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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dorcas61" data-source="post: 159014" data-attributes="member: 27011">Morning! Hope you all remembered to put back your clocks!!Feeling rather annoyed (and a bit "down") - diagnosed in April and last week had my first check-up with the Diabetes GP in my practise - my blood sugar levels have come down form 7.7 to 6.6 (yippee!) and I've lost 4 kilos in weight (yippee again!) BUT I now have high cholesterol at 5.4 and high blood pressure at 140/90!!!!Neither has ever been a problem before diagnosis - highest cholesterol was 4, highest bp 120/70 - so where the hell have these leaps come from?? Is it, as the GP suggested, "just one of those things with Diabetes", or can I do something about it?Are tablets really necessary, or can I reduce them with diet? I've reduced my blood sugar levels/lost weight with a low-carb diet, I know I need to cut back on cheese and salt, but can anyone offer any other advice? I'm seeing the GP again on 12th, and will ask for a referral to a Dietitian, but that could take a few months, so any help on here would be very welcome <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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