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Bluej725

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Hello just want to introduce myself. I’m a new member looking forward to join forum. I have been Type 2 diabetic for 3 years. My a1c has been elevated 7.5 I am on oral meds. I’m worried my endocrinologist will put me on insulin.
 
Bluej725 said:
Hello just want to introduce myself. I’m a new member looking forward to join forum. I have been Type 2 diabetic for 3 years. My a1c has been elevated 7.5 I am on oral meds. I’m worried my endocrinologist will put me on insulin.
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Hello, and welcome, @Bluej725 .
Hope you will enjoy the forums. Have you read the information for new members? You will find it by scrolling down through my signature at the end of the post. Have a read, ask questions. Members are generally very helpful, and advise from their own experiences.

As for your concern about insulin, what sort of oral meds do you have currently? There are lots of alternatives.
 
Pipp said:
Hello, and welcome, @Bluej725 .
Hope you will enjoy the forums. Have you read the information for new members? You will find it by scrolling down through my signature at the end of the post. Have a read, ask questions. Members are generally very helpful, and advise from their own experiences.

As for your concern about insulin, what sort of oral meds do you have currently? There are lots of alternatives.
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I am on Synjardy and Jun
Pipp said:
Hello, and welcome, @Bluej725 .
Hope you will enjoy the forums. Have you read the information for new members? You will find it by scrolling down through my signature at the end of the post. Have a read, ask questions. Members are generally very helpful, and advise from their own experiences.

As for your concern about insulin, what sort of oral meds do you have currently? There are lots of alternatives.
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Synjardy and Januvia
 
7.5% = 58 mmol/mol.

Have you altered your diet since diagnosis in any way? I appreciate your HbA1c is with medication, but lots of people here have got from much higher values down to pre-diabetic or even non-diabetic levels with low carb diets.
 
Bluej725 said:
I am on Synjardy and Jun

Synjardy and Januvia
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A lot of us control our diabetes (T2 anyway) through diet. So you'll hear quite a lot about that, if you want to. Just be aware that your medication in combination with a low carb diet can cause hypo's, so if you want to give that a go, test, and test a lot.

https://josekalsbeek.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-nutritional-thingy.html might help a little. But all in all, you're still a long way off when it comes to insulin... There's quite the chance your diabetes can be controlled through diet-only, or with a bit of assistance from a mild drug, milder than what you're on now.

You have more to say about how things proceed here than you might think, and insulin isn't on the table just yet.
Jo
 
CatsFive said:
7.5% = 58 mmol/mol.

Have you altered your diet since diagnosis in any way? I appreciate your HbA1c is with medication, but lots of people here have got from much higher values down to pre-diabetic or even non-diabetic levels with low carb diets.
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I am working on low carb diet maybe keto.
 
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