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Good day all,
Just posting as a distraction for myself instead of collecting information like crazy - day 6.
Went into the local primary care unit about depression and fatigue about 3 weeks back, scored high and went away with a month of 20mg Citalopram daily, and a req. for Bloodwork and FIC text.
6 days ago got result of blood testwork after seeing local primary care unit and to say the least the results were not good.Came away with depression, diabetes and high cholesterol.
I now know more about Diabetes and Cholesterol than I ever thought I would. And realize how much info is out there to digest.
NUMBERS:
A1C - 6.8%
FGL 12hr - 8.5 mmol/l
TC - 7.1 mmol/l
TRI - 1.1 mmol/l
HDL - 1.19 mmol/l
LDL - 5.13 mmol/l
C/HDL - 6.0 %
6'0", 247# (257# Mar 1), Male, 58 yrs
I was given the option of pills now or after 3 month "lifestyle adjustment" and next blood test results. I chose the LA. Sort of like "redemption island" on current run of survivor, choose hard work.
At them moment I am torn between which is more important to concentrate on fixing, knowing that improvement in one with most likely result in the improvement of the other.
Some background, I leave in the NWT "Off the grid" with my wife and 50% joint custody early teens. One is deathly allergic to peanuts, the other to tree nuts and not peanuts. We get about 2 hours of sun @ winter solstice, 22 hours of sun, 24 hours dayling @ summer solstice. Its is a long dark winter. - 40deg C/F not uncommon. Technically unemployed, but most likely "forced retirement" with all the time in the world to make things better.
So my first change was immediate, DIET. I've never eaten as much fish, broccoli, carrots, bean chili, flax rye bread super dense, shallots, garlic, almonds.
Had the worst diet through winter, time savings all the way, way to much "white italian bread", butter, ramen noodles, pasta, frozen and dominos pizzas, deserts, ice cream, fast food. Out kids are active 6 days a weeks which means lots of driving, sometime not a lot of cooking time.
The second, EXERCISE. The dog (an energetic yr old puggle who can run @ 18mph) has been getting out more for walks on snowmobile trails from the house, had freakishly warm weather with 8 deg C, -10 deg C at noon today. Still a foot of snow on snow on the lake.
The peleton style bike is in the living room, still has clothes on it though but will be in use this afternoon. It warmed up early this year with some melt, so perhaps the lake melts before expect seconld half of may, then rowing the ladyslipper for the summer until end of september. The lake is about 2 km long end to end.
I have clinic visit next week with Diabetes nurse, and then with NP two days later, bloodwork again end of june I expect.
My goal is to improve all numbers with not target in mind yet. Do I need to think about monitoring now? or just do what we know can work, better diet, more exercise. Need to answer that one.
On weight loss, somewhere in the 200 range is what i have as a number to aim for at the moment but that really is more a 6mos - a year target not 3 month target. 3 month target 12-24 lbs, so 223#-229# from current 247#.
anyways, thank for the platform, makes it real.
cheers from the NWT.
Just posting as a distraction for myself instead of collecting information like crazy - day 6.
Went into the local primary care unit about depression and fatigue about 3 weeks back, scored high and went away with a month of 20mg Citalopram daily, and a req. for Bloodwork and FIC text.
6 days ago got result of blood testwork after seeing local primary care unit and to say the least the results were not good.Came away with depression, diabetes and high cholesterol.
I now know more about Diabetes and Cholesterol than I ever thought I would. And realize how much info is out there to digest.
NUMBERS:
A1C - 6.8%
FGL 12hr - 8.5 mmol/l
TC - 7.1 mmol/l
TRI - 1.1 mmol/l
HDL - 1.19 mmol/l
LDL - 5.13 mmol/l
C/HDL - 6.0 %
6'0", 247# (257# Mar 1), Male, 58 yrs
I was given the option of pills now or after 3 month "lifestyle adjustment" and next blood test results. I chose the LA. Sort of like "redemption island" on current run of survivor, choose hard work.
At them moment I am torn between which is more important to concentrate on fixing, knowing that improvement in one with most likely result in the improvement of the other.
Some background, I leave in the NWT "Off the grid" with my wife and 50% joint custody early teens. One is deathly allergic to peanuts, the other to tree nuts and not peanuts. We get about 2 hours of sun @ winter solstice, 22 hours of sun, 24 hours dayling @ summer solstice. Its is a long dark winter. - 40deg C/F not uncommon. Technically unemployed, but most likely "forced retirement" with all the time in the world to make things better.
So my first change was immediate, DIET. I've never eaten as much fish, broccoli, carrots, bean chili, flax rye bread super dense, shallots, garlic, almonds.
Had the worst diet through winter, time savings all the way, way to much "white italian bread", butter, ramen noodles, pasta, frozen and dominos pizzas, deserts, ice cream, fast food. Out kids are active 6 days a weeks which means lots of driving, sometime not a lot of cooking time.
The second, EXERCISE. The dog (an energetic yr old puggle who can run @ 18mph) has been getting out more for walks on snowmobile trails from the house, had freakishly warm weather with 8 deg C, -10 deg C at noon today. Still a foot of snow on snow on the lake.
The peleton style bike is in the living room, still has clothes on it though but will be in use this afternoon. It warmed up early this year with some melt, so perhaps the lake melts before expect seconld half of may, then rowing the ladyslipper for the summer until end of september. The lake is about 2 km long end to end.
I have clinic visit next week with Diabetes nurse, and then with NP two days later, bloodwork again end of june I expect.
My goal is to improve all numbers with not target in mind yet. Do I need to think about monitoring now? or just do what we know can work, better diet, more exercise. Need to answer that one.
On weight loss, somewhere in the 200 range is what i have as a number to aim for at the moment but that really is more a 6mos - a year target not 3 month target. 3 month target 12-24 lbs, so 223#-229# from current 247#.
anyways, thank for the platform, makes it real.
cheers from the NWT.