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It really is awfully confusing. I am 60 years old, and in America.... "Adults aged 60 or older should only take blood pressure medication if their blood pressure exceeds 150/90, which sets a higher bar for treatment than the current guideline of 140/90, according to the report, published online...

Rather than buying them out of a box, I make my own low-carb spaghetti or noodles from vegetables: "spiralizing" or "zoodling." It does not taste like spaghetti but the eating experience is similar, and it can be married with similar foods (sauce, meatballs, shrimp, whatever). At least then I...

OK that's it for today. I measured at three points during the day: --Upon getting up in the morning, before eating or drinking anything: 125/84 (AHA calls that "Elevated"). --Mid-morning, after breakfast, and after my normal four cups of coffee (I know, I know): 138/85 (AHA calls that...

In some ways getting the home BP monitor is helping already. It has clarified to me that the reading taken in the doctor's office is awfully unreliable, because it violates most of the advice given for an accurate BP reading. So, I think I now understand why my doctor has never said anything...

If it's not to push new drugs, the world must be a pretty awful place when half of the population is ill.:wacky:

Yes, in the nine months since my diagnosis I have realized that Boring Is Good!!!

I don't know where to start. She was born in Australia. Her mother was Scots from Glasgow and emigrated to Sydney when her husband, who was from Manchester, took a good job as a traveling salesman in Australia. She was a nurse and keeled over of a heart attack in fairly ripe old age. She was...

It's this one by the way. It has a memory for 50 readings and even a two-person switch so two people can both keep independent logs. Mrs. G. tested herself once, got quasi-normal readings (lower than mine) and quite rightly lost interest. As for my quest to figure it out: her vote is firmly for...

Thank you Nurse:D. Yes. I am following the advice you kindly provided in another thread, and also the instructions that came with my BP monitor. I am aware of those factors (sitting still for five minutes, position of arm). I am only taking a single reading at the moment, mainly because when I...

I wasn't someone who paid much attention to my health until getting the Type 2 diabetes diagnosis nine months ago. This had a powerful mind-focusing effect and I became determined to pay attention to all major aspects of health, in part because being ill and having diabetes can be no picnic...

That's an excellent question. You are right that it is counter-intuitive. We are all different. I am the proverbial "beanpole" and for much of my life, my BMI (not that I was paying any attention to it) was way in the "underweight" category. My stomach was concave, and when I met my future wife...

Thank you, that is reassuring and useful to know.

OK, we may be able to help with that! The information posted by @daisy1 is a great start. The two big hurdles when I started out on the carb-reduction journey were: What kind of low-carber do I want to be? Moderate, very, ultra? This might help you figure it out...

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Thankyou @SimonCrox. I am puzzled by the case of my relative but if that's what his doctors told him, so be it. He told me he is controlling the condition with meds (no insulin) and that he does not pay much attention to diet. It is his life and he seems in good rude health to me!

As someone who is a long-term member of several other fora, I know what you mean. Concerning the "medical advice" issue I have found, after several possible missteps, that the safest thing is to "speak from my own experience of the disease" (and risk the obvious impression of narcissism). One...

Welcome! I will tag @daisy1 who will supply a very useful blub for newcomers. Quite possibly (or at least, limit them drastically). You don't say so, but you are probably a "Type 2" diabetic, based on the information you provided. Some of us have successfully "reversed" our T2D by adopting a...

Welcome! Well done for the progress you have made so far. This is a great place for support and information.

I spent my early life in France therefore Brussels sprouts were a relatively frequent part of the menu. I was a bit baffled later in life to find the opprobrium they receive in some other countries (the sprouts, not the French). They are common with the Christmas meal. On festive occasions they...

I was anxious, and I suppose grumpy!:grumpy: I normally look up the results online, but the result of the first test never appeared. When I then phoned to ask for the result, they said my doctor had written a (snail-mail) letter asking me to come in so they could take another sample. The letter...