The day of reckoning

[Alan44]

Three and a half months ago I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes with a HbAc1 of 51

My doctor basically said by text," go away and cure yourself" with a link to this site, so I joined this forum and am so pleased I did, I have learnt so much from some wonderful and knowledgeable people together with the learning zone and so much more.

Having spent a week reading all the forum has to offer, I decided on a course of action which I could control as follows

1) Weight, which was 12st 5lbs (BMI 27)
2) Diet
3) Exercise
I also got a finger prick BG tester (First test was 7.5)

Over the course of the last 18 weeks I have been on a low carb diet (less than 130 grams)
Reduced my calorie intake to between 800 and 1200
Increased my exercise to include a 2.5 mile walk most days which includes an incline on the way back to get the heart pumping.

As of today my weight is 10st 8lbs (BMI 23.2)
My finger prick tests are now in the mid to low 5's and have been for the past 6 weeks or so (today was 5.2) I only test in the morning to see what the trend is.

I have my follow up blood test tomorrow (18/11/24) to confirm diagnosis and will get the results within about 36 hrs

So, people, what do you think my HbAc1 will now read, I have controlled the controllable and done the best I can

Alan 😉

 

[pjgtech]

Sounds like you have done all you can, good luck with it..... and keep doing the good stuff....

 

[rebrascora]

Best of luck! I am going for 39mmols/mol assuming your average is in the 5s. Hope I am not raising your hopes only to be slightly disappointed but I am pretty confident I will be close with those 5s and I think that it would likely go down a bit further if you had been getting 5s for a bit longer if you know what I mean. Will be very happy for you if I am wrong and my guess is too high but pretty certain you will at least be low 40s but quite possibly below, hence my guess.

Fingers crossed for you! If this is only your second test, you could argue that you don't qualify for a diabetes diagnosis, but then that kind of takes it away from your hard work which has hopefully pushed you down into non diabetic levels.

 

[Alan44]

Best of luck! I am going for 39mmols/mol assuming your average is in the 5s. Hope I am not raising your hopes only to be slightly disappointed but I am pretty confident I will be close with those 5s and I think that it would likely go down a bit further if you had been getting 5s for a bit longer if you know what I mean. Will be very happy for you if I am wrong and my guess is too high but pretty certain you will at least be low 40s but quite possibly below, hence my guess.

Fingers crossed for you! If this is only your second test, you could argue that you don't qualify for a diabetes diagnosis, but then that kind of takes it away from your hard work which has hopefully pushed you down into non diabetic levels.

Thank you for your kind words of encouragement and I so hope you are right.
I really have done the best I can and yes tomorrows test will be the second one, but I guess what will be will be, but I will settle for 39 any day
Thank you

 

[Leadinglights]

I will go for 43.

 

[Inka]

I’m going for 40 @Alan44 and well done!

 

[JimmyBlue]

Good luck Alan and I hope the outcome is a number below what you are hoping for. But even if it isn't I still think the improvement will be big and you will know you are the path to better health. I won't try and guess the actual number as I am no good at guessing games (unless its Wordle) but when I was using the CGM it forecast a HbA1c figure for me of 39 and I was definitely not in the low 5s on a regular basis.

 

[Burylancs]

Three and a half months ago I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes with a HbAc1 of 51

My doctor basically said by text," go away and cure yourself" with a link to this site, so I joined this forum and am so pleased I did, I have learnt so much from some wonderful and knowledgeable people together with the learning zone and so much more.

Having spent a week reading all the forum has to offer, I decided on a course of action which I could control as follows

1) Weight, which was 12st 5lbs (BMI 27)
2) Diet
3) Exercise
I also got a finger prick BG tester (First test was 7.5)

Over the course of the last 18 weeks I have been on a low carb diet (less than 130 grams)
Reduced my calorie intake to between 800 and 1200
Increased my exercise to include a 2.5 mile walk most days which includes an incline on the way back to get the heart pumping.

As of today my weight is 10st 8lbs (BMI 23.2)
My finger prick tests are now in the mid to low 5's and have been for the past 6 weeks or so (today was 5.2) I only test in the morning to see what the trend is.

I have my follow up blood test tomorrow (18/11/24) to confirm diagnosis and will get the results within about 36 hrs

So, people, what do you think my HbAc1 will now read, I have controlled the controllable and done the best I can

Alan 😉

36

 

[mashedupmatt]

Fantastic - well done @Alan44 I'm going for a 39

 

[silver minion]

Well done on achieving the goals you set yourself @Alan44 I think your hbA1c result will be less than 42 but I am not knowledgeable enough to give more than an educated guess. I hope you are well on the path to remission.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Good luck for tomorrow @Alan44

I’m going with a well-earned 41

 

[Davetherave99]

Sounds like you will hit your target really let us know your result as I am the same journey

 

[Eddy Edson]

I say 37!

 

[Alan44]

Sounds like you will hit your target really let us know your result as I am the same journey

I've been told the results will be back by this Thursday 21/11

 

[Alan44]

Well people, the results are in and not quite as good as I was hoping for, but, I guess not that bad either.

46 mmol/mol ( doctors notes on my records: "No action, safe & satisfactory for this patient") ??

Comments please

Alan 😉

 

[rebrascora]

Interesting result and can understand you being a little disappointed. If your readings are only taken in the morning before food, then you may want to start doing some pairs of readings around meals to see if something you are eating is pushing you higher than you would hope and then look at adjusting those meals, but waking up in the 5s suggests your liver output is likely not the issue with your diabetes but some of your food may be. That is my take on that result anyway.

 

[rebrascora]

I should say, that it is still a great result, so well done, but you may need to try a slightly different approach if you want to improve on it.

 

[Proud to be erratic]

My initial instinctive thought was I agree with your Dr. A result of 46 mmol/L I think is fine for your age.

I must emphasise I am not medically qualified and importantly I know nothing about your personal circumstances. In particular I have no idea if you have other ailments in the "mix", nor how your T2 diagnosis came about (normally I try to look back at previous posts; not so today).

I support the principles in @rebrascora's 2 responses just now: great result; perhaps different structured testing might reveal a further opportunity for improvement. But caution you might be into that territory of diminishing returns: pressure yourself more for only a tiny gain?

 

[JITR]

I was very disappointed too when my last HbA1c came out 7 higher than I expected !!!

What to do? Optimise diet as suggested, consider IF/TRE such as 5:2, some longer walks, exercises such as stretching and squats or whatever you can manage. It's a long term game.

 

[Leadinglights]

I think that now according to newer NICE guideline for people of a more mature age that would be considered an acceptable HbA1C, however it is up to you whether you want or need to make any modest changes to improve it without detriment to your overall wellbeing.
But well done.