← Return to My Diabetes 2 Backwards Numbers---Anyone else?

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@colleenyoung

Hi @retiredteacher, welcome to Connect.
Good for you for making healthy lifestyle changes to your diet and exercise. Not easy to do. And then it must be a bit frustrating to have perplexing numbers; high in the morning and getting lower throughout the day.

I'd like to introduce you to few other members who have type 2 diabetes. I'm hoping @ihatediabetes @nancywhite @minda77 @thawyzard @kennethn1971 @amy75 @alfredt and @marb might be able to shed some light on your situation or at least share their experiences with managing sugar levels and number readings.

What foods have been helping to control your numbers and which ones do you have to avoid?

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I have experienced a similar issue most of my life. Morning sugars are typically 140, occasionally lower 130, and sometimes 160’s or higher. My daytime sugars are reasonable 95-115 mostly, with occasional high 80’s. Postprandial numbers are mostly “in range” My A1c numbers are reasonable, 5.7 - 6 or occasionally slightly higher. But a few fructosamine tests have suggested that the A1c’s may not be reliable. My primary will not diagnose me as Diabetic, and a visit to a Endocrinologist’s PA likewise is non-committal. I had a dietitian consult who suggested the typical exercise and diet controls, and that meds would probably not change my numbers. I live in a more remote town and Endocrinologists are few and hard to see. I am 65 and my PA will retire at the end of the year. Maybe a new look with a new physician will help clarify this issue.