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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Melgar" data-source="post: 2715844" data-attributes="member: 520626">Hi [USER=590646]@Paulcambs[/USER] welcome to the forum. Your HbAc1 is high, but the positives are you now know that your blood sugars are too high and you can begin to bring those blood sugars down. Your health care team will  now be looking to see what is causing your high blood sugars. The Metformin will help to lower your blood sugars, but they will want to confirm what type you are. Likely they will be looking to see how much insulin your pancreas is producing. They will do this by doing a C-peptide test. If your C-peptides are low, given your high blood sugars, they will then likely test to see if you are producing antibodies. If antibodies, such as GAD  are confirmed, you will get a diagnosis of type 1 (autoimmune diabetes)and your med team will proscribe appropriate meds,  very likely insulin. If your C-peptides are high then  a Type 2 diagnosis will be the result.Until you know what type of diabetes you have, you might wish to lower your carb intake a bit, but not too much until you know what type you are. You can cut back on anything that has high carbs , such as potatoes, chips, pasta, etc. If you are found to be Type  2 then your med team will may suggest a change of diet/lifestyle as a means of bringing down those blood sugars. You may then wish to cut your carbs right back. This has proved to be very successful for a lot of Type 2 members here. If you are found to be Type 1 then some carb reduction may help, but your main means of lowering your blood sugars will be through insulin therapy. Your diabetes team will be able to help with dosing. Regardless of what type of diabetes you have, you will find a great community here , both for type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Members here will be happy to advise you with any questions you may have, so feel free to ask. There are forums here for both types of diabetes so please feel free to ask questions.</blockquote>

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