Hi All,
I'm new here and still learning all I can about my condition.
Here is a brief history.
Earlier this year(Feb) I started having pins and needles all over my body also my felt heat in my left shin but it was not hot to touch. GP did some blood tests and it came high on Cholesterol and triglycerides. Oddly my glucose was not tested at the time.
Feb tests:
Triglycerides: 2.05
HDL: 1.22
LDL: 5.28
So as can be seen my Tri and LDL are high and HDL is on low side. I had known that my LDL is high for some times as I did tests 4 years ago and it was also high. This time I've adjusted my diet and and also started moving more. I work in IT so most of the time I'm glued to my chair.
Unfortunately this has not improved, the only thing I noticed is that the symptoms go away on holidays.
Moving to June and one morning I woke up feeling dizzy and tired. Also sometimes I felt tipsy. Went to GP and was given some drugs to treat inner ear but that did not help so I got referred to Neurologists. At this point I went and did a range(over 70) of blood tests on my own expense. This is where glucose popped up, also found that I have Calcium and Vid D deficiency. The good thing that my HDL dropped but by Try went up.
Aug tests:
Triglycerides: 2.17
HDL: 1.22
LDL: 3.63
GLU: 6.9
Neurologist asked to do another range of blood tests, MRI and EMG. Both MRI and EMG came clear. The blood tests shown below:
Sep tests:
Triglycerides: 1.26
HDL: 0.84
LDL: 3.15
GLU: 6.0
HbA1c: 38
So again my fasting glucose came high but my HbA1c is still within the norm but it is almost at border line. My LDL and Try went down but so did HDL. I did OGTT on my own initiative and that came positive. My fasting 2 hour glucose was 10.0 although I'm not convinced it was done properly as from what I understand it is not enough just fast before the test.
I've adjusted my diet again to lower my carb intake, also I've upped my daily active time. As I wrote before I noticed that symptoms go away during holidays. The main difference is that all my holidays are very active unlike my normal work day. This is where fitness tracker came in handy as I could see how much I move during a day. So since my the adjustments I've lost 4Kg but I never was overweight in my life. Also nobody in family has diabetes.
I have couple questions:
1. About 2 weeks ago I got myself Glucose tester and started testing. My average is 5.7 so far. I rarely go above 6.5 but I noticed that my fasting glucose does not go down overnight it actually starts rising. So if my last meal was carb heavy and I go to bed with glucose at 6.0, in the morning it will be the same or a bit higher. Is this normal? During the day my glucose 2 hours after meal is between 5.0 - 6.5 depending on how much I move.
2. I get 150-200g of carbs a day. My weight is still dropping and honestly I do not want to lose more. I'm not sure how to manage this? Any tips?
3. Any reason my HDL went down and how to bump it up?
Sorry for long post
I'm new here and still learning all I can about my condition.
Here is a brief history.
Earlier this year(Feb) I started having pins and needles all over my body also my felt heat in my left shin but it was not hot to touch. GP did some blood tests and it came high on Cholesterol and triglycerides. Oddly my glucose was not tested at the time.
Feb tests:
Triglycerides: 2.05
HDL: 1.22
LDL: 5.28
So as can be seen my Tri and LDL are high and HDL is on low side. I had known that my LDL is high for some times as I did tests 4 years ago and it was also high. This time I've adjusted my diet and and also started moving more. I work in IT so most of the time I'm glued to my chair.
Unfortunately this has not improved, the only thing I noticed is that the symptoms go away on holidays.
Moving to June and one morning I woke up feeling dizzy and tired. Also sometimes I felt tipsy. Went to GP and was given some drugs to treat inner ear but that did not help so I got referred to Neurologists. At this point I went and did a range(over 70) of blood tests on my own expense. This is where glucose popped up, also found that I have Calcium and Vid D deficiency. The good thing that my HDL dropped but by Try went up.
Aug tests:
Triglycerides: 2.17
HDL: 1.22
LDL: 3.63
GLU: 6.9
Neurologist asked to do another range of blood tests, MRI and EMG. Both MRI and EMG came clear. The blood tests shown below:
Sep tests:
Triglycerides: 1.26
HDL: 0.84
LDL: 3.15
GLU: 6.0
HbA1c: 38
So again my fasting glucose came high but my HbA1c is still within the norm but it is almost at border line. My LDL and Try went down but so did HDL. I did OGTT on my own initiative and that came positive. My fasting 2 hour glucose was 10.0 although I'm not convinced it was done properly as from what I understand it is not enough just fast before the test.
I've adjusted my diet again to lower my carb intake, also I've upped my daily active time. As I wrote before I noticed that symptoms go away during holidays. The main difference is that all my holidays are very active unlike my normal work day. This is where fitness tracker came in handy as I could see how much I move during a day. So since my the adjustments I've lost 4Kg but I never was overweight in my life. Also nobody in family has diabetes.
I have couple questions:
1. About 2 weeks ago I got myself Glucose tester and started testing. My average is 5.7 so far. I rarely go above 6.5 but I noticed that my fasting glucose does not go down overnight it actually starts rising. So if my last meal was carb heavy and I go to bed with glucose at 6.0, in the morning it will be the same or a bit higher. Is this normal? During the day my glucose 2 hours after meal is between 5.0 - 6.5 depending on how much I move.
2. I get 150-200g of carbs a day. My weight is still dropping and honestly I do not want to lose more. I'm not sure how to manage this? Any tips?
3. Any reason my HDL went down and how to bump it up?
Sorry for long post
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