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[Seniz]

That certainly sounds like a very low carb diet so I wonder if perhaps you are not a typical type 2 diabetic. The HbA1c test just tells you that you are diabetic. After that they base their decision about your Type of diabetes on things like age, weight, known poor diet, insufficient exercise, clinical presentation and stats ie. Most people with diabetes are Type2 so they assume, especially if you are a mature adult, that you must be Type 2. Unfortunately a significant percentage of Type 1s develop diabetes as adults and many of us here were misdiagnosed as Type 2 initially. Added to that, when Type 1 diabetes develops in more mature adults, it usually has a slower onset which can make it look like Type 2.
There are of course other types of diabetes like those associated with damage to the pancreas from disease or trauma or surgery, so people who have had pancreatitis or cancer of the pancreas or develop cysts in their pancreas sometimes as a result of gall stones, can develop diabetes which is referred to as Type 3c and there is also steroid induced diabetes and other even more rare Types.
There are tests that can be done to assess how much insulin your pancreas is able to make and I wonder if it might be helpful to ask for that test? The test is a C-Peptide test. Is your GP/Nurse aware that you have lost a lot of weight and you are following a pretty strict low carb diet but your HbA1c has increased. The other test for Type 1 is antibody tests because Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease ie. the immune system attacks and kills off your insulin producing beta cells. This is believed to be triggered by a virus in some cases and Covid is believed to have caused an increase in diabetes diagnoses as a result. If you were Type 1 then you would need to use insulin to replace what your body can't produce, but this would then enable you to eat a more or less normal diet and just calculate the amount of insulin you need for each meal and inject it of course.
Anyway, those are just a few of my thoughts from reading your posts. If you were Type 2 and caught at this relatively early stage of diagnosis, then I would have very much expected substantial weight loss and a low carb diet to have improved your results and the fact that it hasn't suggests to me that you may well not be Type 2.

I dont think my GP/Nurse noticed , lets see 11.12.24 I have an appointment with an advance clinical practitioner at surgery. I am planing to see my GP to refer me endocrinologist.

I was hiding at home during Covid 🙂 still hiding . I didnt have covid or didnt feel it but I had 3 covid jab

Is there a any link between stress , anxiety and blood sugar level ???

 

[rebrascora]

Yes, unfortunately high stress levels can certainly push your Blood Glucose (BG) up and not sleeping well too, but I still would have expected your levels to have come down with a low carb diet and significant weight loss if you were Type 2 or at least held steady.

 

[JimmyBlue]

@Seniz Hi and welcome to the forum. If you are sitting at desk all day and smoking then a bit more exercise might help. I find that a 20 minute brisk walk at lunchtime helps me to bring down my BG. More frequent exercise might help as well. That will then support all the good work you are doing around your diet.

Like you I work at home all day (although only for three days a week as I am building up to retirement) and sitting on my bum is not good for me especially if I snack too much, even on the healthy stuff like nuts.

 

[Seniz]

@Seniz Hi and welcome to the forum. If you are sitting at desk all day and smoking then a bit more exercise might help. I find that a 20 minute brisk walk at lunchtime helps me to bring down my BG. More frequent exercise might help as well. That will then support all the good work you are doing around your diet.

Like you I work at home all day (although only for three days a week as I am building up to retirement) and sitting on my bum is not good for me especially if I snack too much, even on the healthy stuff like nuts.

Thank you for your answer.

Today endocrinologist called from hospital and my cortisol hormone level is high as well. She said they might linked to each other. Blood sugar level and cortisol . Cholesterol also high ....

Living with empty stomach is not helping I guess i need to move and stop smoking as well.

Pufffff ageing is boring 😛

 

[harbottle]

Thank you for your answer.

Today endocrinologist called from hospital and my cortisol hormone level is high as well. She said they might linked to each other. Blood sugar level and cortisol . Cholesterol also high ....

Living with empty stomach is not helping I guess i need to move and stop smoking as well.

Pufffff ageing is boring 😛

That would make sense. Cortisol makes you insulin resistance and also increases production of glucose from the liver via gluconeogenesis...

The Turkish breakfast sounds delicious! (Going back to a previous post). There's a place I go to regularly that does one and it's fantastic. Very filling.

 

[Seniz]

That would make sense. Cortisol makes you insulin resistance and also increases production of glucose from the liver via gluconeogenesis...

The Turkish breakfast sounds delicious! (Going back to a previous post). There's a place I go to regularly that does one and it's fantastic. Very filling.

Yes our breakfast are quite rich , although I can eat not eat all now 🙂 still I am happy with my cheese and olives I can not live without...

So sad to monitor everything we are going to eat ...

 

[Leadinglights]

Yes our breakfast are quite rich , although I can eat not eat all now 🙂 still I am happy with my cheese and olives I can not live without...

So sad to monitor everything we are going to eat ...

You may only need to do that for a while until you get used to what affects you and what doesn't and learn how to eyeball portions of the higher carb foods.