Iv been so depressed today i went doctor and i found this out?

[Jennibambi]

@Jennibambi - hi, sorry for the late reply - it's OK hun - not your fault at all - it was only when I noticed Amigo's response to esa that I thought whoooops I'm replying to the wrong person here! And that's when I doubled checked. Please don't worry that you've posted on this thread - as Amigo says we still do it - in almost a short time you will become accustomed to the way we work here - if you're not sure about anything then please do ask - there's always someone who will explain anything that you don't understand. Hey, I was dx in April last year but it wasn't until I joined the forum in January last that I began to accept my diabetes and fully understand what the condition is all about - the kind folk on this forum have helped me tremendously & without their continued support i wouldn't know the half of it. Take care now x
WL

Well its good to know a lot of people feel the same as i do. Sometimes i get along on my lchf life and then something comes into my head and i start to worry. What is the target hb1ac 30 to 35?? Less? I find any info is a little vague so there are no straight answers or same answers for everyone. But its only because i dont fully understand this yet. I just have to learn/get used to live with it and control it. Yes i am soooo happy i found this forum it is invaluable and i love it. :smile:

 

[Jennibambi]

Can I say on a cycling holiday you'll more than likely need more carb than you'd be able to tolerate when not cycling every day - exercise can lower our blood glucose for up to 48 hours after - so you need to keep a close eye on it!

Enjoy both what you eat and of course he holiday in general.

Incidentally - age on diagnosis has not much to do with being T2 or T2 - plenty of T1s on here were 50+ before their immune system decided to start fighting their pancreas!

Sorry no i am 56 its the hba1c was 48 then 2 weeks later 43 so defo goin the right way. Thanx for the advice on the carbs thats great i would never have thought of that.

 

[trophywench]

Yep - so I'm saying 56 doesn't bar you from being T1 LOL

Patti - owner and an Admin on another UK forum - was 58 - and incorrectly treated as T2 to begin with - and she's definitely T1 ! Not sure how old Robin on here was - but ditto.

There is also something else - called 'LADA' - not the car - which acts like T2 to begin with and is often quite successfully treated as T2 for , well years - until Bam - none of the T2 drugs have the slightest effect, cos it becomes what it actually was all along - Latent Autoimmune Diabetes - and what's autoimmune diabetes - T1 !!

There's a lot more to diabetes than medical science has much of a clue about even now. But of course, even though diabetes was known about millennia ago, eg the ancient Greeks knew about the 'sugar disease' - we've only known about effective treatments since the 1920s when they discovered insulin it's role and began treating people with it. Metformin - the No 1 'go to' drug for T2 - came quite a while later.

We're all lucky to be alive !! - so let's make the most of it while we can ! 😉

 

[Amigo]

You sound fairly typical type 2 from your presenting profile Jenni and to have gone from a Hba1c of 48 (just on the level for a diabetes dx) to 43 two weeks later with no mention of medication or illness, sounds like you'll control this out of diabetic range soon with diet and exercise. There's no suggestion from what you're telling us that you're struggling to get the levels down successfully.

If you managed to hit a Hb of 35 consistently, it would be a superb result and well outside of diabetic range. Pre-diabeties starts after a Hb of 41 so you're already in pre-diabetic range. You're doing well and incidentally it would be pointless testing your Hba1c every 8 weeks. It looks at previous 10-12 weeks glycated haemoglobin levels (glucose that sticks to red blood cells). I'm not sure if you self test but that's the most reliable indicator of how things are going. Good luck!