It's So Noisy at the Fair: The Diabetic Thread

yeah same

meanwhile i’m finally warming up to homemade cauliflower rice and cauliflower mash

Pasta and rice are go tos for me because theyre easy tbrh. Sigh. I need to get back on that horse and cook up some lentils and chickpeas and make some salads.

3 monthly Hb1AC test today: 4.8 mufukkas! Aw yis!
Im actually suprised given the festive season's rather lax crappy eating and booze!

Wow, that's great--I've never had a 3-month lower than 5.7. My last two at home have been 5.0 and 5.3.

great job trayce, that’s fantastic

I have to admit, I've been eating very little, so I dont know if that added to things? But yeah, endo says I could probably go off some or all of the meds in 12 months if I stay this way.

bravo girly!

Got a CGM attached to my arm for 2 weeks kindly donated by my endo team at the hospital, so I can live-monitor my levels for 2 weeks to see how my diet/exercise combo is going. I feel like a Borg now, with this bluetooth blot stuck to my arm!

I've been meaning to post here -- last week I had my lowest A1C result in the 10(?) years since I was diagnosed with the Type2 -- 6.1. I didn't make any special effort -- just lucky afaict. I guess I just ate a little more healthily after the holidays.

Way to go. My weight has been creeping back up--from a low of 143 back up to 153-155 most mornings--so I was worried when I did my first home-test in three weeks. Still 6.0; I've been 5.0-6.0 for a year-plus now. I want to move both in the other direction, obviously, but not really at the cost of panic-monitoring everything like I did the first few months after diagnosis.

I've been having low blood sugar incidents lately, waking up at 3 AM and having to stagger to the kitchen and eat a banana or a fistful of peanuts and raisins and then go back to sleep for another two or three hours. It's been happening about once a week and I'm not super thrilled about it!

I’ve been eating like absolute shit for the last 4.5mo since my last bloodwork so I was dreading it. But I guess the Ozempic is really doing the heavy lifting (I’m still on a minimal dose) or the Seroquel I used to take was really fucking up my stuff (or a combo) because my a1c has dropped again: 11 in august, 6 in November, now it’s 5.7!

i have been able to keep myself at 5.7 to 5.9 for the past couple of years with Metformin and diet/exercise. It crept up a little at xmas and i think i’ll still be there for my next test but i figure as long as that stays pretty level, i’m ok - it’s hard not to stress abt daily #’s so remembering to pull out to a longer view helps me

i still wake up with higher fasting #’s from dawn syndrome but it’s not fucking with my overall number so idk what else i can do except keep everything else in check as much as possible

glad everyone is doing ok mostly though!

The range in these last few post is so narrow: 6.1, 6.0, 5.7, 5.7-5.9.

i think we’re all doing pretty great - group high-fives all round!

High-fives all around, with a couple of low-sixes mixed in...

I would blow the curve for everyone if I posted my numbers.

we’ve all been there - no judgement <3

had my 3-monthly A1C test and
am back to 5.7 so i feel reassured

my last one went up to 5.9 after a year at 5.7 which isnt technically a big deal but quietly felt like some kind of small failure psychologically

anyway we back

I don't know why I called this the diabetic thread, rather than the diabetes thread.

I'm right there with you...maybe. I did my first home-test in three weeks the other night with some apprehension--I've put 10 of the 25 pounds I lost back on--but it came in at 5.7. I've really let the three-month timeline slide, though. I'm going to go in tomorrow morning for my first A1C since November. I always home-test under optimum conditions, so we'll see.

5.9. There's been a gradual uptick the past year, but still good:

03/13/23 - 5.7
07/19/23 - 5.7
11/06/23 - 5.8
04/12/24 - 5.9

I've been advised to supplement my Vitamin D intake, which doesn't surprise me; I've all but cut out dairy the past 18 months, just almond/cashew/soy milk with cereal and some yogurt.