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RFSMarch
Well-Known Member, Female
On the road - Australia Jan 29, 2018
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- Gender:
- Female
- Type of diabetes:
- Type 2
- Treatment type:
- Tablets (oral)
- Medication:
- Metformin SR 500mg Breakfast & Dinner
- Exercise:
- Cardio and rehab stretches for knee (no cartilage)
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Symptoms: Extreme thirst, up through the night to use the loo, pins and needles in my hand, weight dropped rapidly losing stone and a half in around 3-4 months.
Diagnosed Type 2 - 17 July | Weight 10st 8lb/67.1kg | Weight stable (09/17)
HbA1c (06/17) 111 | (09/17) 59 | (03/18) 45 | (09/18) 59
Fasting Blood Glucose (06/17) 18.5 | (09/17) 6.1 | (03/17) 6.1
Cholesterol (06/17) 6.6 | (09/17) 5 (Trigs 1.36, HDL 1.04, LDL 3.4, Ratio 4.8) | (03/17) (Trigs: 2.1, HDL: 1.16, LDL: 3.2, RATIO: 4.6)
(09/18) 5.5 (Trigs 1.59, HDL 1.06, LDL 3.4)
Blood Pressure: (06/17) High | (09/17) Pre-High
Metformin SR 500mg x2 after 3rd Blood test | Freestyle Libre Sensor Flash Glucose Monitor (not strips) - FBG, Pre/post Exercise, before & twice after meals, bedtime) | Carb count on MyFitnessPal
(09/18) After full year on tennis circuit (sports journalist by trade) - impossible to stay LCHF, and saw numbers rise. Metformin increased to 3 a day with meals - re-test before the season starts again for 2019.
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