[BrianSCohen]

MMilner,

I was diagnosed 7/05, and finally got real testing in 1/06 with an HbA1c of 8%. At that time, I still had fasting levels that averaged 140 mg/dL and varied between 120-160. By 5/06, my next HbA1c came in at 5.7%, but I had made ZERO progress on the morning fasting levels. It took me until 10/06 before I could get the whole diet thing figured out enough to get my morning fasting levels down to an average of 120.

You may just be hard on yourself. How long have you been diagnosed? Your first post here was only a month ago. A month is a short amount of time. Did you get another HbA1c from your endo? Was it greatly improved? How are your other numbers throughout the day? Are they ok? If your other numbers during the day, particular before meal and after meal are < 120 and < 140 respectively, then you are fine.

If you want to take immediate action on your own, you can just start on what I would term the easy "zero carb" diet. For the next couple days, here is what you eat. For breakfast, eggs and meat. For lunch Tuna and Salad. For dinner, steak and green veggies. If you want a snack, you can eat nuts. This should have an effect within a day on your overall levels. The second thing you do, is get a bottle of "medicinal" dry red wine. Before bed, you have two 5 oz glasses, this will knock down your morning levels.

You can follow up with your endo as soon as possible. It may very well be that you are actually doing great, and that you have made outstanding progress getting your blood sugar under control. I just can't tell. You have to give this time. It may be that a short course of insulin will help. It may be that you are type 2, there is just not enough info.