results from latest blood draw
2t9nty
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A1C 5.5%
Total cholesterol 203
Triglycerides 149
HDL 35
LDL 138
The A1C was 6.1 in March and 6.9 in January, so I am pleased with progress there.
Total cholesterol 203
Triglycerides 149
HDL 35
LDL 138
The A1C was 6.1 in March and 6.9 in January, so I am pleased with progress there.
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Those numbers look good. Nice drop in the A1C.
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Way to go!!!!
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That's really great!1
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Those numbers look good. Nice drop in the A1C.
No kidding. When I was diagnosed T2D in October, it was 12.8. In January it was 6.9. The LCHF is getting the job done. I had stopped taking the statin after my March blood draw, so those numbers are w/o benefit o' statin.
I was interested in the ALT because it had always been high - right at the top end of the range or just a little higher. I don't drink alcohol or do any of those other things that doctors ask about when the ALT is high - no IV drug use or multiple sex partners, etc. I had always understood the high ALT to be an indication of NAFLD, so seeing the numbers at the low end of the scale is encouraging.6 -
That is absolutely fabulous!!!1
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Wow, you came down from 12.8 from last October?! That is such an incredible drop!! I hope your doc told you to keep on doing whatever it is you're doing, lol. Big congrats to you, keep it up. 1
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I went by the doctor's office and asked to do the blood draw before the appointment so I could discuss results with him. I have not had the appointment yet, but once they sent in the order, I could not resist checking.
I ran into my doctor socially not long ago, and he noticed the weight loss. He commented that only 1 in a 100 patients actually do what you tell them to do, and he was impressed. I mentioned that I had done it by ignoring his advice, and he laughed. It was one of those "Whatever it takes" things.
The response of the glucose levels to the LCHF has been really dramatic. I suspected I would be bringing it down .1% at a time for years and might hit some point of diminishing returns for the WOE and glucose. I had not imagined I would be able to bring it down this much in such a short period of time.
One of the data points I did not post was sodium. I had historically been watching sodium due to mild hypertension issues, but I was not too OCD about it. I am getting 4000 to 5000 mg most days now. Sodium levels were about the same as they always have been - medium high normal range.5 -
Great progress!
So your A1c matches up well with MySugr's estimate then?
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Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »Great progress!
So your A1c matches up well with MySugr's estimate then?
According to MySugr, I am on the 5.4/5.5 bubble. It is mostly 5.4 right now. Every now and then, it will show 5.5 predicted for the day. An official blood draw at the lab that gives you a 5.5 seems about as close as you could expect.3 -
@2t9nty Congratulations, this is an amazing accomplishment! Good for you for taking responsibility for your health and ignoring conventional advice.
When I see the progress of you and others on this site, I can't help but ask - How many more people with diabetes or at-risk for this terrible disease must suffer the dire health consequences of high blood sugar before the AMA, ADA, and others wake up and start providing dietary guidelines that actually cure diabetes instead of making it worse? I have a family full of diabetics who have suffered and continue to deal with a whole range of diabetic complications from vision loss, limb loss, heart and vascular problems, etc. They did what they were instructed to do by their doctors, which only made things worse when we've actually known for a long time what the appropriate diet for a diabetic should be and what we need to do to prevent it. I am sickened by the greed of so many, including academics (of which I am one) who are supposedly impartial, nonprofit organizations (which I study) which are supposed to exist for the public good, and government entities that put special interests over people and let them sway research and recommendations. Rant over!
Thanks to you and others on this site for sharing your success so that we can learn from your experience. It's going to take a ground up change because clearly there is no impartial leadership in this country (US) stepping up to address this critical issue despite the well-known human and economic costs of diabetes.7 -
When my doctor explained that this was a progressive disease and that typically patients would add a med when one stopped working. He explained issues with retinopathy, circulation and associated problems. I would end up injecting insulin before it was over, and we wanted to delay that as much as possible. He gave me the Diabetes Association diet and told me to check glucose levels twice a week and schedule an appointment in three months for another A1C.
I left the appt and felt like I had been sentenced to life without parole.
So I started checking glucose more or less five times a day and paying attention to what made it go up and down. The Diabetes Association diet was terrible for me. My readings were in the 200's and sometimes 300's after eating. I had lost some weight with The Zone in the 90's and found that fairly easy to follow. I remembered the book had information about diabetes and how this diet worked well for diabetics. I tried it and was tracking everything in MFP and checking glucose. This worked better. I finally went to LCHF and my numbers finally started looking somewhat reasonable.
Having the data helped a lot. If I had stuck with the Diabetes Association diet and checked glucose twice a week as instructed, I would have gotten a new med added at the January appt. I am confident of that. I was interested in appealing my sentence, and I did not like the road I was on. Basically I was determined to kick butt and fight this disease to the extent I was able.
I am not saying my experience would be universal, but I do know what worked for me. I want to see the health community come around and start looking at data driven recommendations. Until they do, I am going to figure out what is working for me on my own.
I have lost over 5 inches in my waist since May 1. I had a day last week when the average glucose for my daily readings was 101. There may come a point when the LCHF stops working, but I will know because of the glucose readings. For now it is getting the job done. I will keep my eye on the data and keep options open.10 -
@2t9nty - my A1c was lower than was yours upon diagnosis, but the recommendations, conversation, explained expectations and patient response were almost identical. I am not and will not be a victim or a bystander in this.6
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cstehansen wrote: »@2t9nty - my A1c was lower than was yours upon diagnosis, but the recommendations, conversation, explained expectations and patient response were almost identical. I am not and will not be a victim or a bystander in this.
And the people said, "Amen!"...4 -
Amen!1
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That's awesome! Way to inspire :-)2
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I am happy for you. The waist line shrinking is a very good thing for your health. Congrats, your hard work is paying off.2
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Been there. Nice work, worth celebrating.1
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When my doctor explained that this was a progressive disease and that typically patients would add a med when one stopped working. He explained issues with retinopathy, circulation and associated problems. I would end up injecting insulin before it was over, and we wanted to delay that as much as possible. He gave me the Diabetes Association diet and told me to check glucose levels twice a week and schedule an appointment in three months for another A1C.
I left the appt and felt like I had been sentenced to life without parole.
So I started checking glucose more or less five times a day and paying attention to what made it go up and down. The Diabetes Association diet was terrible for me. My readings were in the 200's and sometimes 300's after eating. I had lost some weight with The Zone in the 90's and found that fairly easy to follow. I remembered the book had information about diabetes and how this diet worked well for diabetics. I tried it and was tracking everything in MFP and checking glucose. This worked better. I finally went to LCHF and my numbers finally started looking somewhat reasonable.
I was so mad when I heard doctors say that about diabetes. It should not be a progressive disease. I'm so glad you nipped it in the bud before you relegated yourself to a lifetime of insulin, which is what I almost did (I was on Lantus for the last 7 years of my diabetes treatment and also Victoza for the last 3). My diabetes was VERY bad and like you, my numbers were always extremely high, fasting, post-prandial, etc., even on ALL THE DRUGS (lol) and even eating the ADA recommended diet. 20 g net carbs or less has put me back to normal and the weight loss is a much slower progression (for awhile, it seemed the other way around, as my BG numbers were still high for a long time even after starting keto but on NO meds). I've only lost ~40 lbs in the year since I started (Memorial weekend 2016), but the reversal of the major diabetes was my biggest concern and hurdle.
My A1C was 12 when I was diagnosed in 2007 with type 2 diabetes and I got it down to 8 after a month on keto. I'm now down to hovering at 6.0 through diet alone (no meds since May 2016). Unfortunately for me, I have some issues that may never reverse, like nerve / circulation damage (dry patches of skin in some areas that don't seem to go away, and peripheral neuropathy in my feet and lower legs), but my blood pressure is normal and my internal functions overall seem better.
I wish I'd known about this WOL ten years or even twenty years ago. But I try not to have regrets. What really gets me is that diabetics had been treated for ages using diets that eliminated carbs from sugar (grains, rice, potatoes, included as 'sugar') but it wasn't common knowledge and western society had been hoodwinked for so many decades about sugar being not so bad, and fat being horribad.
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@bjwoodzy, you've hit the nail smack on the head. We wuz hoodwinked, all right!
Glad to hear you're continuing to make progress.
A lot of us have T2D souvenirs of one sort or another. What I've got to show for my decades in the dark is minor calcification in one coronary artery, but no hair on my lower legs (and I used to sport nice insulation down there....).
Yet, as you say, the old "wisdom" is still being handed out.2 -
Thanks!
Ugh, sorry about your legs, bruh. Tell you what, you can have mine. They're furry. Since I always wear compression stockings (either knee high or thigh high) to stave off leg edema, my bare legs never show (and being that I'm #foreveralone, I haven't had to shave them for ages.)
Leg circulation is a funny thing, seriously. How in the world did we get designed as a species where the blood flow was supposed to go back UP, being inhabitants of a planet where gravity is a thing? I have a family history (mom's side, her mom, etc.) of poor circulation in the legs, so I'm sure my leg issue is due to that plus but sped up/exacerbated by my former high sugary blood being too sticky to work the right way. It probably would have been an issue for me at some stage in my life, diabetic or not. I will say that although I never figured out if my leg issue was due to kidney issues (I don't have any now), circulatory problems, or lymphatic crapola, but I used to retain a shitload more water than I do now. The edema is almost a non-issue these days after being keto for over a year, but I still wear the stockings due to my desk job and besides, they make my legs feel fantastic.2 -
Had blood work done last week and A1C was 5.0. I was happy with that! I've never been diagnosed with T2D but before I started IF 22-months ago and 45-lbs ago, I was having several fasted bg readings of around 120 so the IF and weight loss has worked well for me (previous A1C readings before IF were 5.2 and 5.3). I've not done much LC except when I'm IFing where I'm zero carb. Right now I do about 4-5 days of 21:3 IF and the rest 16:8 IF. If I do 16:8, I typically the early meal low carb.3
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