Hi everyone,
I'm T2, diagnosed in Nov/20, my diabetes hasn't been well managed until around 4 weeks ago when I started following a low carb diet again and went back on my alogliptin medication. Went to see GP on Monday with some stomach issues, she ordered bloods to be done to check various things including HBA1C, she also confirmed at appt I've lost 2.7 kilos in weight in the 4 weeks, results came back today on the my diabetes my way acct, my HBA1C has gone up from 63 in Nov/23 to 64 now, I don't understand this, how can this have gone up? I know it's not a big jump but I've really been trying with the low carb and have lost a little weight, I just don't get it. Also my cholesterol has increased as well in this period, I know it's going back 3 months but I'm so confused and disappointed with these results, particularly the HBA1C, when I was first diagnosed I followed the exact low carb diet I'm doing now and it worked amazingly well, I was taking Metformin then, should I possibly ask to be put back on that maybe at a higher dose? I've noticed when I've been checking my own bloods at home they were too high so the results probably shouldn't have been so surprising but I'm just gutted. Sorry for the rant, this has just floored me today.
Maggie
I'm T2, diagnosed in Nov/20, my diabetes hasn't been well managed until around 4 weeks ago when I started following a low carb diet again and went back on my alogliptin medication. Went to see GP on Monday with some stomach issues, she ordered bloods to be done to check various things including HBA1C, she also confirmed at appt I've lost 2.7 kilos in weight in the 4 weeks, results came back today on the my diabetes my way acct, my HBA1C has gone up from 63 in Nov/23 to 64 now, I don't understand this, how can this have gone up? I know it's not a big jump but I've really been trying with the low carb and have lost a little weight, I just don't get it. Also my cholesterol has increased as well in this period, I know it's going back 3 months but I'm so confused and disappointed with these results, particularly the HBA1C, when I was first diagnosed I followed the exact low carb diet I'm doing now and it worked amazingly well, I was taking Metformin then, should I possibly ask to be put back on that maybe at a higher dose? I've noticed when I've been checking my own bloods at home they were too high so the results probably shouldn't have been so surprising but I'm just gutted. Sorry for the rant, this has just floored me today.
Maggie