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<blockquote data-quote="Max68" data-source="post: 2266663" data-attributes="member: 521172"><p>I think that's why we need to know more. I've got the tummy fat, but got my triglycerides down from 8.2 when first diagnosed to 2.6 at last test. (Bizarrely at one point they were 8.9 early June and when retested late June they were 2.8.) Go figure! Cholesterol 3.5 at last test a year ago, down from it's worst at 7.2. (That's non fasting test btw.) Blood pressure fine on a 24 hour monitor last year and Heart CT showed all heart arteries ok bar minor soft plaque on one or two with a calcium score of 0 also last year. Last HBA1c 58 in December after being 48 last June! So where I am on the risk scale - I have absolutely no idea!!!</p><p></p><p>I think that's the problem we are all facing. So little in the way of real concrete information and half of our GP's seem to have no idea either. That's not just diabetics either it's all those with "underlying conditions". From my point of view anyway I'm siding on the cautious until we know more even though I'm not on the shielded list.</p><p></p><p>One other thing re the great posts above is that it would be helpful if we all knew what percentage of these underlying conditions were diagnosed or undiagnosed. Meds of course can help reduce the levels in the above co-morbidities so are these people turning up at hospital with undiagnosed out of control BP, hypertension etc? Or are some drugs people take having an adverse effect or have they all gone quiet on that possibility?!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Max68, post: 2266663, member: 521172"] I think that's why we need to know more. I've got the tummy fat, but got my triglycerides down from 8.2 when first diagnosed to 2.6 at last test. (Bizarrely at one point they were 8.9 early June and when retested late June they were 2.8.) Go figure! Cholesterol 3.5 at last test a year ago, down from it's worst at 7.2. (That's non fasting test btw.) Blood pressure fine on a 24 hour monitor last year and Heart CT showed all heart arteries ok bar minor soft plaque on one or two with a calcium score of 0 also last year. Last HBA1c 58 in December after being 48 last June! So where I am on the risk scale - I have absolutely no idea!!! I think that's the problem we are all facing. So little in the way of real concrete information and half of our GP's seem to have no idea either. That's not just diabetics either it's all those with "underlying conditions". From my point of view anyway I'm siding on the cautious until we know more even though I'm not on the shielded list. One other thing re the great posts above is that it would be helpful if we all knew what percentage of these underlying conditions were diagnosed or undiagnosed. Meds of course can help reduce the levels in the above co-morbidities so are these people turning up at hospital with undiagnosed out of control BP, hypertension etc? Or are some drugs people take having an adverse effect or have they all gone quiet on that possibility?! [/QUOTE]
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