Recent Content by sarah

  1. sarah

    Perindopril for long term kidney protection

    I do get your point, I hadn't really thought of it that way, and will be very interested in any answers you get from your endo. I think at GP level, we're all treated as if we will inevitably develop diabetes-related complications when some of us aren't willing to accept that that is the case.
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    Perindopril for long term kidney protection

    I've been prescribed 2mg perindopril daily for the same reason. I don't personally have any problems with that. My aim is to keep healthy and well now and in the future, rather than be off all tablets.
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    Metformin and Stomach (not bowel) issues?

    Thank you Indy. I was told by the GP that I hadn't been on Met for long enough for B12 issues. May I ask how long you were on Met before your troubles started and also what the treatment was for you? Thanks in advance.
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    Metformin and Stomach (not bowel) issues?

    Thank you both for your very quick responses. Diet is pretty much the same as it has been since DX, Last hba1c was 5.8 in old money, no anti-or pro- biotics in diet. I realise this might be nothing to do with the metformin, that's why I was asking for any experiences.
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    Metformin and Stomach (not bowel) issues?

    I've been on regular-release metformin since November last year and although I did have a few bowel troubles with them to begin with, everything settled down quite quickly and I have been taking them without problems every since. However, for the Iast six weeks are so I have been suffering some...
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    Metformin and Stomach (not bowel) issues?

    I've been on regular-release metformin since November last year and although I did have a few bowel troubles with them to begin with, everything settled down quite quickly and I have been taking them without problems every since. However, for the Iast six weeks are so I have been suffering some...
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    my lunch...what made my bg spike?

    That's an acceptable rise after eating, nothing like a spike. I wouldn't worry about it at all, it's clearly a good meal for you. And do remember finger prick testing has a reasonable margin of error every time.
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    Do I test if I am 'post diabetic'?

    @SJC sorry if I have alarmed you. If you're happy with your numbers, that's the main thing.
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    Do I test if I am 'post diabetic'?

    Andrew your replies have been very interesting and given me a lot of food for thought, so thanks for that. Obviously some diabetics don't think it's worth testing after an hour and are happy with just a two-hour reading, whereas some of us are not. People have to find their own ways of managing...
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    Do I test if I am 'post diabetic'?

    Yes, I would agree that how your body deals with spikes is important but you do need to know if you're getting a spike in the first place, hence the one-hour testing. If you want to say you are 'cured' then this one hour figure is vital. If you have no first-phase response, you're not cured...
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    Do I test if I am 'post diabetic'?

    That is interesting. I get that an average of a test group isn't what we should consider the "norm", merely the average. The second link I posted was for the info under the test group. But my first set of figures stand. My own personal intention is to keep as near to non-diabetic numbers for as...
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    Do I test if I am 'post diabetic'?

    In that case I too am non-diabetic and I claim a cure :/
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    Do I test if I am 'post diabetic'?

    I wasn't saying those non-diabetic numbers were something for those with diabetes to aim for in any way. I was saying that this is what doctors consider normal, non-diabetic blood glucose numbers. And that if someone is going to declare themselves "cured" or "post diabetic", these are the...
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    Do I test if I am 'post diabetic'?

    This is what doctors currently consider normal BGs for a non-diabetic (source http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/14045524.php ) Fasting blood sugar under 5.5 mmol/L One hour after meals under 7.8 mmol/L Two hours after meals under 6.6 mmol/L As a diabetic, I try to keep under 7 at all times...
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    Do I eat to my meter or my HBA1C?

    7.5 isn't great at two hours. What is your one-hour spike?