My glucose tolerance test came back slightly abnormal. My fasting was normal at 78, 1 hour post was 211, 2 hour post 164. My HbA1C is 5.7.
These are in the "pre-diabetic" range. I will be going to an endocrinologist who has experience treating CFRD as soon as I can get an appointment. In the meantime, I was wondering what other people's experiences were with blood sugars in this range. My CF doc mentioned oral meds. He would like to treat it aggressively as he believes this may be contributing to my lung function decline. I was hoping to avoid meds and control it with diet alone. However I've been trying to gain some weight since I'm slightly underweight and have been struggling with keeping my lungs stable. I know there is a correlation with BMI and lung function and am worried that I'll lose more weight if I restrict my diet too much. It's probably also worth mentioning that I will occasionally get reactive hypoglycemia symptoms after eating something with too much sugar and not enough protein so I think what's happening is my pancreas is producing insulin but there's a delayed secretion.
Any thoughts on this are greatly appreciated.
These are in the "pre-diabetic" range. I will be going to an endocrinologist who has experience treating CFRD as soon as I can get an appointment. In the meantime, I was wondering what other people's experiences were with blood sugars in this range. My CF doc mentioned oral meds. He would like to treat it aggressively as he believes this may be contributing to my lung function decline. I was hoping to avoid meds and control it with diet alone. However I've been trying to gain some weight since I'm slightly underweight and have been struggling with keeping my lungs stable. I know there is a correlation with BMI and lung function and am worried that I'll lose more weight if I restrict my diet too much. It's probably also worth mentioning that I will occasionally get reactive hypoglycemia symptoms after eating something with too much sugar and not enough protein so I think what's happening is my pancreas is producing insulin but there's a delayed secretion.
Any thoughts on this are greatly appreciated.