Recent Content by Chez31

Well, thanks everyone . Good news is the consultant does not think my pattern fits Familial Hypercholesterlaemia. Phew. He notes it started increasing most after I had to stop hrt due to my cancer. He is delighted with my HDL and low blood pressure and not excessively worried by my ldl at...

Well Im off to the lipid clinic to see the consultant tomorrow to get his view on things. If I have familial Hypercholesterolemia as my gp is suspecting then it could show in a genetic test. I think its good to get checked for it as if I am genetically prone to high cholesterol my sons and...

My total cholesterol has been rising for years. Always told ratios were good in past so no worries. Last HbA1c 5.7 down from 6.1%. my lipids are potentially complicated by mythyroid control. Not sure low carb diet has helped my Level of LDL. My HDL also weirdly high which may not be good...

Well, I'm back after talking to my GP. As suspected my lipid levels are running amok. Total cholesterol is increased from 7.1 in Feb to 8.8 . LDL 5.4, HDL 3, triglycerides 0.9. I'm now over the NICE guidelines threshold for referral to lipid specialist to investigate possible familial...

I sincerely hope so . Perhaps Im not abnormal....just a different kind of normal not yet explained haha. Anyway I am still alive and kicking and pretty much happy with my lot so I will try not to worry whatever happens.

Reaurgam, it's a tricky metabolic minefield that's for sure. The more I read the less I know lol. Surely no one treatment fits all and I hope you told your doc that you were miserable and you got alternative drugs or dosages or management pathways. We can only try things out and report back...

Hsss, you could be right about the exercise. I always seem to go a bit higher after it. A good walk or cycle ride doesn't lower it immediately and often raises things. I can only think that the further weight/ fat loss has lowered my insulin resistance a bit more below some sort of personal...

Hi all, I'm back. I loved all your advice and said Id report back. I had my Bloods done again last week . In the intervening period of 3 months I have slackened off on the carb control a bit.(my reasoning for this was to test my Prediabetic diagnosis. See earlier posts.) I have not gone full...

Well, I have been having a read. Apparently being hypothyroid can falsley raise your HbA1c results due to your red cells living longer.. I have been hypothyroid for over 10 years. My gp has messed around with my treatment dose of thyroxine this last year after my cancer and reduced it quite a...

Hi Granny G, I have had longstanding hypothyroidism. Over 10 years. It's pretty well controlled now. My mother's sister also had it. She also, along with my mum, Developed type 2 diabetese in herr later years. I'm 58 and my blood glucose has also been going into pre diabetic naughty levels...

Lilylab, I had my first abnormal HbA1c at 58 yrs old in February this year .

Hi everyone, thanks for your inputs. Sorry I haven't replied. I have been off in the (not so ) Sunny Lake District for a week !! Feeling a bit less fed up and stressed now which can only be good for me, hehe. Still been good with my eating but given up testing for the week as I needed a break...

Thanks everyone for your support x Basically I am just probably still a bit in denial that I am actually pre diabetic. My numbers are all borderline to normal. Low carb, weight loss and exercise has not changed my HbA1c . They have probably helped my overall fitness though and I'm not about...

Resurgam, I was tested with the HbA1c initially as part of a blood screen to do with possible cancer recurrence symptoms. Thankfully this was not the case ! The hba1c result came back to me via an admin person along with a leaflet saying I was very high risk of getting diabetes unless I made...

Guzzler, what are pufas?? There is so much contradictory advice out there for carbs, fats and just about everything else , the more I research the more anxious and confused I get. I. Have cardio vascular disease history in my family as well as a diabetic history. Having cancer made me take a...