid diet.</p><p></p><p>Today my home test returned at 5.8. Is this even possible? I expected, hoped for something in the low 7's. I think maybe I did something wrong. Should I test again?</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Medication: </strong> Glimepiride 1 MG</p> </p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Carbs: </strong>My only pure carbs are from one full to one half cup of beans a day. I removed sweets, artificial and sugared all grains including oats, whole wheat, wheat and rice. Generally I mix in some greens like spinach or mustard greens with the beans to make a soup or hummus. It is dangerous for me to exercise without some pure carbs which I discovered the hard way.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Meat: </strong>Fish and turkey breast</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Fruit: </strong>Strawberries and blue berries, lots of lemon and lime juice, every day</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Green leafy vegs:</strong> 3.5 servings each day from spinach, turnip and mustard greens, cilantro, Brussel sprouts or cabbage.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Vegs:</strong> Cauliflower, brocolli, avocado, tomato, onion, peppers (all kinds), tomatillos, egg plant</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Drinks:</strong> Black coffee and herbal tea with lemon / lime</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Oils: </strong> Extra virgin olive oil and canola oil</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Ginger, tumeric, garlic, paprika, cayenne, curry powder</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Hard cheese a few servings a week, 90 percent cacao of a few blocks equal to about one square inch a week, six eggs a week. Fresh roasted pecans, peanuts and almonds with no salt but sometimes cayenne or other spices.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Occasionally, I will put a carrot into a spinach soup I make or a turnip into a soup I make with pinto beans and turnip greens. I read that if you eat the purer carbs such as a carrot and turnip are, mixing them with high fiber vegetables such as spinach and turnip / mustard greens, the combination will reduce their impact on your blood glucose.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Vitamins and Supplements:</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">I went from zero vitamins and supplements to this:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">A - 2500</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">B6 - 4</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">B12 - 39</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">B5: Pantothethic Acid - 20</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">C - 45</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">D - 4800</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">E - 30</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Fish Oil - 1200</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Folic Acid - 800</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Niacin - 170</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Calcium - 100</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Iodine 40</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Zinc - 2.5</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Magnesium 250</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Biocin - 75</p> </p> </p><p></p><p>This was the home test: <em>A1CNOW-SELFCHECK-TEST-DIAGNOSTICS-DIABETES</em></p><p></p><p>I took this test with trepidation and told myself don't be disappointed with a 7.8 just keep trying. I really think there is a mistake and it is not with the original diagnosis. The symptoms I have read about all make sense now.</p><p></p><p>For about a month I have felt so much better, night and day in terms of energy. I do not feel like I felt ten years ago but I did not think it was possible to feel this good again.</p><p></p><p>Thank you for your input and for guidance that helped me when I was in shock and filled with grief and worry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Later123, post: 1729482, member: 470564"] Hello, I have been voraciously reading this site for the last sixty days and learned so much, so thank you. I was stunned but realize I must have had this for roughly two years in retrospect, based on symptoms. I feel so stupid. Sixty days ago I was advised I had diabetes with an HBa1c of 8.2. I am a type 2. After the diagnosis, immediately I began walking every day and a rigid diet. Today my home test returned at 5.8. Is this even possible? I expected, hoped for something in the low 7's. I think maybe I did something wrong. Should I test again? [INDENT][INDENT][B]Medication: [/B] Glimepiride 1 MG[/INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][INDENT][B]Carbs: [/B]My only pure carbs are from one full to one half cup of beans a day. I removed sweets, artificial and sugared all grains including oats, whole wheat, wheat and rice. Generally I mix in some greens like spinach or mustard greens with the beans to make a soup or hummus. It is dangerous for me to exercise without some pure carbs which I discovered the hard way. [B]Meat: [/B]Fish and turkey breast [B]Fruit: [/B]Strawberries and blue berries, lots of lemon and lime juice, every day [B]Green leafy vegs:[/B] 3.5 servings each day from spinach, turnip and mustard greens, cilantro, Brussel sprouts or cabbage. [B]Vegs:[/B] Cauliflower, brocolli, avocado, tomato, onion, peppers (all kinds), tomatillos, egg plant [B]Drinks:[/B] Black coffee and herbal tea with lemon / lime [B]Oils: [/B] Extra virgin olive oil and canola oil Ginger, tumeric, garlic, paprika, cayenne, curry powder Hard cheese a few servings a week, 90 percent cacao of a few blocks equal to about one square inch a week, six eggs a week. Fresh roasted pecans, peanuts and almonds with no salt but sometimes cayenne or other spices. Occasionally, I will put a carrot into a spinach soup I make or a turnip into a soup I make with pinto beans and turnip greens. I read that if you eat the purer carbs such as a carrot and turnip are, mixing them with high fiber vegetables such as spinach and turnip / mustard greens, the combination will reduce their impact on your blood glucose. [B]Vitamins and Supplements:[/B] I went from zero vitamins and supplements to this: [INDENT]A - 2500 B6 - 4 B12 - 39 B5: Pantothethic Acid - 20 C - 45 D - 4800 E - 30 Fish Oil - 1200 Folic Acid - 800 Niacin - 170 Calcium - 100 Iodine 40 Zinc - 2.5 Magnesium 250 Biocin - 75[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT] This was the home test: [I]A1CNOW-SELFCHECK-TEST-DIAGNOSTICS-DIABETES[/I] I took this test with trepidation and told myself don't be disappointed with a 7.8 just keep trying. I really think there is a mistake and it is not with the original diagnosis. The symptoms I have read about all make sense now. For about a month I have felt so much better, night and day in terms of energy. I do not feel like I felt ten years ago but I did not think it was possible to feel this good again. Thank you for your input and for guidance that helped me when I was in shock and filled with grief and worry. [/QUOTE]
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