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groover

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Type of diabetes
Prediabetes
Treatment type
Diet only
I found out by accident as my son is in the Children of the 90s trial and my fasting blood sugar was over 7 on a regular basis. Have been tested for GAD antibodies and the GlucoKinase gene (I think). Now just getting on with it but despite cutting back on carbs - still get high BS, up to 13/14 sometimes. GP wants me to try Metformin as says it will help insulin work better? Any ideas - I don't really know how to use the forum so not sure this was where to ask?
 
groover said:
I found out by accident as my son is in the Children of the 90s trial and my fasting blood sugar was over 7 on a regular basis. Have been tested for GAD antibodies and the GlucoKinase gene (I think). Now just getting on with it but despite cutting back on carbs - still get high BS, up to 13/14 sometimes. GP wants me to try Metformin as says it will help insulin work better? Any ideas - I don't really know how to use the forum so not sure this was where to ask?
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"Cutting back on carbs" sounds good, and can only help...but is a bit vague. What kind of carbs are you eating/how many grams on average per day? It wasn't until completely cutting out bread, cereal, spuds (n chips), pasta and rice that I really started to get things under control. I generally eat less than 50g carbs a day along with at least 2 litres of fluid and my blood sugar levels (without medication) is mainly under 7.5mmols now, often down below 6mmols. I'd say try being even more strict with carbs first before meds...see if you can handle it...but, to be fair, many people cope well on metformin - I am already on lots of meds for other stuff, so the less the better.
 
Was your GAD test positive or negative?
 
Hi. Metformin will help a bit particularly if you are overweight. Yes, do let us know the GAD result. Diet is the key. Keep the carbs down, try the Metformin and see how you go.
 
pleinster said:
"Cutting back on carbs" sounds good, and can only help...but is a bit vague. What kind of carbs are you eating/how many grams on average per day? It wasn't until completely cutting out bread, cereal, spuds (n chips), pasta and rice that I really started to get things under control. I generally eat less than 50g carbs a day along with at least 2 litres of fluid and my blood sugar levels (without medication) is mainly under 7.5mmols now, often down below 6mmols. I'd say try being even more strict with carbs first before meds...see if you can handle it...but, to be fair, many people cope well on metformin - I am already on lots of meds for other stuff, so the less the better.
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Thanks for help - sorry can't see these replies on my phone for some reason. I've been trying to cut out Grains, Potatoes and Sugar. I've not really got into weighing carbs precisely - how do you know the carbs in a carrot for example? I probably should drink more - I'm not very good at doing that.
 
Daibell said:
Hi. Metformin will help a bit particularly if you are overweight. Yes, do let us know the GAD result. Diet is the key. Keep the carbs down, try the Metformin and see how you go.
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Thanks...I do find cutting out carbs makes me a bit miserable though!
 
groover said:
That was negative - that's good I assume?
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Good, but you want to get tested for other autoantibodies. There are 4 or 5 more, but testing for GADA, ZnT8A, and IA-2A will catch almost 100% of autoimmune diabetes. The remaining autoantibodies are IAA, PAA, and something called ICA that recent research literature hardly mentions.
 
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