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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2418645" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>61 means you've had an average blood sugar of 9.7 over the last 3 months, which is well into diabetic levels. The fact you'd been up for 20 hours would affect your blood sugar level if that was taken, but not the hba1c. Of course, stress does put your levels up, and weight loss may well decrease them, so it's possible that your levels aren't that bad now. In my opinion, you absolutely need a meter so that you can see what is happening now, and in particular, how your body reacts to the carbs in your meals.</p><p></p><p>Up to you whether you want to tell your doctor that you'd like to try diet before taking medication, plenty of people normalise their levels just by diet with higher starting points than yours, but there's also no need to keep taking them if you start off with them and find your levels come down enough. What tablets have been prescribed?</p><p></p><p>Here is [USER=401801]@JoKalsbeek[/USER] 's very useful blog on diabetes and low carbing.</p><p><a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog/jokalsbeek.401801/" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog/jokalsbeek.401801/</a></p><p></p><p>And I'll tag in [USER=400972]@Rachox[/USER] to give you the latest info on meters.</p><p></p><p>And I forgot to say welcome to the forums.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2418645, member: 372717"] 61 means you've had an average blood sugar of 9.7 over the last 3 months, which is well into diabetic levels. The fact you'd been up for 20 hours would affect your blood sugar level if that was taken, but not the hba1c. Of course, stress does put your levels up, and weight loss may well decrease them, so it's possible that your levels aren't that bad now. In my opinion, you absolutely need a meter so that you can see what is happening now, and in particular, how your body reacts to the carbs in your meals. Up to you whether you want to tell your doctor that you'd like to try diet before taking medication, plenty of people normalise their levels just by diet with higher starting points than yours, but there's also no need to keep taking them if you start off with them and find your levels come down enough. What tablets have been prescribed? Here is [USER=401801]@JoKalsbeek[/USER] 's very useful blog on diabetes and low carbing. [URL]https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog/jokalsbeek.401801/[/URL] And I'll tag in [USER=400972]@Rachox[/USER] to give you the latest info on meters. And I forgot to say welcome to the forums. [/QUOTE]
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