seadragon
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 316
- Type of diabetes
- Prediabetes
- Treatment type
- Diet only
So after 6months on the LCHF diet I decided I should get a blood test to see if it was working. Was pre-diabetic before and unfortunately haven't got an Hba1c from then to compare having been diagnosed by OGTT. I rang for the results and got the usual 'oh they are all normal so there's no action to be taken' from the receptionist I asked for the actual numbers which she then gave and I was pleased with the Hba1c. A result of 35 seems pretty good.
The lipid panel was interesting in that it appears total serum cholesterol has risen slightly from 5.5 to 6.0. However Trigs have gone down from 0.8 to 0.4, HDL up from 2.somethign to 3.34 and LDL stayed about the same. Ratio 1.8
Anyway there is apparently no more pushing statins on me. I guess since I'm now not technically pre-diabetic she can't say I am in the 10% risk group.
The sad thing is that the doctor told me that I was virtually guaranteed to end up as Type 2 and that it was a progressive disease and now because the results are good, I wont get an opportunity to go back in there and tell her how I did it and why they should stop telling people there is nothing they can do short of medication.
I do realise that it doesn't actually mean I don't still have a problem. I believe I am still glucose intolerant. I wasn't overweight when I was diagnosed but I lost over 10% of my body weight anyway (simply by eating the low carb way) and I still react badly to highly carby foods. And I still have a close relative with Type 2 (who was also slim when diagnosed). I found the new research suggesting there was an age rather than weight related component to diabetes and suggesting a Type 4 interesting. There would seem to be a number of different causes and therefore a number of different solutions.
The main difference for me and thanks largely to all the good advice received on this forum is that I know I can keep it under control. For instance I went out for a meal last week. Had a low carb starter and main but then decided to treat myself to a shared dessert. Got home and BG had risen to 12 ( a number I haven't seen in a long time). Immediate treatment was a walk and testing again when i got back after, BG was 5.5. So I have a new way of eating and a new way of treating rises in blood sugar by exercise.
The upside of the initial diagnosis is that not only have I lost over a stone in weight but i have loads more energy, do way more exercise and feel so much healthier overall than I did a year ago and without the diagnosis I may never have had the motivation to make the changes.
The lipid panel was interesting in that it appears total serum cholesterol has risen slightly from 5.5 to 6.0. However Trigs have gone down from 0.8 to 0.4, HDL up from 2.somethign to 3.34 and LDL stayed about the same. Ratio 1.8
Anyway there is apparently no more pushing statins on me. I guess since I'm now not technically pre-diabetic she can't say I am in the 10% risk group.
The sad thing is that the doctor told me that I was virtually guaranteed to end up as Type 2 and that it was a progressive disease and now because the results are good, I wont get an opportunity to go back in there and tell her how I did it and why they should stop telling people there is nothing they can do short of medication.
I do realise that it doesn't actually mean I don't still have a problem. I believe I am still glucose intolerant. I wasn't overweight when I was diagnosed but I lost over 10% of my body weight anyway (simply by eating the low carb way) and I still react badly to highly carby foods. And I still have a close relative with Type 2 (who was also slim when diagnosed). I found the new research suggesting there was an age rather than weight related component to diabetes and suggesting a Type 4 interesting. There would seem to be a number of different causes and therefore a number of different solutions.
The main difference for me and thanks largely to all the good advice received on this forum is that I know I can keep it under control. For instance I went out for a meal last week. Had a low carb starter and main but then decided to treat myself to a shared dessert. Got home and BG had risen to 12 ( a number I haven't seen in a long time). Immediate treatment was a walk and testing again when i got back after, BG was 5.5. So I have a new way of eating and a new way of treating rises in blood sugar by exercise.
The upside of the initial diagnosis is that not only have I lost over a stone in weight but i have loads more energy, do way more exercise and feel so much healthier overall than I did a year ago and without the diagnosis I may never have had the motivation to make the changes.
