I am taking metaformin three times a day and actos once a day. I try watcing my diet and excercise a little. but I just got my a1c test back from the dr and it was 7.9. Four months ago it was 7.8. What am I doing wrong. My sugar level was 120 in the office, and during the day at home it has been in the 80's. Please give me suggestions?
2007-06-27 09:14:41 · 7 answers · asked by mickey 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
dont know what to tell you, the numbers look good
2007-06-27 09:35:37 · answer #1 · answered by skcs11 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm diabetic type 2, I don;t take any medicine, I have 1 year 2 months drinking viaviente every day, destilled water and magnesium caplets, I have maybe 12 years with this problem, but I feel better taken all this products, but is not medicine, I try to eat healthy. All the sickness come from because we don't eat healthy, but we can buy supplements to recieve everything our body needs
2007-06-27 09:31:28 · answer #2 · answered by linoarest 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is possible you are spiking, perhaps while you sleep. They have a monitor now that you wear for 3 to 5 days 24 hour a day that measures your glucose every 90 seconds. You keep track of the food you eat at the same time. You might ask your doctor about wearing one of those. Its will give a graph of the whole time and really let you know what is going on. If you don't have insurance it might be kind of pricey tho.
2007-06-27 10:32:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make an appointment or get referred to a Certified Diabetes Educator. A CDE can work with you by checking your bgl's, diet, exercise and medications to fine tune whatever needs tuning to get better A1C1 results. It may be that you need to change your diet a little. Or increase your exercise. Or modify your medications, or a bit of all three.
Keep a daily log of your food intake, exercise and bgl's for a few weeks and take that with you when you visit the CDE.
2007-06-27 10:20:17 · answer #4 · answered by buddychica 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
watching your diet and exercise "a little" isn't going to cut it.
You need to consult a nutritionist and get on a plan. Metformin will help, but it doesn't mean you can just eat what you want, as you have just found out. If you don't know where to find a nutritionist, ask your doctor for a referral. Plan on getting into a diet where you will lose 10% of your current body weight. That alone might get you off the medication entirely.
2007-06-27 09:20:36 · answer #5 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I HAVE DIABETES BUT TYPE 1 AND I BELEIVE THE ONLY SOLUTION IS IF YOU ARE WORKING IN AN OFFICE LIKE ME YOU WILL NOT BURN OFF AS MUCH SUGAR AS YOU WOULD LIKE. TRY MOVING ABOUT A BIT.
2007-06-27 09:33:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.cellfood.com/Coyle.pdf
2007-06-29 20:28:16 · answer #7 · answered by iceman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋