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  1. CondorX

    New HbA1c results - despite lockdown

    My HbA1c and other regular bloods have been delayed, as have so many others of course, by the pandemic and I gave up trying to organise my follow up via the NHS. Did an HbA1c via one of these private labs and will let GP know - very pleased it came back as 5.6.......even though I have been at...
  2. CondorX

    LCHF & Cholesterol.

    There are also "significant numbers of qualified medical people" (I count myself in those numbers...) who do NOT believe that having a high cholesterol necessarily indicates any pathology or adverse finding at all. It depends on many factors and is not as simplistic as just "having high...
  3. CondorX

    LCHF & Cholesterol.

    100% disagree about the "high cholesterol is not good for you". That is an old perception based on flawed "science"and I can only advise people to research this quite thoroughly as not all is as it seems and mantras we were indoctrinated in over years are a load of nonsense with a measure of...
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    LCHF & Cholesterol.

    This is a highly contentious area and cholesterol is definitely not the simplistic idea touted to the masses - all of us - over many years. Lots of really informative threads on here - well worth informing yourself FULLY before making a decision - most GPs and DN's unfortunately seem to be very...
  5. CondorX

    Phones & Miao Miao

    Not that this is really of help to MM2 users, but I have had absolutely no problems with a MM1 and an old iPhone 7 plus - no longer used as a phone, just for MM and Libre App really. I use Spike and it's seamless, making it into a CGM. Even managed to "resign" Spike manually with the help of the...
  6. CondorX

    Copy of letter sent out to NHS GPs re Shielding (03/04/20)

    Although I have T2 and asthma I am not on the shielding list, but my partner has had no less than TWO shielding letters in the space of a few weeks as she has two shielding conditions - extremely vulnerable due to lymphoma and also an autoimmune illness on long-term biologic / immune suppressant...
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    Type 2 and shielding letter

    There are two levels of vulnerability - the people who have received the letters are at the highest level of vulnerability to the virus - the list is very specific and is on the gov.uk website. My partner received her letter today - some of the conditions in this group are : 1. People who have...
  8. CondorX

    Cholesterol levels and LCHF

    Please don't base your decisions on a Total Cholesterol level as these levels are more or less meaningless despite the scaremongering amongst many uninformed professionals - GPs and Diabetic Nurses particularly. Do a search on here for the long and valuable threads about Cholesterol levels and...
  9. CondorX

    Type 2 Diabetes, Anti Depressants and Exhaustion

    Did your psychiatrist help you titrate off the venlafaxine or did you just do your own thing? I must say, the influence of venlafaxine on blood sugar levels is not exactly massive and could have been better established - I would personally never tell a patient to stop venlafaxine just because...
  10. CondorX

    Should I be happy or sad? T2 and changing tastes...

    I missed bread a lot when I hit the keto trail - then I discovered Livlife low carb bread sold by Waitrose and Ocado and some Morrisons stores.......delicious and only 3.8g carb per slice - a lot better than about 20g in a normal slice of bread! I allow myself one slice a day most days.
  11. CondorX

    Antipsychotics

    Are you in the UK, Sarell? There are protocols in place to monitor physical health of mentally ill patients on psychotropic medications. Some antipsychotics are known to mess about with glucose metabolism - like Olanzapine for instance. Problem is that the psychosis needs to be treated as...
  12. CondorX

    Just had a text from my GP........Cholesterol Gurus please advise!

    "Eating brown rice and brown bread like the nurse said....." Oh dear...............
  13. CondorX

    Just had a text from my GP........Cholesterol Gurus please advise!

    Trig fasting levels should be under 1.2 from memory...0.84 was my last one, which is considered "optimal". If yours was 0.98 I can't imagine what the nurses' problem might be.......HDL is supposedly considered good over 1 for men and 1.2 for women. But the ratios are important - Total...
  14. CondorX

    Just had a text from my GP........Cholesterol Gurus please advise!

    I think my GP practice is more obstructive than many others - they make it up as they go along! I was surprised to hear that receptionists can no longer give results "due to errors" and that we cannot access them online.........in the end, I managed to speak to my GP and he printed the results...
  15. CondorX

    Low carb or even no carb snacks?

    There are low-ish carb nut bars, like some of the Trek Bars, or Nine bars - I find them useful for those coffee shop visits when everyone else has muffins and cakes!!! Usually have 2 or 3 in a week, and am still losing weight.
  16. CondorX

    How the diabetes forum has helped

    I want to add my own piece as well - diagnosed T2D in April 2019, I found the forum right away and it has been so so helpful in every way for me - initially visited very frequently, recently work has been very pressured and not been on every day, but have just had a set of wonderful results...
  17. CondorX

    Confused by fruit

    I absolutely loved fruit and ate a lot of it - no doubt part of my initial T2D diagnosis. I have since cut down dramatically and have berries every day with greek yoghurt, but very little other fruit. I have managed to get into remission now as well as lose approx 25% body weight so despite...
  18. CondorX

    Cholesterol results - worried

    I am Type 2, well just in remission now, and had a very similar very recent issue issue with cholesterol uncertainty - GP panicked with my Total Cholesterol of 8.8 and LDL of 6.02, but failed to note that my Trigs were very low and HDL really good with ideal ratios. Check on an online...
  19. CondorX

    Horrible Habit - Butter

    I like to add a large dollop of butter, especially cold and firm from the fridge, to pieces of cheese :) Lovely!
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    Just had a text from my GP........Cholesterol Gurus please advise!

    LOL he has got used to my challenges over many years........not sure he is convinced but at least he didn't argue about it and showed a little interest in the changes in lipid metabolism thinking. He is led by local criteria though - when I picked up my printed out results this afternoon, my...