Hi all -
New user here. I was just given a 'preliminary' diagnosis of Type II on Jan 4 (tests taken Dec 22). Had a FBS of 147 with A1C of 6.4.
All the other tests were pretty normal, cholesterol 164, triglycerides 113, HDL (45) and LDL (94) maybe a little reversed from what i want?
This was the first time tested. Doctor didn't want to put me on meds and wanted to try diet and exercise first. I purchased a ex bike and have been doing 30-60 minutes (10-15 miles) per day. Also have been watching carbs and giving up my morning onion bagels and also my hard candy (good and plenty, starlight mints, sweettart).
Have lost 7-10 pounds so far.
I was referred to a diabetes education program which took a couple weeks to get an appointment. Finallly got in a few days ago, got a meter and a testing schedule and have been testing since. So far, I have an average of 113 across 9 tests. Highest I have seen is 166 about 45 minutes after eating breakfast (down to 103 about 45minutes later). I haven't tested fasting am reading yet,scheduled to do that tomorrow so we'll see what that says.
Hopefully whatever I'm doing is working. I am a little concerned about the meter accuracy since these numbers don't seem to correspond to the December tests. Is this a better result than I should really expect after a couple weeks of exercise and watching what I eat.
A little background: 48 yr old male who moved from the big city of Chicago to a rural location for family reasons. When I was in Chicago, I estimate walking 4-6 miles a day total between walking from home to train station and station to work twice a day, lunch time walks, and walking around the office. I weighed a little more than ideal but in pretty good shape.
Since moving to the country and working from home, most exercise was equal to walking the 20 ft from my room to my desk. So I gained 25-30 lbs in a little over two years.
The diagnosis came after a follow-up from a brief hospital stay. Went to the ER after a series of bad nosebleeds, ended up diagnosed with moderate dehydration and hypertensive urgency and an elevated WBC that supposedly came down to stress after the doctors did whole series of tests that didn't find anything. I know they did a metabolic panel but the attending doc never mentioned a glucose issue. My doctor has the hospital tests so I'll ask her what the results were when I see her next. I'm a little concerned that they were so anxious to treat the blood pressure issue and get me out of the hospital that they may not have mentioned some things to me.
Ok, this is too long! So hi!
New user here. I was just given a 'preliminary' diagnosis of Type II on Jan 4 (tests taken Dec 22). Had a FBS of 147 with A1C of 6.4.
All the other tests were pretty normal, cholesterol 164, triglycerides 113, HDL (45) and LDL (94) maybe a little reversed from what i want?
This was the first time tested. Doctor didn't want to put me on meds and wanted to try diet and exercise first. I purchased a ex bike and have been doing 30-60 minutes (10-15 miles) per day. Also have been watching carbs and giving up my morning onion bagels and also my hard candy (good and plenty, starlight mints, sweettart).
Have lost 7-10 pounds so far.
I was referred to a diabetes education program which took a couple weeks to get an appointment. Finallly got in a few days ago, got a meter and a testing schedule and have been testing since. So far, I have an average of 113 across 9 tests. Highest I have seen is 166 about 45 minutes after eating breakfast (down to 103 about 45minutes later). I haven't tested fasting am reading yet,scheduled to do that tomorrow so we'll see what that says.
Hopefully whatever I'm doing is working. I am a little concerned about the meter accuracy since these numbers don't seem to correspond to the December tests. Is this a better result than I should really expect after a couple weeks of exercise and watching what I eat.
A little background: 48 yr old male who moved from the big city of Chicago to a rural location for family reasons. When I was in Chicago, I estimate walking 4-6 miles a day total between walking from home to train station and station to work twice a day, lunch time walks, and walking around the office. I weighed a little more than ideal but in pretty good shape.
Since moving to the country and working from home, most exercise was equal to walking the 20 ft from my room to my desk. So I gained 25-30 lbs in a little over two years.
The diagnosis came after a follow-up from a brief hospital stay. Went to the ER after a series of bad nosebleeds, ended up diagnosed with moderate dehydration and hypertensive urgency and an elevated WBC that supposedly came down to stress after the doctors did whole series of tests that didn't find anything. I know they did a metabolic panel but the attending doc never mentioned a glucose issue. My doctor has the hospital tests so I'll ask her what the results were when I see her next. I'm a little concerned that they were so anxious to treat the blood pressure issue and get me out of the hospital that they may not have mentioned some things to me.
Ok, this is too long! So hi!