My A1C went up.

Ronni

Ronni

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Nashville TN
It’s still normal, but a very high normal. It’s just this side of pre-diabetic according to my doc.

Which makes sense to neither of us! She was as shocked as I was, given my overall healthy lifestyle. She just wants to monitor it for now, but suggested tweaking my diet slightly, cutting back on the carbs (I don’t eat many anyway) and upping my exercise a bit.

What have you all done to bring your A1C down?

EDITED TO ADD: She also talked about lowering my stress levels. Yeah, good luck with that. 💔
 
Mine is high normal too. But I'm 76. They are beginning to realize that maybe they should back off on concerns about A1C for senior citizens. That it's more than likely part of the aging process.

Like you not a lot of simple carbs. I do eat more complex carbs since I rarely eat animal protein.
 
It's highly likely it's stress induced. Are you scheduled for a retest ? What is high of normal?

Do you own a glucose meter? They're not very expensive should you decide to make dietary changes you could find out if what you change made much of a difference at all.

The only thing I would say, if you can, don't stress about this too.

My wife is diabetic, but her A1C mostly controlled by lifestyle. When she was hospitalized last spring her glucose was often high, but still sub 200, but in a life and death situation the body is under stress coupled with being on a feeding tube which is 50% sugar it wasn't surprising. At the time it was the least of her problems. She's back to close to normal A1C now.

Best to you and your family.

F.
 
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