Annual review.

Hba1c 40.
Liver and kidneys function down.
Cholesterol 4.2, good ones up, bad ones down.
BP good.
Weight 90.
Feet very good.
Quite pleased with that.
DSN pleased as well.

Melgar said:

Great stats @Lamont D

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Ta!
Twelve years in and told a long time ago, unsustainable!

shelley262 said:

Congratulations on your wonderful results - what's even more impressive is just how long you've managed to maintain healthy figures in spite of the many life challenges that get thrown at us and simply getting older over time. Proving its sustainable over so many years in the face of the it's unsustainable mantra makes it even more inspirational.

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Thanks.
I do think my life has had its effect on my determination to be as healthy as I can. And if that means having control of BG levels, then so be it.
And miss out on all the good things. Like a chip butty.
Then aaaaaaggbvhnnnhn.
Wagon fell off!
Get back on and try as much as possible.

Unfortunately, there is something I can't work out why.
Six months later, my hba1c is 48.
I have been under a bit of stress lately but there is nowt dietary, except for fasting longer.
That I feel I need to change.
I'm gonna bounce back.
Or could it be a blip?

jjraak said:

I'd agree with others, on other threads...it's stress .

Fantastically dealt with , but such a heavy load, on a daily basis .

I know you're disappointed.

I think see it as a fantastic result

You should by rights be in 70's on the stress alone with so much on your plate .

And as a viewpoint, you're stopping the tide with how well you manage all that you manage .

How would it be if you wasn't such a determined strong character ....mmhh .

Kudos & bravo .

Long may that lamont spirit be an example to us all.

"Life, is THAT your best shot."

YOU set the example I attempt to follow

Safe travels my T2 brother.

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mucho appreciato mu camaraderie.
or Ta la.

It is not my mindset. I have a perchant to be better.
Everything life has thrown at me.
I do aspire to do and be as best as I can.
it's me. And I can't help but see it as a setback.
Must do better in my report, it says to me.
Although others would be very happy with it.

Kudos to you and what life has thrown at you mate.
The battle to be healthier, carries on.

Chris24Main said:

@Lamont D - I feel like this deserves something better than I have the nouce to convey.

I know that almost everything I do on the forum is really about building up the motivation to make a better decision in the next couple of hours, and I've only been doing this for less than a year. Taking the knocks can be hard. But - I also recognise that it isn't just about a selfish urge to do more ourselves; we're here to help each other - one fascinating side avenue on the entire scientific side of all of this, is the power of connection - we are not islands, humans are animals that connect and form communities, and this is as real a thing as understanding what a hormone is.

You have done more for more people than you can be aware of...

Allow yourself to take some of that support back - there are people rooting for you, and you will rebound..

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I thank you @Chris24Main.
The support over time since I joined this forum has been nothing but incredible, and so it continues.
You would not imagine the praise I have received from the newbies, to the understanding behind not only T2, prediabetes, RH, and similar conditions. Cos of using my experience of my journey over the last two decades.
I was helped with the knowledge of others that preceded my joining, and took it forward with the help of so many including the mods, staff and administrators, that we could start our own sub forum on a rare condition for those with RH and the similar rarer conditions.
I could not find information like this, anywhere.
And I tried to find how, why, the science was difficult to find.
The one guy I was lucky to find, was my endo, he did literally save my life, cos No other medical professional knew what was happening.
How can someone have hypos without being T1, T3, or a T2 without meds?
It stumped one endo, who thought it was a alcoholic fatty liver!
It wasnt!
I was misdiagnosed T2, it wasn't!
Only one other person on here knew about RH, and that had developed into T2. As I have skirted with since diagnosis. So if I sound a bit disappointed with my latest, I am!
But it won't stop me from battling back.

There are thousands out there with metabolic conditions that don't understand what carbs and production additives and sugars are doing to us.
When I tell people especially those that believe that what the food companies want me to eat as healthy.
They are amazed and ask questions about what I do eat. Because, despite the advetts, it is not healthy for me.
It was slowly, certainly killing me. And they were the basic foodstuffs.
If T2 and prediabetes was shown to be a food condition similar to an allergy, it would be better advice than what they get now!
I'm still learning, discovering the intricacies of certain aspects of how our body's ability to be so diverse within metabolic issues. To understand the science and find how to approach issues that differ from mine.
Always trying to understand what the poster the information they require at the state of their present circumstances.
As a layperson, I aim to do no harm, explain the reasoning, try to get their trust, and offer a welcome and understanding that I have been through this. And of course offer my experience.
Thanks again, I do really hope that your time as a mod, is as satisfying as mine with answering posters on the RH forum.
Best wishes.

jjraak said:

Well done on what sounds like a very fraught, long & lonely journey.

Bravo.


I like your advice above .

When I first got DX'd and I read up on type two, I would over explain things when pushed to eat 'something ' by others.

Now, I just explain my body doesn't handle food 'X' very well, because I'm allergic to it.

Simpler, and most seem to back off .

Fully agree, the simpler approach above would make better sense early on over the advice I see far too often dished out by health care professionals as described by desperate posters, seeking help & information to manage a recent diagnosis of type 2.

And as with your posts & many others I have read, to inform myself of other conditions & those sufferers seeking help after being seemingly left floundering by surgeries etc, it's an all too common problem.

Disbelieved or given outdated dogma that just doesn't do enough to help the patients involved.


Forums like this are just such a godsend.

Offering support & practical help day one

Like miners of old, sieve through enough posts and you're pretty sure to strike gold in amongst the wisdom that others post, regarding what worked for them or how they cope with xyz , I know I did.

In a perfect world, I would have liked the advice given to me at dx TO have included pointing me to THIS forum.

I gained more knowledge & ideas about MY illness than any input from anybody else at DX or since .

And mine seems pretty common condition, sadly.

God knows how those like yourself even begin to cope with something so poorly understood, by those who perhaps should be able to offer better assistance than you seemed to get .

Sounds like anyone suffering from RH would be better served by being pointed to this forum at DX, as well.

Take care.

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I know from the replies I get how fortunate I was firstly to find my endo, he did save my life, and his dietician who have me the details of filling in a good diary, the info to lurk on here, and start thinking about carbs and sugar, fruit and some of the obscure information he had to gather himself.

We both learned together, we both discussed possibilities, we suggested things and I learned so much from the tests I was given. Being a very nosey and questions abound, once I found 'here's it was only me to do this, while my endo researched the science. I found @Brunneria who was unbelievable and steered and guided me through those first couple of years.
Then the drug trial that did work to reduce the effect of first phase but didn't stop the hypo later if the spike was high enough. Altogether six eOGTTs I had. And about a million questions.
I researched high and low in the nether regions of the interweb, including US university papers, studies, but not a lot of research.
They were full of the symptoms and how it differed from other diabetic outcomes and strangely non diiabetic, with hypoglycamia!
But the treatment was very similar to N.I.C.E recommendations for the majority of metabolic conditions.
Over time, I found some of the science, talked it through with my endo, who suggested certain carbs, then dismissed the lot of it. Stating that and making it aware to my endo that doing keto, not only stopped the outcomes but symptoms and of course the hypos. And the proof was in my improving health, weight loss and significant energy levels increased, no brain fog and more. I realised that the
My last appointment about a year or so before covid, he advised me that he didn't need to see him no more, as I had cracked it. I found out by learning why low carb or keto worked and the most important things like intolerance, wheat and lactose, and the rest of the 'ose' to a certain extent.
The basic foods were not only as you say allergic, but were responsible for killing me eventually, if I didn't do keto.
At first it was very similar to a bad accident, it is what it is. You discover how to cope, all the while asking why?
You look for it, but don't understand much. You listen and read and take note of the science and then it turns into why me?
Then you can't get your head around that it's something rare and only you or a few others have this weirdness.
Why me only?
It did turn into a bit of an adventure with the experimental period, testing, recording and hopefully finding the answer. And don't forget, a family, a job, youth football, and Mrs L to support.
Even though she was a lot better able to cope at that time.
Eventually, it became normal(eh!) to just get on with it. And by the time I was doing the horrendous hours of being in pro sport, it was secondary as long as I behaved myself. With the keto only obviously.
covid was very bad for me, I didn't get it, well, not that I'm aware of.
Everything, was different.
anxiety and depression followed, panic attacks, my brain not accepting the whole thing.
No money, lost our savings, more or less everything, just to live.
it was just too much, I had a severe breakdown.
if it wasn't for Mrs L and the kids and grandkids................!
it was all I had to live for
I started eating stupid things, drink and overesting, till my GP have me a severe taking to. Got me in touch with MIND, Age U.K. And I had counselling.
you see, the main reason was my football brain. Yeah, all my life since very young, I have been obsessed with football, footie, togger, (as we say found these parts) not only playing till mid twenties, at semi pro level, then as the kids got older, through the nearby youth club, they got involved in footie, my eldest was goalie, and I took over his team, well, given, as they were left in the lurch without one, and so began my coaching career, I took that lot to a semi final and second in league, then two promotions and a cup final, which we lost, in adult football. I was asked then to help with my youngest lad team, and we did well but nothing brilliant except for four got trials for local clubs. My youngest had four trials but his asthma was against a career even though he was so skilful. He still played five a side till just before covid.
My eldest grandchild had joined his team around seven, and the youth club asked me to coach the lads.
They were awful for the first two seasons but the coaching improved their concept of the game. Everything improved the lads finished fourth, u13s, third and a cup final u14s, second and preventing the team that had always won the league, into third place. By beating them last game of the season. u15s. The last season was marred by a few injuries and a couple of the lads going to a club, playing academy football. Which I was completely chuffed at.
By that time, I was working weekends and couldn't do much else coaching at the youth club.
With being involved in my club, being on the football staff. My brain was aired for football.
It got took away from me, for no reason that I could understand.
My footie side of my brain went completely vacant. There was nothing for it to do.
My assessment for counselling, told me this.
I had to rely on family through the pandemic, when Mrs L and FiL was on the at risk list. Hardly saw the grandkids, most of the time, most of them were working on the front line. Lots of anxiety about the whole lot of it.
Two more lots of months of counselling. And the last lot was I didn't know how to cope and needed the tools to help me cope with Mrs L 's misremembering.
How do I feel?
I'm absolutely fine, okay, better etc.
But Deep down, I'm struggling with daily life. Retirement, being old, as we all get to.

This forum is brilliant.
No other words are necessary.
The majority of those on here with their experience and success are unbelievable.

You have seen the number of those that come into the RH forum. They have their own individual issues.
being not so weird as so rare is quite comforting in a way. Hypoglycaemia is a complex condition, that many specialists reluctantly won't diagnose. A lot of people suffer RH symptoms but are T2 diabetic, the synthesis of both conditions are similar until the hypo happens, an the liver dump doesn't appen, I still can't find out. But it could be, I have surmised that it tries but the amount of insulin produced swamps the glucogenisis or livers reaction to the overshoot in the second phase.

I think I will leave it there, things to do.

Thanks @jjraak, believe it or not, I look forward to your posts, as they are, very appreciated and friendly.
As always my best wishes, mate.

jjraak said:

Thank you for that @Lamont D ....as I do yours .

Firstly, wow for doing all the detective work, cumberbatch with a Scouse accent ....who knew ....

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Secondly.
WOW.....from playing to leading those young players.
What a difference You have made to so many young lives.... brilliant stuff.

And of course the hardship of
COVID AND losing the football.

You know life's hard, but that's just a double whammy of a **** storm life threw you .

So even more credit to you, after wrestling RH into an honourable draw & holding the line for so long.

To then face such multiple assaults on your senses, manage Mrs L AND come up for air at any point..I think is amazing.



All I can do is echo your experience of the goodness of members.

The warmth of that greeting as we all stumble out of our own post DX storm, dazed and searching for safety & help., has I believe done SO much to help so many stabilise their lives, if not actually saved many as well, which is my guess.

Best wishes as always.

When the going gets tough
The tough gets going kinda fits you & describes You well.

But as I know you like sci-fi,
The picture I have of you now is more "Terminator 2 judgement day, T-900."

No matter how battered & bruised it gets, it just keeps getting up, again & again .... relentless in its pursuit of it's goal.

(Obviously, the good version, trying to help destroy Cyberdyne & protect Mrs L, sorry, ofc I meant John Connor )

So I have faith no matter what the battle, you'll be forever emulating Arnies catch phrase .
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I have a basic curiosity, and I am not a cat lover.......
Because of my junior years, when books were my source of reference, add on encyclopedias (my dad's collection, no tele) with the focus on history, for many reasons. Such as the stupid dates of birth of my family, matched with significant historical events. 25 October, 18 June, 6 June(actually born on the day) for example.
And if something went there the library was five minutes away. So my eyes were opened with sci fi books in the library, along with historical f fiction as well, so if I read about the Napoleonic wars I would research it.
The American civil war became a little interest then as in 65, it was a hundred years since it finished, a series of bubble bum cards were issued so I learned, as did WWII tho my dad refused to talk about his time in Burma.
I was totally interested in football, and cricket which as a junior, I represented my school in the county representative match. Which I did really well. I also played cricket in summer and coached for a couple of seasons, for the youth club until it ended.
As for the footie, I studied and researched the game. It is an easy game basically but the tactics, etc, can be quite complicated. The coaches I came across, could mostly read a game, summarise a game and it's players, use stats and video to evaluate weaknesses of opposition, notice changes and be prepared for setbacks etc.
The better coaches have people around him, who advised and offer solutions. Calmness, clear thinking and using planning and eager to change, when plan A or plan b don't work. His willingness to learn new skills.
Man management, get to know his players, concentration on the team thingy (you know what I mean). Work hard on improvement, my motiff!
So when something intrigues me, I have to read up on it.
And the internet is full of it. As long as you can sort through the BS.
It does relax me in some ways.
And if I find odd things like coincidences, that makes my day.
When the forum had blogs, I posted lots of my experience and my weirdness, and included some of my dreams, which has been with me through my life.
Since watching star trek, changing my opinion of the future.
Since watching other sci fi, there was some enjoyable sixties and seventies films, but the best was Forbidden planet. How destructive our thoughts can be, cos of our emotions. Etc. Significant with the interweb and the poison trolled, and how the evil of modern life are impacting our life.
And as you mentioned Arnie, the multi, corps of profit, above all, is the biggest evil and if the climate doesn't do it, these oligarchs certainly will.
Off my head, I know not of a Scouse detective, there is a smattering of tv personalities from around here, mostly known locally as plastic scousers, but some of the genuine ones know how we thinking different.
And our unique sense of humour. Is it?
You do know there is a thin line between love and hate (great song) hero and coward. Winner and loser.
I do think that I am a coward, cos after taking things into consideration, I tend to take the easy option in many circumstances. Or its a clever thing to do. I just don't know?
Life is not easy, never has, never will, there has always been changing significant details happening.
Some are truly beautiful, some awful.
We just plod on.
Tomorrow will be a better day, if not the next day. #8 birthday........
And so it goes.
My best wishes mate.
Why is this about me.
Oh, I know I started this thread and you @jjraak asked......

Love long and prosper, my friend.