First Results Since Diagnosis !

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Hola Amigos !

When diagnosed in May, my fasting BG was 7.0 and A1C was 9.0 ! My trigs were so high that a reading couldn't be given ,,,,also, no protein in urine and BP 146/105 and I smoked a pack a day !!

Today,,,, fasting BG was 6.2 and A1C was 5.3 !!! :)
He said my trigs were 1.2 , LDL 1.3 HDL 1.9
BP 126/93
QUIT SMOKING

My fasting BG is always my highest number of the day, but it seemed that when I quit smoking on June 10th, all my numbers fell into good ranges,,,,,
I managed to do it just with diet and started experimenting recently with adding a few things back into my diet. So far, nothing has spiked my blood sugars at all, including regular Pepsi, which I thought would wreck my numbers , and bread ,,,,I'm not going to push my limits too much,,,,the last thing I want is another problem.
Just wanted to say that switching to LCHF and stopping smoking quickly put me into normal ranges for everything as far as I can tell :)
 
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Well done Rico, that is brilliant. Congratulations! be careful when adding back though - it would be a shame to get back to bad ways and it's easily done.
 
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Bluetit1802 said:
Well done Rico, that is brilliant. Congratulations! be careful when adding back though - it would be a shame to get back to bad ways and it's easily done.
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Thanks :) and you're so right ,,,, I'm not gonna push any limits but maybe not constantly worry as much either ! :)
 
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You do right, but keep an eye on your levels. Well done on your efforts though. To get those results since May is excellent and inspiring.
 
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Ah Rico..
We've spent the day at hospital today, my wife has kidney function problems. During one interlude, when they were trying to fill the Rottweiler with iron (she's gone aenemic - however you spell it) I turned to the male nurse who was passing the time of day and announced that I could just smoke a big fat cigar.

I'm not sure whether his expression indicated surprise, shock or alarm. I haven't smoked since 2002 and I didn't smoke cigars then...
 
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Bluetit1802 said:
You do right, but keep an eye on your levels. Well done on your efforts though. To get those results since May is excellent and inspiring.
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Will do ,,,, bought some more strips today !
Personally, I think quitting smoking had the biggest effect on me ,,, or maybe it's coincidence ,,, in either case smoking wasn't good for me !
 
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notned said:
Ah Rico..
We've spent the day at hospital today, my wife has kidney function problems. During one interlude, when they were trying to fill the Rottweiler with iron (she's gone aenemic - however you spell it) I turned to the male nurse who was passing the time of day and announced that I could just smoke a big fat cigar.

I'm not sure whether his expression indicated surprise, shock or alarm. I haven't smoked since 2002 and I didn't smoke cigars then...
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Im so sorry to read about your wife ,,,I hope she's on the mend ! :)
I'm not sure about the male nurses' comment either,,,lol
 
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Im so sorry to read about your wife ,,,I hope she's on the mend ! :)
I'm not sure about the male nurses' comment either,,,lol
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Oh! I think they broke a couple of pumps and bent several needles... :)
 
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Rico said:
Hola Amigos !

When diagnosed in May, my fasting BG was 7.0 and A1C was 9.0 ! My trigs were so high that a reading couldn't be given ,,,,also, no protein in urine and BP 146/105 and I smoked a pack a day !!

Today,,,, fasting BG was 6.2 and A1C was 5.3 !!! :)
He said my trigs were 1.2 , LDL 1.3 HDL 1.9
BP 126/93
QUIT SMOKING

My fasting BG is always my highest number of the day, but it seemed that when I quit smoking on June 10th, all my numbers fell into good ranges,,,,,
I managed to do it just with diet and started experimenting recently with adding a few things back into my diet. So far, nothing has spiked my blood sugars at all, including regular Pepsi, which I thought would wreck my numbers , and bread ,,,,I'm not going to push my limits too much,,,,the last thing I want is another problem.
Just wanted to say that switching to LCHF and stopping smoking quickly put me into normal ranges for everything as far as I can tell :)
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Congratulations Rico!:) keep it up! Glad that a few lifestyle changes made your blood results better.


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