Latest Hba1c Results

[Christina0308]

Hi all, new results after 10 months ..38 slightly up on last August, more concerned big raise in Cholesterol at 5.9 no break down so will find out at my first review, previous results 4.2. Advice welcome.

 

[Fenn]

Hi, congratulations on your hba1c, your doing fantastic!

Cholesterol is a complete mystery to me, sorry

 

[Bluetit1802]

Hi,

That is a wonderful HbA1c. Well done. It shows you have stabilised. There is no significant difference between 37 and 38.

We can't advise you on your cholesterol without knowing the full breakdown. It may well be it is your good cholesterol that has gone up. Don't forget to ask for print outs of the test results.

 

[Rachox]

Very well done on maintaining a non diabetic HbA1c! I agree that to understand your cholesterol you need a breakdown. Mine has been 5.9 for my last two readings but the breakdown within that had improved between the first and second one.

 

[Christina0308]

Follow up on my annual review, overall happy but unsure of how to lower cholesterol, although nurse wasn't too concerned and some parts have improved, she did mention risk 11%.
Results...
June 17 June 18
cholesterol serum 4.2mmol 5.9mmol
hdl 0.89 1.45
ldl 3.3 3.3
trigs 6.81 2.58
cholesterol/hdl ratio 4.7 4.1

I am LCHF with exercise mainly walking morning and evening, Any advice please...

 

[Bluetit1802]

Follow up on my annual review, overall happy but unsure of how to lower cholesterol, although nurse wasn't too concerned and some parts have improved, she did mention risk 11%.
Results...
June 17 June 18
cholesterol serum 4.2mmol 5.9mmol
hdl 0.89 1.45
ldl 3.3 3.3
trigs 6.81 2.58
cholesterol/hdl ratio 4.7 4.1

I am LCHF with exercise mainly walking morning and evening, Any advice please...

Your HDL (good cholesterol) has jumped up, which is one reason your total has increased.
Your LDL hasn't moved at all
Your trigs (bad stuff) have plummeted. (they were very high previously)

I would say congratulations, That is a brilliant improvement. You should be pleased.

This is the calculator they use for risk
https://qrisk.org/three/

Have a play with it, change some of your data and see what happens. You will soon see what a load of cobblers it is.

 

[Rachox]

My GP still uses one of the Qrisk 2 calculators without the additional questions (computers not updated) which gives me a higher score!

 

[Christina0308]

Thank you Bluetit I will have a look at the link, what could I do to help lower LDL and trigs.

 

[dbr10]

My GP still uses one of the Qrisk 2 calculators without the additional questions (computers not updated) which gives me a higher score!

 

[Bluetit1802]

Thank you Bluetit I will have a look at the link, what could I do to help lower LDL and trigs.

Omega 3 foods and as little omega 6 as you can. Plenty of oily fish, seeds such as flaxseed, certain nuts (walnuts I believe). There are plenty of lists of them on Google.

Did you fast for these tests? Fasting makes a huge difference to the Trigs.

 

[Bluetit1802]

My GP still uses one of the Qrisk 2 calculators without the additional questions (computers not updated) which gives me a higher score!

So does mine, but probably because the NICE recommendations haven't been updated since QRisk 3 came out, and still say use QRisk2.

 

[Bluetit1802]

To add to above:

The NICE recommendations

1.1.10 Use the QRISK2 risk assessment tool to assess CVD risk in people with type 2 diabetes. [new 2014]

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg...d-assessing-cardiovascular-disease-cvd-risk-2

 

[Christina0308]

Yes I did fast, not a big fish fan but will give more fish ago, I do have chai seeds and walnuts daily. Had a look at your link and put in my numbers and got a lower result of 8.2% . That's Better..

 

[Bluetit1802]

Yes I did fast, not a big fish fan but will give more fish ago, I do have chai seeds and walnuts daily. Had a look at your link and put in my numbers and got a lower result of 8.2% . That's Better..

Which fats/oils do you use to cook with? Do you buy shop bought mayonnaise?

 

[Christina0308]

Cook with Lurpak and lard and use Hellmans mayo.

 

[Bluetit1802]

Cook with Lurpak and lard and use Hellmans mayo.

That's good then. Plenty of Omega 3 in Hellmanns. I asked about the cooking fats/oils in case you were using the cheapo vegetable oils like Sunflower etc. which are laden with omega 6.

 

[Christina0308]

That's good then. Plenty of Omega 3 in Hellmanns. I asked about the cooking fats/oils in case you were using the cheapo vegetable oils like Sunflower etc. which are laden with omega 6.

Not now but I did use it before diagnosis, I changed a lot of foods after joining the forum and reading the advice and experiences of the members. I now need to tweek my diet as my weight has plateaued. Thanks for your input.

 

[ajei]

Just had review (4 months over due)...A1c has dropped from 119 to 46....

 

[Christina0308]

Just had review (4 months over due)...A1c has dropped from 119 to 46....

Well done, excellent drop in number ..

 

[ajei]

Well done, excellent drop in number ..

Thank you