[HALLIEBETH87]

Do you take meds for your prediabetes? I take a low dose of metformin. But my a1c went even higher to 6.1 now. Last time it was 5.8.

[unaluna]

My dr added long-acting, once a day insulin to my metformin. Thats the only way i could see what foods affected my blood sugar. Basically, if i go over the recommended 30, 30, 45 gms of carbs, my blood sugar stays high.

Do you have a home glucose monitor? It can really help you figure out what is okay to eat, and how much exercise really helps.

[NatalieJastrow]

I try to keep my carbs down. I have adopted a keto diet and it keeps me in the normal range.

[Tart Cherry Jam]

I have reversed prediabetes with ozempic/mounjaro. I now have glycated hemoglobin in the 4.8-5.0 range. An excellent result. I am attaching a screenshot of my results graph. I started Ozempic in late 2021.

I also take Metformin, just in case. 1000-1500 mg a day. But that is more for longevity than anything else.

[Tart Cherry Jam]

I also second the advice of monitoring your individual glucose response to meals, exercise, sleep etc. but especially meals and walking after eating. this is really the gold standard to find out how you (and not someone else) react to this or that food or combo of foods/drinks.

I have made small adjustments based on monitoring. For instance, after I once saw a huuuge spike after drinking a lemonade at a party (a spike even though the lemonade was followed by a wholesome meal), I started ordering sparkling water at restaurants and drinking it before and with a meal.

[NatalieJastrow]

I would also suggest asking your doctor about a continuous glucose monitor. I would love to get one but don't qualify because I don't have diabetes. But friend that had them were shocked to find out certain food that they thought were fine... made the glucose spike like crazy. It was a real eye opener and helped them get their numbers down.

[HALLIEBETH87]

She did lecture about exercise of
Course. Then she upped my metformin and wnated to give me ozempic but Medicare won’t cover it.

The she suggested bariatric surgery

[Tart Cherry Jam]

it is horrible how insurance companies would pay for bariatric surgery but not for ozempic which achieves a similar result much more safely and without lifelong impairment. it is simply dreadful.

[Tart Cherry Jam]

Originally Posted by NatalieJastrow

I would also suggest asking your doctor about a continuous glucose monitor. I would love to get one but don't qualify because I don't have diabetes. But friend that had them were shocked to find out certain food that they thought were fine... made the glucose spike like crazy. It was a real eye opener and helped them get their numbers down.

I think Medicare won't cover a CGM for prediabetes. Only for diabetes.

[unaluna]

A CGM sounds horrible to me. I sleep on my side (either one) and i cant have something on my arm! I hope i never have to have one. Plus all that info might make me (more) crazy.

[Tart Cherry Jam]

Originally Posted by unaluna

A CGM sounds horrible to me. I sleep on my side (either one) and i cant have something on my arm! I hope i never have to have one. Plus all that info might make me (more) crazy.

it would not be where your arm meets the bed

but I hear you about (more) crazy

[HALLIEBETH87]

I can’t get a cgm bc I only have prediabetes. But I’ve increased my metformin and slowly will continue til I get til 2,000mg a day.

[Tart Cherry Jam]

You are in grad school, right? Maybe when you finish and get a job, you will be on private insurance which will cover Ozempic. Or in a couple of years Medicare might start covering it.

[HALLIEBETH87]

True. We shall see

[HALLIEBETH87]

I have an appt
Tuesday with a bariatric surgeon

[Mountaindewed]

I haven't eaten in several hours I've just been chugging water and using the bathroom and feeling funny. I took my blood sugar just for the heck of it and its 110. I think I last ate the noodles out of some soup about 6 hours ago.

Is any of this bad? I've had almost a gallon of water today. I've never been diagnosed with diabetes or prediabetes but both my parents had/have it.

[Tart Cherry Jam]

After noodles so long ago, you would expect the glucose to be under 110 by now. But it could have been a fluke measurement. You need a lot of measurements to make any sort of assessment.

Separately, you are not supposed to eat just noodles. They need to be accompanied by protein.