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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Hi, I am a T2D of some 8 years, and during that time I have experimented with many supplements. I am not insulin dependant, and control with oral medication only. That said, my research so far indicates that the supplement Bitter Melon is not limited to T2D, and may help those using insulin.
Most of the supplements i tried had at best a small benefit, and none really justified the ongoing expense. So, back in Feb pf this year, my HBA1c was 99 (mmol/Mol) ans my doctor referred me to the Diabetes Certified Nurse to discuss the introduction of insulin. I requested that instead I could do 'eat to meter'and see if I could reduce my HbA1c before the next checkup. My doctor and the DCN agreed to support self monitoring. We all had a laugh when i said I was worried about hypo's, which at that time seemed to be very remote.
I used the time to fine tune my meds and set up a test regime that would provide trend analysis and filter out as many variables as I could ( such as test strip batch change, meter variations, meter range non linearity)and also define a controlled daily routine that was repeatable. I altered the time and dosage of my medication until I had a stable baseline set of readings. In July of this year my HBA1c had reduced to 79, and my daily readings seemed to be stable. I was keeping a 2 week running average, and at this time it was running at 11,8 mmol/L which is within 0.6 of my HBA1c plasma equivalent. I now felt I had a reasonable test vehicle to try out different strategies to reduce my bgl averages.
I am going to end this posting here because it is late and I only wanted to open by showing that I have taken care in establishing a stable platform before launching out with using Bitter Melon, which i will cover in my next post(s). Feel free to join in with your experiences and lets get some discussion going here.
Most of the supplements i tried had at best a small benefit, and none really justified the ongoing expense. So, back in Feb pf this year, my HBA1c was 99 (mmol/Mol) ans my doctor referred me to the Diabetes Certified Nurse to discuss the introduction of insulin. I requested that instead I could do 'eat to meter'and see if I could reduce my HbA1c before the next checkup. My doctor and the DCN agreed to support self monitoring. We all had a laugh when i said I was worried about hypo's, which at that time seemed to be very remote.
I used the time to fine tune my meds and set up a test regime that would provide trend analysis and filter out as many variables as I could ( such as test strip batch change, meter variations, meter range non linearity)and also define a controlled daily routine that was repeatable. I altered the time and dosage of my medication until I had a stable baseline set of readings. In July of this year my HBA1c had reduced to 79, and my daily readings seemed to be stable. I was keeping a 2 week running average, and at this time it was running at 11,8 mmol/L which is within 0.6 of my HBA1c plasma equivalent. I now felt I had a reasonable test vehicle to try out different strategies to reduce my bgl averages.
I am going to end this posting here because it is late and I only wanted to open by showing that I have taken care in establishing a stable platform before launching out with using Bitter Melon, which i will cover in my next post(s). Feel free to join in with your experiences and lets get some discussion going here.