So, absolutely nothing has changed. Not meds, not diet, not activity level, but I cannot get my numbers down. My doctor is “not concerned” until I see her on 2/2 and we retest my A1C, but I’m freaking out. My last A1C in October was 5.2, and based on what has been going on I’m going to be way back
First of all, these are incredible numbers. GMI is always higher than A1c for me, I bet yours isn’t going to be that much higher than it has been.
If your fasting glucose is stable, then you’re probably not bolusing enough, simple as that. If it’s rising without eating, then you probably need to tune your basal.
Lots could affect this of course, including stress, being sick, and many other things.
Of course after typing this out, I was assuming type 1. If you’re not on insulin you can ignore my second paragraph 😅
Of course after typing this out, I was assuming type 1. If you’re not on insulin you can ignore my second paragraph 😅
As a type 2 on insulin, this all tracks for me. But, I'm also pretty sure my sliding scale doesn't actually "turn on" until my fasting is over 160. (It might be >140 that it kicks in, I haven't looked in a minute.)
The reason your doctor's not worried is you're still in range the vast majority of the time. An A1C of 5.2 is extremely good.
Whatever is happening is almost certainly not your fault, so while it's good to be concerned about it, don't panic. You've got an appointment on Friday, you'll be fine.
210 is high enough to worry about diabetes damaging things, but, you'll heal. Either because this'll come back under control, you'll identify the source, or your doctor will switch you to something that can control this if it's the new normal.
While this is 100% personal bias, you could be seeing the same glucose spike I've been puzzling over for the last week. Which is to say, I got sick; my symptoms weren't bad enough for me to really say, "oh, yeah, that's an actual illness, and not that so