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Fuggs

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
Hi all

Advice required please...

I am 65 and have been working hard to address my type 1D, and nearly every day for weeks now my BG is 4.5 -5.6. which I test several time a day/evening with AccuCheck and I am on a lchf diet and have lost some good weight around the middle about 7 kilos total.

I am 44"chest and 36 waist from 38.

However my recent Drs. blood test showed a 12hr fasting of 8.6. Trouble is I struggle with the dawn phenomenon. If I dont have breakfast, like the fasting test created, my BG goes up and up until I eat at say lunchtime. So now I always have breakfast, 2 fried eggs and loads of butter with spinach.

However I have been informed the 12hr fasting is unreliable as a marker for BG not only due to the dawn phenomena.

So my Dr. says I now have Diabetes 1, and he wants to put me on metformin and statins.....

He didnt however tell me what my LDL/HDL or Trig. were on my blood test so it doesnt give me any real markers as to where I am going. Seems not very informative.
I really want to resist this to see if I can improve myself, myself if you know what I mean..., does anyone have any objective advice here please?
Thanks guys.
 
Hi and welcome :)

Are you on insulin at all? I'm finding it hard to discern whether you are Type 1 or Type 2 from your original post.
 
Indy51 said:
Hi and welcome :)

Are you on insulin at all? I'm finding it hard to discern whether you are Type 1 or Type 2 from your original post.
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I was categorised as syndrome X, and type 2. Not on insulin at all.
My BG used to be 7 -12 but has come down to 4.5-5.6 [occasionally 7 if I have some carbs] but postprandial is usually 5.6.
It can get as low as 4 after exercise.
 
Your BG levels sound really good, so it sounds like you're on the right track :)

I would be asking for a printout of the fasting lipids test with all the different fractions measured if that is the area that is of concern. You can't be forced into taking drugs that you don't want to. Why not ask for another 3 months and then re-test and review any changes?
 
Has you good BG levels coincided with starting a LCHF diet? If I was you I'd ask him to hold fire on the medication for a few months if this is true. Is your Doctor aware of your recent results? You've proved you can control your T2D why change it because of 1 test result and if as I suspect you've only recently started this good control, you HBA1C result covers the last 3months or so so won't reflect your new regime.

Sounds as though you are doing a fantastic job though.
 
What is your fasting BG like at home?
 
slip said:
Has you good BG levels coincided with starting a LCHF diet? If I was you I'd ask him to hold fire on the medication for a few months if this is true. Is your Doctor aware of your recent results? You've proved you can control your T2D why change it because of 1 test result and if as I suspect you've only recently started this good control, you HBA1C result covers the last 3months or so so won't reflect your new regime.

Sounds as though you are doing a fantastic job though.
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If my last meal is say 20:00hrs, my pre breakfast BG would be about 6 then if I dont eat till lunch, it would rise to 7. but if I eat breakfast it usually stays around 5.
e.g.
Heres my data...


Blood Glucose (mmol/L)

Events

18.09.2015 18:42

4.9


12:14

5.9

Before meal

09:54

6.9

Before meal

17.09.2015 10:47

7.9

Before meal

00:00

5.7

After meal

16.09.2015 16:20

5.2

Before meal

10:20

6.2

Before meal

15.09.2015 19:02

5.5

Before meal

13:01

6.0

Before meal

09:53

5.6

Before meal

14.09.2015 18:29

6.4

After meal

13:43

6.1

After meal

12:05

5.9

Before meal

13.09.2015 22:35

5.7

After meal

19:19

5.5

Before meal

09:18

6.7

Before meal

12.09.2015 20:18

5.8

Before meal

10:58

5.7

Before meal

00:16

4.8

After meal

11.09.2015 08:37

5.6

Before meal

10.09.2015 13:54

4.7

Before meal

08:40

4.6

Before meal

00:52

4.9

After meal
 
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