Hiya!

Hi and welcome to the forum

What do you understand by Ok for 7.1mmol?
It's NOT a non-diabetic average.
It isn't very high, but above the level where you are at risk of complications.
You are very young to be diagnosed T2.how did the doctor come to this diagnosis?
Hana

Hi Clare,

Sorry to hear of your diagnosis.

Now is the time to get to grips with things before things become too advanced. You are where I was nine years ago - things got worse for me but I have recently normalised my situation by changing my diet. The first thing that you ought to be aware of is the need to cut back on the starchy carbohydrate that you eat - i.e. cereals, bread, potatoes, pasta and rice etc. The healthcre professionals might tell you different - if they do then don't believe them.

You'll get a lot of help on this forum

Best wishes - John

hya clare and a warm welcome to the forum

Hi Claire

Welcome to the forum.

Well done on getting your blood glucose levels and resulting HbA1C down. It sounds that with the increased exercise and diet change (as well as the medication) you are on the right path.

Now as i understand it HbA1c scores reflect the average glucose levels over the last 3 months, although the levels of the last month before the test has a proportionally larger impact on the score. As your latest test was done only 6 weeks after diagnosis, it should include some effect of your high blood sugar levels pre diagnosis. Consequently I would expect your next HbA1c tyo be lower still.

To get things in perspective:

(a) The guideline HbA1C score for T2 diabetics id 7.5% or lower.
(b) Only about 50% of T2s manage to achive this target.
(c) Research indicates that there is a very significant decrease (over 30%) in the risk of diabetes related complications such as cardiovascular disease, kidney failure, blindness stroke etc with every 1% decrease in HbA1C score. This is why a lot of the people on this site try to achieve score which are significantly lower thantye 7.5% guideline and moche closer to the non diabetic level of 4.5% to 5%

Personally, in your shoes I would not rush to get my score down to this levels but concentrate in implimentaing the lifestyle changes that will allow you to achieve the low scores and maintain them in the long term. Being diagnosed with a long term disease like diabetes is a shocking experience and we all a little time to adjust to it. It does sound to me that you are on the right path.

Do bear in mind all the good advice you have already been given i.e. test regularly (before and two hours after each meal) and adjust your diet accordingly to keep your sugars unde control. Most peaple find that the way to do these is to restrict carbohydrate intake but people vary in the degree that they find they have to do so.

Anyway , good luck and keep up the good work.

Regards

babycake69 said:

I forgot to address the "How my doctor came to the diagnosis?" well I assume the way that all doctors do? i have seen my GP and a specialist should I be seeing someone else? I have a family history of heamocromotosis in my family and the specialist is also looking into this. What else are you suggesting?

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I am sure Hana will speak for herself later. However, it is most unusual for someone your age to be diagnosed as a Type 2. Is your specialist an Endocrinologist ?

As for the Haemochromatosis. Is this to do with an excess of Iron in your system ?