Another year on and still with the type 2.
I use an at home monitor, mmol is the reading, it’s averaging at 8.5 and has not
changed much in the last year, it was 8.4 for a while
I have resisted all medication for it so far, I’m early 60’s male, non smoker/drinker
I’ve gone from 17st6 to now 16st1 or thereabouts.
I walk my dogs 30mins every day.
I recently had an ecg, it’s given that I have LBBB and this may have been caused
by a MI (Heart attack?) although it could have been there a long time. Just waiting
on a chest clinic appointment (urgent) All but 1 of the other readings in the ecg
were normal and good.
My bad cholesterol was 3.8 and they say it needs to be 1.8 or lower, all other blood
readings were good/normal
My blood pressure is usually Normal or optimal, sometimes it reports hypotension
but average is 115 over 78 or this morning it was 118/82
I take indapimide for salt reduction and I take Candesartan for my BP
I dont eat late these day, I used to, I have no idea why but if i take my blood mid
morning before having anything to eat or drink it’s usually the high side of 9.0
and yet as I eat and the take the test a couple of hours later the reading can sometimes
be 7.1 or therabouts, no idea how that works.
I cut out sugar in drinks almost a year ago, I now use Sugarly and not a lot at that.
I stopped eating chocolate full stop a year ago.
I went from full fat milk to semi-skimmed
I drink little hot drinks, I drink a fair amount of water.
I’ve reduced the cakes/pastries by 70%
I reduced the amount of crisps maybe 3 bags a week at most.
I have reduced my bread intake at the same time as alternating between brown/white when I do
I have never been a fan of fast food, and don’t ever bother with take-away my family do.
I have butter over margarine (but again not a lot)
I eat only eat white meat, never red
I eat white fish/rice quite a bit
Any fried food is via an air-fryer, but again not a lot.
I eat fruit once a day pear/banana and apple mainly
I was prescribed, metformin and atorvastin, I’ve have until now resisted taking them as I thought
by lifestyle changes i could get the type 2 under control, I have no idea if my average 8.5mmol is
good or bad but assume it’s not good.
So given the ecg etc and the need to reduce my bad cholesterol I’m thinking now is perhaps
the time to consider taking it but will it help things I have no idea.
I use an at home monitor, mmol is the reading, it’s averaging at 8.5 and has not
changed much in the last year, it was 8.4 for a while
I have resisted all medication for it so far, I’m early 60’s male, non smoker/drinker
I’ve gone from 17st6 to now 16st1 or thereabouts.
I walk my dogs 30mins every day.
I recently had an ecg, it’s given that I have LBBB and this may have been caused
by a MI (Heart attack?) although it could have been there a long time. Just waiting
on a chest clinic appointment (urgent) All but 1 of the other readings in the ecg
were normal and good.
My bad cholesterol was 3.8 and they say it needs to be 1.8 or lower, all other blood
readings were good/normal
My blood pressure is usually Normal or optimal, sometimes it reports hypotension
but average is 115 over 78 or this morning it was 118/82
I take indapimide for salt reduction and I take Candesartan for my BP
I dont eat late these day, I used to, I have no idea why but if i take my blood mid
morning before having anything to eat or drink it’s usually the high side of 9.0
and yet as I eat and the take the test a couple of hours later the reading can sometimes
be 7.1 or therabouts, no idea how that works.
I cut out sugar in drinks almost a year ago, I now use Sugarly and not a lot at that.
I stopped eating chocolate full stop a year ago.
I went from full fat milk to semi-skimmed
I drink little hot drinks, I drink a fair amount of water.
I’ve reduced the cakes/pastries by 70%
I reduced the amount of crisps maybe 3 bags a week at most.
I have reduced my bread intake at the same time as alternating between brown/white when I do
I have never been a fan of fast food, and don’t ever bother with take-away my family do.
I have butter over margarine (but again not a lot)
I eat only eat white meat, never red
I eat white fish/rice quite a bit
Any fried food is via an air-fryer, but again not a lot.
I eat fruit once a day pear/banana and apple mainly
I was prescribed, metformin and atorvastin, I’ve have until now resisted taking them as I thought
by lifestyle changes i could get the type 2 under control, I have no idea if my average 8.5mmol is
good or bad but assume it’s not good.
So given the ecg etc and the need to reduce my bad cholesterol I’m thinking now is perhaps
the time to consider taking it but will it help things I have no idea.
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