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<blockquote data-quote="MimT" data-source="post: 2681184" data-attributes="member: 585741"><p>Thank you [USER=401801]@JoKalsbeek[/USER] and [USER=471815]@MissMuffett[/USER] for your support, Right now that's just what I need.</p><p></p><p>Apart from a couple of bad spells, my life till recently was pretty well free of illness and ailments and I felt healthy. It's mainly in the past couple of years that I've suddenly had to manage for nasties like heart disease (on statin and more) and osteoporosis (on denosumab). Now I've got to watch out for diabetes - ugh! This body of mine is deteriorating - it's old age <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.</p><p></p><p>My doctor is the best diagnostician - and a terrific person as well. I should clarify, she tried to tell me to have a low fruit intake of things like oranges (and bananas IIRC) - among other advice some of which went in one ear and out the other I'm sorry to say. I'll pay more attention when we meet again this week.</p><p></p><p>Your article is very helpful, Jo. Low carb diet it is from now on. I'm going to have to figure out what foods are good to keep glucose in check at the same time as keeping LDL and triglycerides in check (and trying to keep bones from getting too weak). Apart from a sweet tooth from time to time, my diet has been reasonable I think. I've always pretty well only had hi-fibre wholemeal bread (I know I have to cut that down or out). I eat lots of salads - cucumber, lettuce, tomato, avocado, veges, fish (mostly sardine, tuna etc), homegrown veges and herbs for soups and salads, olive oil, cardiac-friendly margarine etc. I'm hopeful I'll only need to tweak my diet rather than make drastic changes. I usually only have eggs once every one or two weeks (same with steak and chicken). I'll ask if it's safe to eat them more often.</p><p></p><p>I've been looking at glucose meters. There doesn't appear to be much to choose from where I live. I'm thinking of getting the Appu-chek Guide Me meter. Is that premature or not, given I'm relying on only one test result so far? (I hope getting a meter won't tip me into obsessive monitoring.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MimT, post: 2681184, member: 585741"] Thank you [USER=401801]@JoKalsbeek[/USER] and [USER=471815]@MissMuffett[/USER] for your support, Right now that's just what I need. Apart from a couple of bad spells, my life till recently was pretty well free of illness and ailments and I felt healthy. It's mainly in the past couple of years that I've suddenly had to manage for nasties like heart disease (on statin and more) and osteoporosis (on denosumab). Now I've got to watch out for diabetes - ugh! This body of mine is deteriorating - it's old age :). My doctor is the best diagnostician - and a terrific person as well. I should clarify, she tried to tell me to have a low fruit intake of things like oranges (and bananas IIRC) - among other advice some of which went in one ear and out the other I'm sorry to say. I'll pay more attention when we meet again this week. Your article is very helpful, Jo. Low carb diet it is from now on. I'm going to have to figure out what foods are good to keep glucose in check at the same time as keeping LDL and triglycerides in check (and trying to keep bones from getting too weak). Apart from a sweet tooth from time to time, my diet has been reasonable I think. I've always pretty well only had hi-fibre wholemeal bread (I know I have to cut that down or out). I eat lots of salads - cucumber, lettuce, tomato, avocado, veges, fish (mostly sardine, tuna etc), homegrown veges and herbs for soups and salads, olive oil, cardiac-friendly margarine etc. I'm hopeful I'll only need to tweak my diet rather than make drastic changes. I usually only have eggs once every one or two weeks (same with steak and chicken). I'll ask if it's safe to eat them more often. I've been looking at glucose meters. There doesn't appear to be much to choose from where I live. I'm thinking of getting the Appu-chek Guide Me meter. Is that premature or not, given I'm relying on only one test result so far? (I hope getting a meter won't tip me into obsessive monitoring.) [/QUOTE]
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