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- Type of diabetes
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So I am looking in relatively good shape ahead of next week's blood-letting! This will be the follow up from the ones in June/July and are when he expected to be able to take them.
Here's what I have worked out since that fateful day!
1) After the initial two-week morbid fascination of "what if I eat this... WOAH" I think me and my Libre scanner have reached an understanding.
2) FBG is generally around 6-8 (was anywhere between 15-17 in the early days and has come down gradually with blips when I was in the US for obvious reasons!)
3) These are obviously just estimates, but it is coming down which for me is the important thing. We would be having a VERY different conversation if I was still in the high teens when I scanned every day, I am sure.
4) My weight has stabilised and stayed around the 10st 8ish levels since the diagnosis which again shows me that I CAN control when I am at home and not at a tournament (which to be fair I knew already). After dropping a stone and a half in a matter of months, loss is looking a little more gradual now which feel a bit better.
5) The biggest change I have made is to work until I can guarantee to get to the gym in the day so that I can do some stuff on a spin bike, and get in the pool avoiding the old biddies with absolutely NO boundaries who hog the pool and then the steam room after their Aqua-Zumba. Seriously their steam-room discussions would make Caligula blush!
Things I hope will come out of these bloods
1) hbA1c down considerably. It was 111 (12.3%) and on the libre averages I hope to be around half that - STILL HIGH, I KNOW but a hell of a lot better than 111
2) FBG down to better levels - again it might still be above normal but better than 18.5 when I was first tested.
3) This is the biggie - My cholesterol was high, and I have tried to focus on moving down the GI index, so hopefully we don't have to have a conversation about statins - thankfully the doctor wanted to put off prescribing them until this blood test and to be honest from what I have heard from family and people in this forum, I have no intention of ever being in a position to have them if I can help it!
4) My BP is down to largely pre-high which again is not great but considering it was HIGH from February to July, this is another step hopefully in the right direction - has anyone here combined BP tabs with T2 meds? Please let me know what to expect if I can't stop him from prescribing something for that
5) I doubt my doctor will say I have full control (and I know with two more tournaments to cover before the end of the year, there will be blips) but hopefully I can stick to 2x500mg metformin SR as more tends to back me up solid which is a mare when you are away. Hopefully the doctor will at least accept that using the Freestyle Libre has helped me control what I can when I am home, and at least monitor what happens when I am away. How we control that next year in that lethal European swing... well who knows!
Watch this space!
Here's what I have worked out since that fateful day!
1) After the initial two-week morbid fascination of "what if I eat this... WOAH" I think me and my Libre scanner have reached an understanding.
2) FBG is generally around 6-8 (was anywhere between 15-17 in the early days and has come down gradually with blips when I was in the US for obvious reasons!)
3) These are obviously just estimates, but it is coming down which for me is the important thing. We would be having a VERY different conversation if I was still in the high teens when I scanned every day, I am sure.
4) My weight has stabilised and stayed around the 10st 8ish levels since the diagnosis which again shows me that I CAN control when I am at home and not at a tournament (which to be fair I knew already). After dropping a stone and a half in a matter of months, loss is looking a little more gradual now which feel a bit better.
5) The biggest change I have made is to work until I can guarantee to get to the gym in the day so that I can do some stuff on a spin bike, and get in the pool avoiding the old biddies with absolutely NO boundaries who hog the pool and then the steam room after their Aqua-Zumba. Seriously their steam-room discussions would make Caligula blush!
Things I hope will come out of these bloods
1) hbA1c down considerably. It was 111 (12.3%) and on the libre averages I hope to be around half that - STILL HIGH, I KNOW but a hell of a lot better than 111
2) FBG down to better levels - again it might still be above normal but better than 18.5 when I was first tested.
3) This is the biggie - My cholesterol was high, and I have tried to focus on moving down the GI index, so hopefully we don't have to have a conversation about statins - thankfully the doctor wanted to put off prescribing them until this blood test and to be honest from what I have heard from family and people in this forum, I have no intention of ever being in a position to have them if I can help it!
4) My BP is down to largely pre-high which again is not great but considering it was HIGH from February to July, this is another step hopefully in the right direction - has anyone here combined BP tabs with T2 meds? Please let me know what to expect if I can't stop him from prescribing something for that
5) I doubt my doctor will say I have full control (and I know with two more tournaments to cover before the end of the year, there will be blips) but hopefully I can stick to 2x500mg metformin SR as more tends to back me up solid which is a mare when you are away. Hopefully the doctor will at least accept that using the Freestyle Libre has helped me control what I can when I am home, and at least monitor what happens when I am away. How we control that next year in that lethal European swing... well who knows!
Watch this space!
