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BP and BG at 11 weeks

bluejeans98

bluejeans98

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Location
Manchester
Type of diabetes
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Hi all,
its been 11 weeks since I was diagnosed type 2. I've followed the advice on here, Bought a meter and carb to meter. HBA1c has dropped from 80 to 50 and my BP has now dropped to the lowest it has been for years . 105/62 over 5 readings today. I could never get the diastolic below 80. I think all this hard work is paying off. I think I will need to review my BP medication in January when I see the nurse for my annual check up.
 
jack412 said:
it's bordering on too low as you would know
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This is why I think I need a review of medication. I find it strange that for all the visits to the doctor she never checked my BP or reviewed the medication. I know losing the weight and giving up the alcohol will have helped. Hopefully with a bit more weight loss the BP tablets can go in the bin, Then I will only have Metformin to deal with. Or dare I say it. Bin all the tablets completely. Apart from the blue ones lol.
 
bluejeans98 said:
This is why I think I need a review of medication. I find it strange that for all the visits to the doctor she never checked my BP or reviewed the medication. I know losing the weight and giving up the alcohol will have helped. Hopefully with a bit more weight loss the BP tablets can go in the bin, Then I will only have Metformin to deal with. Or dare I say it. Bin all the tablets completely. Apart from the blue ones lol.
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I would ring and ask if I could halve my BP dose and double the blue ones
 
Jack your readings over the past twelve months are brilliant. You have some great control going on there. There is a lot to be said for the LCHF lifestyle
 
bluejeans98 said:
Jack your readings over the past twelve months are brilliant. You have some great control going on there. There is a lot to be said for the LCHF lifestyle
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thanks...so far so good, 30 point drop on your's isn't anything to sneeze at :) I bet your eyes went blurry for a while

it’s a long page and a few good video’s
http://www.dietdoctor.com/lchf
For me, the more carbs we eat the more carbs we want. they don’t give up easy
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/lowcarb101/a/firstweek.htm

I went under 50g carb a day, ketogenic and cut grain=rice,etc, - grain product= breads, pasta, pastries, cereals – starchy veg=potato, corn, etc –sugary stuff, fruit and juice
 
Congratulations, sounds like you are doing brilliantly, its surprising how things differ, I can hardly get through the surgery door before they reach for blood pressure machine.

I guess you have a blood pressure monitor at home, I always have to take reading for a few days before any check up as the moment I walk in my blood pressure goes up, at the surgery both reading are about 30 points higher than when taken at home, its only by providing my own results that I stayed off blood pressure tablets.
 
I keep my meter in work as a colleague has been diagnosed with High BP so it was handy for her to test during the day. Every time she went to the doctors she had white coat syndrome. My BP was hovering around 115/79 mark for a few weeks, It's only this week that its dropped so much.
 
Ruth B said:
Congratulations, sounds like you are doing brilliantly, its surprising how things differ, I can hardly get through the surgery door before they reach for blood pressure machine.

I guess you have a blood pressure monitor at home, I always have to take reading for a few days before any check up as the moment I walk in my blood pressure goes up, at the surgery both reading are about 30 points higher than when taken at home, its only by providing my own results that I stayed off blood pressure tablets.
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sounds like me. Diagnosis BP at surgery was 174/80!! At home I'm around 120/68 mark even after 20 minutes on bike. Just the words " I am going to take your BP" send me in to a cold sweat.
 
bluejeans98 said:
Hi all,
its been 11 weeks since I was diagnosed type 2. I've followed the advice on here, Bought a meter and carb to meter. HBA1c has dropped from 80 to 50 and my BP has now dropped to the lowest it has been for years . 105/62 over 5 readings today. I could never get the diastolic below 80. I think all this hard work is paying off. I think I will need to review my BP medication in January when I see the nurse for my annual check up.
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Well done on getting the diastolic down :) good job @bluejeans98! Fantastic results. :)
 
Those are amazing results.... Makes you feel so good to see the hard work paying off. Well done
 
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