What was your fasting BG today?
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@edintx Wow! That's fantastic progress. @judyvalentine512 Smart thinking. Don't beat yourself up...we all have bouts with relapses. You can do it. Rest today
After breakfast twom hours later - 94. Happy with that after morning surprise1 -
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Thank you for the encouragement.1
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106 (5.89)1
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Any hints what your new diet's like?
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I hate diabetes
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Today was 114...doc appt for cold this am0
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FBS was 7.9 (130). two hours later and a coffee 4.9 (88). I'm still feeling the effects of my binge.1
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68 today fasting & 70 at doctor (not really a concern on keto down to about 55 once fat adapted, since very few things using glucose to run, and no symptoms of hypo at all), had my 3 month check up-- a1c is 4.7, hell yeah! Not bad from almost 10 3 months ago ^_^
Doctor was actually supportive which is nice too, said he usually recommends ada diet because its easier to stick to and is a massive improvement over most peoples "normal diet", but finds except for causing excessive constipation in some people keto works really well when people can stick to it. Said whatever I'm doing... keep doing it because it's working.
50 lbs gone, another 70-80 to go. KCKO!2 -
68 today fasting & 70 at doctor (not really a concern on keto down to about 55 once fat adapted, since very few things using glucose to run, and no symptoms of hypo at all), had my 3 month check up-- a1c is 4.7, hell yeah! Not bad from almost 10 3 months ago ^_^
Doctor was actually supportive which is nice too, said he usually recommends ada diet because its easier to stick to and is a massive improvement over most peoples "normal diet", but finds except for causing excessive constipation in some people keto works really well when people can stick to it. Said whatever I'm doing... keep doing it because it's working.
50 lbs gone, another 70-80 to go. KCKO!
A1c = 4.7 --> Bravo!
I just loathe that patronizing doctor's mantra, "patients won't do what's best for them, so I'll feed them a plan that will kill them more slowly."
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Hi, my name is Lynn. I am a carb-aholic. My fbs for the last month has been incredibly high... around 189. I need to be here, get back into a better diet and loose the weight I have gained in the last 7 months. I am only on metformin 2000mg per day but am wondering if I need more meds at this time. You can throw me a letter with advice if you feel so inclined. Thx.0
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In regards to meter accuracy-- this test will make most of you slightly ill, and from what I've seen from my own 3 meters, its pretty much true across the board... but +/-10 seems fairly common across all meters... and really that's not nearly accurate enough. I think lack of accurate testing is harming most diabetics an awful lot.
https://zippy.gfycat.com/ImmenseDamagedChupacabra.webm
I've done same drop of blood on 3 meters, got 3 different results, pull strips, replace, same drop of blood on all 3 again, not one matched previous results... the one i use now is an accu-check aviva, and it consistently comes up with smaller variability than the other two, but rarely even on same drop of blood same number twice... often +/-5-10 (old two were up to +/-30, which is functionally worthless imo.)0 -
In regards to meter accuracy-- this test will make most of you slightly ill, and from what I've seen from my own 3 meters, its pretty much true across the board... but +/-10 seems fairly common across all meters... and really that's not nearly accurate enough. I think lack of accurate testing is harming most diabetics an awful lot.
https://zippy.gfycat.com/ImmenseDamagedChupacabra.webm
I've done same drop of blood on 3 meters, got 3 different results, pull strips, replace, same drop of blood on all 3 again, not one matched previous results... the one i use now is an accu-check aviva, and it consistently comes up with smaller variability than the other two, but rarely even on same drop of blood same number twice... often +/-5-10 (old two were up to +/-30, which is functionally worthless imo.)
Good God, that's a vivid and pathetic illustration.
I've had far better results - more consistent and closer to what professional labs return - with my 3 Bayer Contour Next EZ meters than any of the others I've tried.
(That includes the plain old, crappy Bayer Contour, which might as well be a random number generator.)1 -
103 (5.72)0
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Good morning all.
6.8 (123).
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Starting Victoza today. Another $1,000 drug. 0 -
Hi, my name is Lynn. I am a carb-aholic. My fbs for the last month has been incredibly high... around 189. I need to be here, get back into a better diet and loose the weight I have gained in the last 7 months. I am only on metformin 2000mg per day but am wondering if I need more meds at this time. You can throw me a letter with advice if you feel so inclined. Thx.
@phxteach simple control of diet and some added exercise and weight loss should help. lowering the daily carbohydrate consumption will help a great deal. a keto diet is one way but you could also just start lowering your carb intake over a month or two so that the adjustment is easier
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@shadus That test is crazy!! I'll have to try that with my Verio IQ meter. FBS was 109 this am.1
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95 this morning.1
