Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire What do I do with an A1c of 11?

11????

Holy fugk

You on a gravy iv drip?

JFC

get rid of that ribbon candy and tell nana no more peanut brickle

Low sugar low carb diet combined with cardio exercise will help a LOT. Been there done that. It you happen take a steroide for some reason, it worsen the diabtetes too.

Ken Berry is DA MAN. More of a straight shooter than ANY other medical professional you're likely to meet, and he brooks no foolishness.

Trying to treat dietary issues with additional high-power chemistry is NOT the answer...that schidt is POISON.


Eat.
More.
Bacon.

Pops wouldnt exercise, ate crap ( bad sweet tooth ). Carried 50.extra pounds for at least 20 yrs. Type 2 and took the meds. Meds cause other problems.

Do what ya can to get off the meds. Lose the weight and keep it off.

Not everybody clogs up and has a massive heart attack to get out quickly. Vascular dementia, amputations....can be a nasty 5 to 10 yrs before death.

Do not go to a real low carb diet quickly!!!


I'm a keto believer! It's not for diabetics though. Not quickly anyway.

Cut carbs, look at nutritional info.
Subtract fiber from carbs to get an accurate number, carbs tied up in fiber
are 💩, not digested.


Foods to avoid are the ones everyone knows about, obviously.


Hints...
If it grows underground, if it is a seed, if it surrounds a seed, it is highly suspect and you need to check how many carbs it has. Plants store energy(carbs) in roots, seed have energy for the growth of seedlings, the flesh surrounding seeds often has energy stores for the seedling.

Tomatoes for example have a good many carbs, onions, some squash, fruits...

Do not get caught up on the BS about sugar and sweets, cutting carbs a bunch is much harder than that.


Oh, no idea how much you move.
Unless you are moving hours a day with real purpose, start working toward an hour or two of solid activity. Not meandering, but brisk movement.

I work on my feet all day, it is not the kind of movement needed.

Dr. Jason Fung has lots of good info on reversing type 2 diabetes.

Basically you need to move towards a low glycemic diet and gradually spread eating time with no calories in between. It's intermittent fasting. I've been eating like this for years. The key is to gradually extend the time between meals. Personally, I do my best eating in a 4 hour window once every 24.

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That is very high. Similar thing happened to me. Stop eating obvious carbs (bread, pasta, rice, potatoes), avoid anything with added sugar, and lose 10-15% of your body weight. The weight loss alone will make your liver and pancreas start working like it used to. Reversing type 2 diabetes is possible for most people if you do what is suggested.

Be proactive, call the endocrinologist yourself.

You’ll likely stay on the metformin plus an SGLT-2 inhibitor and probably a GLP-1 agonist.

Do what they tell you. High blood sugar is no joke.

Assuming you like your feet and vision.




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Typical medical industry response to treat a problem caused by processed food/chemicals with more chemicals. This is treatable with diet, but then how can the drug companies sell crap like Ozempic for thousands per year per patient.

My nephew’s A1C was 12 (I did not know it could go so high). He worked on his diet and exercise, last time he tested it was 5.6. No medicine needed. I lowered mine from pre diabetic number to normal.

Take the meds to put out the fire.

Change your diet and exercise to lose weight. This requires a lifestyle adjustment which is usually really really hard.

When your A1c is under control and you’ve lost weight and kept it off, discontinue the meds.

Your body is in trouble now. Explain how taking meds to gain control is bad? If he can maintain the changes and doesn’t need the meds, by all means discontinue.

Most people can’t maintain the changes.





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I have heard of a diabetic man's penis having to be amputated. It's not just toes and feet.

John Bobbit? I don’t think he was diabetic.

A1C will not drop instantly on or off meds. You can get your blood sugar and insulin in good shape quickly, and since your A1C is a three month average of blood glucose levels it will take a little time for the A1C to fall.

And you’re right, most people cannot maintain a healthy diet. Too easy to take a drug to compensate even though it is far better to lead a healthy lifestyle. It will also keep you off blood pressure medicine, etc

The thing to do is to keep it monitored and controlled by medicine as you use lifestyle changes to wean off the meds.

Thanks. You put it better than I did.




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Berberine and Ceylon Cinnamon are herbals that help to lower A1C.

Try to stay away from white food items eg. bread and potatoes.

Good Luck

This comes in handy too...

You need to make an appointment with an endocrinologist ASAP, also a visit with a diabetic dietician to make appropriate changes in your diet. That much Metformin will cause explosive diarrhea, you'll be s hitting thru the screen door uncontrolably. Trust me on that one BTDT, the endocrinologist will get you on the proper course of meds to lower your a1c. An a1c of 11 is in the dangerously high range and requires immediate attention. An a1c above 7.0 carries with it the risk of damage to kidneys, liver and eyesight to name a few. Elevated a1c is nothing to be taken lightly, hope you seek out proper professional care without delay.

1000 mg metformin b.i.d. is associated with diarrhea but it’s usually not that bad. In clinical trials only 6% of patients discontinued the med because of diarrhea.





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