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<blockquote data-quote="BrianTheElder" data-source="post: 1336969" data-attributes="member: 311044"><p>I went to see my diabetic nurse this morning for a check-up and my blood test results. Her first comment was "your results are excellent, how did you do it?". I said LCHF, which she had never heard of. My HbA1c was down from 41 in April to 31 in December, which earned an excellent on the blood test report from the doctor. She agreed to change my metformin from 1000 to 500 mg daily. I tried to say I wanted to come off statins as well, but was told with my cholesterol, that would be a problem. Complete brick wall on any discussion, so I gave up. My blood glucose was 4.8 this morning and my bp "perfect".</p><p>Fyi, my lipids were TC 5.8, HDL 1.7, TC/HDL 3.4 and non-HDL 4.1, which I was delighted with, especially the TC and HDL (up from 1.04). However, the doctor also made the written comment on my lipids "cholesterol has gone up to 5.8", which I think means he is going to grumble and resist when I try to get off statins at my next visit.</p><p>Do they always have to give us a hard time, even when we're doing well?</p><p>I am a man of 73 and I feel that a TC of 5.8 is good news for mortality and dementia.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrianTheElder, post: 1336969, member: 311044"] I went to see my diabetic nurse this morning for a check-up and my blood test results. Her first comment was "your results are excellent, how did you do it?". I said LCHF, which she had never heard of. My HbA1c was down from 41 in April to 31 in December, which earned an excellent on the blood test report from the doctor. She agreed to change my metformin from 1000 to 500 mg daily. I tried to say I wanted to come off statins as well, but was told with my cholesterol, that would be a problem. Complete brick wall on any discussion, so I gave up. My blood glucose was 4.8 this morning and my bp "perfect". Fyi, my lipids were TC 5.8, HDL 1.7, TC/HDL 3.4 and non-HDL 4.1, which I was delighted with, especially the TC and HDL (up from 1.04). However, the doctor also made the written comment on my lipids "cholesterol has gone up to 5.8", which I think means he is going to grumble and resist when I try to get off statins at my next visit. Do they always have to give us a hard time, even when we're doing well? I am a man of 73 and I feel that a TC of 5.8 is good news for mortality and dementia. [/QUOTE]
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