Recently diagnosed Type2

[SB2015]

I made dietary changes 2-3 months ago and have substantially reduced sugar, bread, pasta, potatoes intake on a daily/weekly basis generally anything sweet or overly sweet is not on my menu list.
I eat salads 4 times per week and veg with cooked dinner twice per week.
I am still maintaining weight loss from 15.4 stone to 14.5 stone and so far able to keep any weight gain at bay

Good morning

As Docb mentions a new HbA1c after just a few weeks won’t give you much information as it will still have blood cells from the previous couple of month’s, along with your new healthier looking ones. They won’t normally retest within three months at our surgery, but I guess this one was an automatic inclusion in the preponderance assessment.

That drop that you have achieved already is showing that you are taking the right steps, so keep going. You mention veg meals. A useful rule of thumb I use when choosing veg, is
If it grows
- under the ground it is high in carbs (potatoes, sweet potatoes, swedes, ...)
- above ground it is medium carbs (peas, beans, ...)
- on the ground it is low carb (celery, lettuce, ....)

Keep giong, you are already making progress.

 

[SueEK]

The important thing is that your bg is going down. As the others have said the HbA1c is an average from the previous 3 months so don’t be alarmed, carry on with your new way of eating and hopefully when you see the hospital team again it will have dropped further. You must be safe to have your operation x

 

[getting older]

Thank you both for the message/posting.
Short but to the point of facts and I appreciate that. I continue to learn more about Diabetes daily and with the input of people on this website it really does enlighten.