Smallbrit
Well-Known Member
Just back from my GP appointment.
Jul 2017 HBA1C 89 (because overload of biscuits (my self-diagnosis))
Nov 2017 HBA1C 76 (addition of exercise, reduction in biscuits)
Feb 2018 HBA1C 48 (Christmas. But then 2 months LCHF and meter readings and ...ahem... less exercise)
So happy with progress!!! And sun outside means I can take up running/slow jogging/slightly snail's pace exercising again, which my meter has shown me lowers my readings by about 0.5 mmol.
Also, v pleased with my GP, who is trying his hardest to get up to speed on diabetes, having just taken over from diabetic nurse who retired last year. He was happy with my low carbing, happy that I was able to self-test with a monitor (probably happy he didn't have to pay...) and only concern being that I don't lose weight, after I unintentionally lost 7lbs by not eating enough. Still encouraging me to find foods in my diet that I can tolerate, by trial and error with the meter, so I am able to sustain how I eat for the long term.
As I am in that not-quite-typical type 2 diabetic presentation of "young" (41...) and "slim", he's still exploring how best to treat/diagnose me and hasn't just returned me to "see you once a year, eat healthy, exercise more" status but am still on 3-month checkups. My GAD test came back negative.
I am severely deaf too, adult onset. My mum was adult onset deafness, and had insulin-dependent diabetes. I read about MIDD (Maternal Inherited Deafness and Diabetes) and asked him about possibility of that, which he'd not heard of, but he's going for more diabetic learning courses next week, so he said he'd ask about that too.
Jul 2017 HBA1C 89 (because overload of biscuits (my self-diagnosis))
Nov 2017 HBA1C 76 (addition of exercise, reduction in biscuits)
Feb 2018 HBA1C 48 (Christmas. But then 2 months LCHF and meter readings and ...ahem... less exercise)
So happy with progress!!! And sun outside means I can take up running/slow jogging/slightly snail's pace exercising again, which my meter has shown me lowers my readings by about 0.5 mmol.
Also, v pleased with my GP, who is trying his hardest to get up to speed on diabetes, having just taken over from diabetic nurse who retired last year. He was happy with my low carbing, happy that I was able to self-test with a monitor (probably happy he didn't have to pay...) and only concern being that I don't lose weight, after I unintentionally lost 7lbs by not eating enough. Still encouraging me to find foods in my diet that I can tolerate, by trial and error with the meter, so I am able to sustain how I eat for the long term.
As I am in that not-quite-typical type 2 diabetic presentation of "young" (41...) and "slim", he's still exploring how best to treat/diagnose me and hasn't just returned me to "see you once a year, eat healthy, exercise more" status but am still on 3-month checkups. My GAD test came back negative.
I am severely deaf too, adult onset. My mum was adult onset deafness, and had insulin-dependent diabetes. I read about MIDD (Maternal Inherited Deafness and Diabetes) and asked him about possibility of that, which he'd not heard of, but he's going for more diabetic learning courses next week, so he said he'd ask about that too.