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Honeyblossom · May 28, 2020

Hello Everyone, I was newly diagnosed as type 2 in Feb 2020. Thanks to you all on this site I was able to pick up tips right from the beginning so hba1c 54 in Jan 20, 47 in Feb, 40 in April. As I am small current bmi 21 (23 in Jan) I've never had to worry too much about weight and so never realised importance of cutting back high carb particularly bread, pasta etc and never thought diabetes would be an issue for me but here I am! So I'm grateful for all your tips esp blood testing it's made a massive difference. Morning readings seem to be high despite the work. They were in the 6's but this last week more 7's, any tips? Also to try and push my numbers down a little bit more as they stagnated now although I am really pleased with progress so far!

Daibell · May 28, 2020

Hi. Keep going with the low-carb and you should be fine. Metformin tablets could be added by the GP if needed.

JoKalsbeek · May 28, 2020

Honeyblossom said:
Hello Everyone, I was newly diagnosed as type 2 in Feb 2020. Thanks to you all on this site I was able to pick up tips right from the beginning so hba1c 54 in Jan 20, 47 in Feb, 40 in April. As I am small current bmi 21 (23 in Jan) I've never had to worry too much about weight and so never realised importance of cutting back high carb particularly bread, pasta etc and never thought diabetes would be an issue for me but here I am! So I'm grateful for all your tips esp blood testing it's made a massive difference. Morning readings seem to be high despite the work. They were in the 6's but this last week more 7's, any tips? Also to try and push my numbers down a little bit more as they stagnated now although I am really pleased with progress so far!

Fasting's the last to come down, and a bunch of other things can affect it, like waking a few times or a generally restless sleep. For me, especially vivid nightmares too. I haven't tested my fasting BS first thing in the morning for a while now, but if I go without eating till one in the afternoon or so, I'll see a 6.-something-or-other. That's not a bad thing, per se: https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/fasting-blood-glucose-higher The rest of the day I'm seeing 4's and 5's. And I'm almost 4 years in now.

Honeyblossom · May 28, 2020

Daibell said:
Hi. Keep going with the low-carb and you should be fine. Metformin tablets could be added by the GP if needed.

Thankyou for replying, I'll keep going and hopefully speak to gp when covid settles down

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