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- Type of diabetes
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Hi all!
I posted last week about my expectations around bringing down my BG readings.
I had it in my head that my FBG at diagnosis was 13, and my HBA1C was 18. Turns out I was wrong, I checked the results again, and that the real figures were actually FBG 18, A1C 13.Yikes.
I was diagnosed with Type 2 ten days ago and in that time have gone from BG 18 to an average of 7.5. That’s obviously still high and I clearly still have a way to go, but I have been very encouraged by this drop after only 10 days. It’s made me motivated to keep working hard and trying to get my levels down to a normal level.
I was told by my GP not to test. But decided that that was total nonsense and went ahead and bought one myself. I use an SD Codefree meter I got from Amazon and downloaded a glucose tracking app called ‘Blood Glucose Tracker’ which is really easy to use and view results and trends. It’s meant I’ve been able to see that my body really doesn’t like any morning carbs, and that I’ve certainly got dawn phenomenon as a challenge to address!
I thought I would share this here in the hopes that other newbies might feel some hope!
Changes I’ve made since diagnosis:
Medication: I was on 500mg of Metformin for 3 days, 1000mg for a few more, and as of yesterday I’m on 1500g per day.
Diet: 1300 calorie diet, under 50g carbs per day, plenty of water
Exercise: 2 miles walk a day (weekdays, as brisk as possible)
Testing: I test on waking, before and after meals (2 hours) and do some random spot checks, I record everything on my app.
Support: When I was first diagnosed I felt humiliated and didn’t really want to open up to people about it. I’ve now started sharing everything about it with my partner – screen-shotting good readings, enthusing when I find a tasty low-carb recipe. I’m also chatting more with my Type 1 Dad and we're commiserating together about how 'Muggles' don’t understand. It’s made a huge difference to my mood. I realise that I’m very lucky with my support system, but if you have one – use it. I wanted to keep it all inside at first. I'm glad I didn't.
I posted last week about my expectations around bringing down my BG readings.
I had it in my head that my FBG at diagnosis was 13, and my HBA1C was 18. Turns out I was wrong, I checked the results again, and that the real figures were actually FBG 18, A1C 13.Yikes.
I was diagnosed with Type 2 ten days ago and in that time have gone from BG 18 to an average of 7.5. That’s obviously still high and I clearly still have a way to go, but I have been very encouraged by this drop after only 10 days. It’s made me motivated to keep working hard and trying to get my levels down to a normal level.
I was told by my GP not to test. But decided that that was total nonsense and went ahead and bought one myself. I use an SD Codefree meter I got from Amazon and downloaded a glucose tracking app called ‘Blood Glucose Tracker’ which is really easy to use and view results and trends. It’s meant I’ve been able to see that my body really doesn’t like any morning carbs, and that I’ve certainly got dawn phenomenon as a challenge to address!
I thought I would share this here in the hopes that other newbies might feel some hope!
Changes I’ve made since diagnosis:
Medication: I was on 500mg of Metformin for 3 days, 1000mg for a few more, and as of yesterday I’m on 1500g per day.
Diet: 1300 calorie diet, under 50g carbs per day, plenty of water
Exercise: 2 miles walk a day (weekdays, as brisk as possible)
Testing: I test on waking, before and after meals (2 hours) and do some random spot checks, I record everything on my app.
Support: When I was first diagnosed I felt humiliated and didn’t really want to open up to people about it. I’ve now started sharing everything about it with my partner – screen-shotting good readings, enthusing when I find a tasty low-carb recipe. I’m also chatting more with my Type 1 Dad and we're commiserating together about how 'Muggles' don’t understand. It’s made a huge difference to my mood. I realise that I’m very lucky with my support system, but if you have one – use it. I wanted to keep it all inside at first. I'm glad I didn't.
