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Hi every one. I am new here.
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Ralph-YK
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Welcome to the forum Don, from a fellow T2.
You've already got a start going from 54 to 47. As far diabetics go, that 54 was relatively low (though still high).
I'd suggest self testing to see what affect food has on your blood glucose (BG) levels, along with any changes you make.
Keep a food diary, along with a record of your levels. Hopefully, after a couple of weeks, you'll start to see a pattern.
It's not food that raises your BG. It's carbohydrates in particular. Potatoes, paster (unfortuneatley since it's so cheap), rice bread etc. What affect these have varies.
You've already got a start going from 54 to 47. As far diabetics go, that 54 was relatively low (though still high).
I'd suggest self testing to see what affect food has on your blood glucose (BG) levels, along with any changes you make.
Keep a food diary, along with a record of your levels. Hopefully, after a couple of weeks, you'll start to see a pattern.
It's not food that raises your BG. It's carbohydrates in particular. Potatoes, paster (unfortuneatley since it's so cheap), rice bread etc. What affect these have varies.
KARNAK
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Hello @Don Vito welcome to the forum.
We are here for you great work on your HbA1c well done, dig out some questions
that you think you wish to know and we will be only too happy to oblige, we can`t
give medical advice but may be able to point you in the right direction.
So sorry you are stressed not unusual under present circumstances, If you don`t
mind telling us what you would normally do if you had employment? doesn`t matter
what it is, the Prime Minister or labouring everyone is equal on this forum.
We are here for you great work on your HbA1c well done, dig out some questions
that you think you wish to know and we will be only too happy to oblige, we can`t
give medical advice but may be able to point you in the right direction.
So sorry you are stressed not unusual under present circumstances, If you don`t
mind telling us what you would normally do if you had employment? doesn`t matter
what it is, the Prime Minister or labouring everyone is equal on this forum.
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Welcome to the forum @Don Vito
We have lots of friendly, helpful members for you to compare notes with and share the day to day delights and frustrations of life with diabetes 🙂
Well done on reducing your HbA1c to 47, down just below the cut-off which triggers diagnosis - so very much associated with reduced risk of long-term complications.
How have you been managing your diabetes so far? What changes have you made, and are there any things that you find particularly tricky?
We have lots of friendly, helpful members for you to compare notes with and share the day to day delights and frustrations of life with diabetes 🙂
Well done on reducing your HbA1c to 47, down just below the cut-off which triggers diagnosis - so very much associated with reduced risk of long-term complications.
How have you been managing your diabetes so far? What changes have you made, and are there any things that you find particularly tricky?
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