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<blockquote data-quote="DavidGrahamJones" data-source="post: 2377972" data-attributes="member: 245335"><p>Hi, I've been type II since 1997, initially taking things to get my pancreas to make more insulin which was a complete disaster as I just gained loads of weight. It was only when I decided to go low carb and disobey my GP that things got better, I lost weight and controlled my BG quite well with HbA1c between 40 and 45. </p><p></p><p>Personally I didn't worry too much about the difference between one reading and the next because the inaccuracy in any reading might be the cause. If both readings are 5% out, which I think is allowable (you need to check that) then they overlap. Add to that the fact that certain health conditions can affect the HbA1c, never mind your BG over the 8 - 12 week period between HbA1c readings.</p><p></p><p>Something I personally found useful was a c-peptide test which showed how good my pancreas was and an insulin resistance test which gives a number to how bad insulin resistance is. You might have a generous GP, they are not considered essential for type IIs so you might have to finance those tests. Very approximately about £40 each, depends on where you go. I haven't had mine done for a while, so that might be slightly wrong.</p><p></p><p>I know what you mean about struggling, saying cut down to one biscuit would be useless for me as well. That one biscuit would have done the damage, so better to cut out all together.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DavidGrahamJones, post: 2377972, member: 245335"] Hi, I've been type II since 1997, initially taking things to get my pancreas to make more insulin which was a complete disaster as I just gained loads of weight. It was only when I decided to go low carb and disobey my GP that things got better, I lost weight and controlled my BG quite well with HbA1c between 40 and 45. Personally I didn't worry too much about the difference between one reading and the next because the inaccuracy in any reading might be the cause. If both readings are 5% out, which I think is allowable (you need to check that) then they overlap. Add to that the fact that certain health conditions can affect the HbA1c, never mind your BG over the 8 - 12 week period between HbA1c readings. Something I personally found useful was a c-peptide test which showed how good my pancreas was and an insulin resistance test which gives a number to how bad insulin resistance is. You might have a generous GP, they are not considered essential for type IIs so you might have to finance those tests. Very approximately about £40 each, depends on where you go. I haven't had mine done for a while, so that might be slightly wrong. I know what you mean about struggling, saying cut down to one biscuit would be useless for me as well. That one biscuit would have done the damage, so better to cut out all together. [/QUOTE]
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