I just got my annual bloodwork results back and am beyond disappointed.

My A1c last year was 5.3, not bad, but having idiopathic small fiber neuropathy and reactive hypoglycemia, I concluded it was time to start treating myself like a diabetic.

I completely overhauled my diet which had been VERY "healthy-carb" laden. The mainstays of my diet were whole grain carbs....pasta, bread, rice, cereal, etc... For the past 8 months, I've been eating low carb/high fat. My carb intake is between 20g and 60g most days. I also eat to my meter. Anything that takes my post-prandial blood sugar over 140 is off the menu.

So what happens to my A1c? It goes up. It came in at 5.6. My heart sank when I saw that. How can that be? Is a process started that I can't stop?

I'd always been tested by Quest before, and this year had to switch to Lab Corp. Can testing techniques be different between labs?