Glycosylated hemoglobin

I don't know .. so much demand can make you neurotic.

You have to live quieter, in the end you can die of anything else ..

With 6'7 my doctor tells me that I am going well.I got to have 10

Thera said:
@Thera said:

129 on average, variation 16.6 and with 97% within the range, 0 hypos and with a diet made by a nutritionist.In three months, 6.5.So what you propose does not fit me.

Nor does it fit that, having a disease, you have to have better values ​​than a healthy person.

pinkman said:
Pinkmansaid:
@pinkman said:

The ideal is 4.5% of A1C.

If it is not achieved, try to approach 4.9%

That is the objective, avoiding hypos, index of variability less than 20% and time in rank greater than 95%.

It can be done in 4 phases:

Phase 1. if you were in values ​​& GT; 5.7%, 3 months for & lt; 5.7

I agree that you have to live

This cannot be a permanent sacrifice where one is bitter and angry

The thing is to find the balance between the now and the future, knowing that the happiness of now can be charged with complications, or not, and the sacrifice of now compensates a quiet future.

But indeed what each one can, not everyone works the same and equal 6.7 or 6.5 are excellent values

I do not know any diabetic drop from 5 of hemoglobin.At least type I.

It costs a lot of work to approach 6 and little ... let's not be taliban

I just collect the results of the last analysis and I get a 6.2% glyc

I have climbed something since May of last year that came 6%

On Thursday I have the appointment with my endocrine, to see how he sees it.I, for now, see it well.

It is true that you have to make many daily sacrifices to have more or less "correct" values ​​but it is what there is.I know two cases of people in my neighborhood who have amputated a leg to one and a half foot to the other, although they are people with many years of evolution.That is quite afraid and I try to control everything I can, according to my wife more than the account.

Hi @sandman!

Thank you for sharing your results and reflections.The truth is that a 6.2% glyc and a 96% IRR are very good, especially if you are maintaining them in a sustained way.I understand perfectly what you say about daily sacrifices, because this constant balance is not easy, and many times it goes unnoticed by those who do not live it closely.

What you say about the cases in your neighborhood is very hard, but it is also a real reminder of why this daily effort is worth it.It is not just about numbers in an app or in a report, but for the quality of life in the medium and long term.

On what your wife says, she is also understandable.Sometimes one turns so much in the control that may seem obsession, but when you know what is at stake, it is difficult not to want to do your best.The ideal is to find that point where you can keep taking care of yourself without diabetes taking everything.

You will tell us what the endocrine tells you on Thursday.Courage and congratulations for that control, which is no small thing!👏💪

Congratulations @sandman staying is not easy, one tells you one that reached 5.4 with a lot of effort but I missed that, 3 months.It was a challenge that imposed myself, but with a little more gluco, I live better and much less sacrifice.

We are not robots and as they say in other comments, we must find balance.I have been diabetic 35 years, right now I have a 6.4 glyce, the time in rank is 84% ​​and the variability (I do not know what is exactly called) in 30. Throughout these years I have been with we have lower and I have come to have 12. The latter logically is not recommended but at certain ages it is quite usual.What I mean by this is that we should not lose sight of our control but the obsession is not good either and excessive control in the end mine mental and very important health, what is worth some, does not apply for others.

All the best.

Hi @Pinkman,

If you have type 1 diabetes and you have had or have an A1C of 4.5%, with all respect, could you tell us how you have done it?What are the habits, gestures or "tricks" that have most helped you reach those levels?Apart from the low carbage diet and count hydrates, which seems that they are the two most effective strategies.

pinkman said:
@pinkman said:

The ideal is 4.5% of A1C.

If it is not achieved, try to approach 4.9%

That is the objective, avoiding hypos, index of variability less than 20% and time in rank greater than 95%.

It can be done in 4 phases:

Phase 1. if you were in values ​​& GT; 5.7%, 3 months for & lt; 5.7

Phase 2. & lt; 5.2, 6 months

Phase 3. & lt; 4,9, in 1 year

Phase 4. The Holy Grail, = 4.5%, perpetual objective

Hello, I have been with an HBA1C for two years between 4.5 and 4.7.It can be achieved, it is not impossible, but obviously you need your dedication.

My first year with diabetes and as a companion, I spent reading everything that fell into my hands and discarding many "content creators" to which diabetes is something alien to them and they took it as some kind of advertising business.In the end, and summarizing a lot, I learned the most basic in two books "thinks how a pancreas of Gary Scheiner" and "Dr. Richard K. Bernstein."Then, and from a bump of medical and hospital bibliography, I understood (and I still try) some of the cellular metabolism of glucose and the complex energy regulation system of the human body.In the end I marked two goals: a glucose target of 83 mg/dl with the least possible variability and follow the "law of small numbers" of Dr. Bernstein.And this is how I went from an index of 6.5 to the range below 5% in the HBA1C index.Asks the Forero @cuevast for habits or tricks to which I can only contribute my personal experience without any other claim.

I never liked sugar or sweets, neither in coffee nor in desserts nor in meals so I have already incorporated that "advantage".Before being diabetic I never had breakfast at all a couple of coffees, so I now continue with the same behavior.In meals and dinners I try not to pass from 30/40 grams of carbohydrates in the form of a slice of non -industrial integral bread of mother dough and a dessert that varies between strawberries (in campaign) and a portion of a cheese flan that I do and that contains a single ration of HC.The main dish varies between legumes, varied salads, cheese, fish of all kinds and white meats (birds and rabbit basically).Years ago, before diabetes, a good part of the albufera's rice was consumed in my house, cooking my own baguetes and was the king of the potato tortilla but from the debut I have eaten rice only once and pasta or other rapid absorption hydrates never more.He is screwed, I recognize it, but in the end you get used to or assume it.

Many hours of conversation with friends dedicated to various science fields have come to convince me that a glucose level above 120 is abnormal and assumed that the diabetic condition should not justify per se the "normality" of levels up to or above 180 outside the postprandial period.It is not normal and has assumed as is.Another thing is that we must replace the functionality of an operational pancreas with a personalized management of artificial insulins and start "think like a pancreas" if they allow me to paraphrase the title of the book.High blood glucose levels and their persistence in time have clinical consequences in most people who suffer from it and that is scientific evidence that I think is outside any discussion.A low level, on the contrary, is a risk that must be minimized and controlled and corrected with small amounts of hydrates and thus in how I control mild hypoglycemia.I prefer to correct with a yogurt a level of 65 to do so with four or six novorapid units for a level of 200. I must also appreciate that I have not suffered any severe hypo that has made a medical or pharmacological intervention (glucagon)and the reaction of your body to insulins, food, exercise, etc.

And finally just add that the exercise of force, from three to four hours a week, and many others of aerobic exercise in the form of a walk and bicycle, notably help the glycemic control.Anyway, I apologize for the roll and just add that this is only my personal experience and as we all know, each person is a world.

Greetings to all!