My results are in :) :) :)

I got a 3 month diabetes test done on Monday and the results are in
HbA1c
On metformin (March) 62
Off meds (6th June) 56
Off meds (18th June) 52 That is without any real exercise and a couple of 'treats'. Best since 2010

Cholesterol
On statins (March) 3.4 (no idea of breakdown)
Off statins (6th June) 5.8 HDL no change
LDL 4.49
Off statins (18th June) 5.7 HDL 1.63
LDL 3.78
RATIO 3.5 No idea what that means, but it's below 4.5 so nurse is happy

B12
Tested in June and was perfect, but I do take B12 tablets, forgot to tell her that!


She said to keep off medication and is expecting better things of me in October

I said that I've started to take cinnamon and Chromium for my sugar levels. Also just started Plant Sterols for cholesterol. She agreed that it wouldn't hurt to take them. Better than statins and metformin

Will also start to take vit D as the winters here are long and dark, somedays light at 10am and dark by 3pm! Will wait until mid August and will start taking them.

Wish I could celebrate with a chocolate biscuit! Maybe a dry white wine if I can find some in the cupboard!

Thanks for moving my discussion to the right place

Prem51 said:

Great HbA1c reduction @berylc! Keep up the good work and you should get down to pre-diabetic or non-diabetic range by your next test in October.

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Not after today's lunch! Husband's birthday, so we went out for lunch. He was going to have the haddock in beer batter, chips and mushy peas, then decided he would have the lamb sausages on bubble and squeek and a mint gravy. I was going to have a seafood salad. My meal turned up - he'd ordered me the fish and chips by mistake..... We couldn't put it back and I wasn't going to waste £10.95 so I ate 3/4 of the fish and half the chips. When we got back to the house an hour later my readings were 17.1 Got visitors after that so forgot to test again. Small piece of baked hake for tea, along with lots of spiralised courgette and carrot. Plenty of water too. Getting numbers down.
If he does that again I will waste the money, readings like that are not good.

Brunneria said:

Look on it as the most fantastic lesson.

Personally, I need lessons like that every now and then - keeps me on the straight and narrow the rest of the time.

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Brunneria said:

Look on it as the most fantastic lesson.

Personally, I need lessons like that every now and then - keeps me on the straight and narrow the rest of the time.

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I'll order my own food next time!