MsVelvet
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Hi and welcome. Being in a different hemisphere from the rest is ok, but you sometimes find you answer posts that have been answered many times before.
Thank you Ms Velvet, for your welcome and helpful comment..I'm even having difficulty locating messages addressed to me at the moment!Hi and welcome. Being in a different hemisphere from the rest is ok, but you sometimes find you answer posts that have been answered many times before.
HI Enclave...I thought I had replied to your reply this morning, but must have forgotten to post it or something...can't even remember what I said now, but glad you have lived to fight another day.....and no doubt on all the right preventive treatment now.I am male with a very strong family history of heart problems .. Most men in my family dying of heart attacks in their early to mid 50's, When I got the second Dr he said straight away I has unstable angina and heart attack at some point .. Then sent me to hospital
ah so I did reply...over the page...I find the layout of this forum system most confusing!Well definitely NO excuse then....but so glad you have been rescued
I was in a book of 100 NZ paintings 20 years ago and had pleanty of solo shows when just out of art school, but I chose to go back to medicine.....and am not at all well known now in the art world...far too old fashioned 0
Sorry I confuse everyone, but mostly meHi Diane...I see someone else answered this for me.....am finding working out this forum system somewhat difficult...no I'm not an alter ego although I may remember that is future...activity has reduced somewhat since my first 24 hours here which was scary...being in a different hemisphere from he majority helps too lol
Hi Diane...I see someone else answered this for me.....am finding working out this forum system somewhat difficult...no I'm not an alter ego although I may remember that is future...activity has reduced somewhat since my first 24 hours here which was scary...being in a different hemisphere from he majority helps too lol
Thank you very much Kat......I see you are a cat person too....am struggling with some tiny 4"x4" cute and fluffies at the moment...how i wish there was 48 hours in the day...as it is I only am in bed usually for less than 6 hours, which seems to suit me fine, but may not be so good for the blood sugars?Far to modest , your work is excellent ....
so glad I'm not the only confused one around here.....my greatest dread is not diabetes but loss of brain function!Sorry I confuse everyone, but mostly me
When I was diagnosed I was 82kg bmi 25, recorded by GP, now nearly 3 months on at 75.4 bmi 23.8, so never really needed to lose much weight, I eat to keep weight stable. So could well be the sugar cut that did it. Would be interesting to know if cutting/ousting sugar could reverse vascular decease in others.Wow, that's excellent Paul, so pleased....but whether the scan shows any change or not, the most important thing is how it feels to you!!......have you lost any weiight since cutting out the sugar?...that may have helped too perhaps?
Good weight loss Paul, well done...one thing sugar does is to act a bit like salt and retain fluid in the tissues of the body, so that jmight have reduced pressure and irritation of nerves perhaps?When I was diagnosed I was 82kg bmi 25, recorded by GP, now nearly 3 months on at 75.4 bmi 23.8, so never really needed to lose much weight, I eat to keep weight stable. So could well be the sugar cut that did it.
Last night was 73.5kg, lost 2kg this week & ate loads to try to keep the weight up. Hmmm.Good weight loss Paul, well done...one thing sugar does is to act a bit like salt and retain fluid in the tissues of the body, so that jmight have reduced pressure and irritation of nerves perhaps?
? No idea what you mean. But I seldom know what anyone means.Last night was 73.5kg, lost 2kg this week & ate loads to try to keep the weight up. Hmmm.
Had a convo with someone I know that had recently had a warning heart attack & was told to cut out the sweets, so there must be something in it as to why my narrowing improving.
If you read back you may catch up. lol. Out to do with my left leg vascular decease improvement since being told T2 & the diet change.Tiredness, exhaustion and depression are symptoms associated with many blood pressure medications. I have had similar problems with them. What is he talking? What sort of HbA1c level is he starting from?
With Type 2s just taking Metformin it is the underlying glucose level that is of interest so it doesn't need to be taken all that frequently. Most Type 2s on metformin are given a meter though if only to give them a better understanding of what is going on. The attitude of you doctor seems strange as diabetes is the type of illness where the patient needs to be able to take ownership of the management of the condition.
If you are not happy with the treatment you are getting from your GP you should ask to see a specialist. I don't think they can refuse to refer you if that is what you want.
Thank you for your help, Little grey Cat...what a great name! Very wet here in Auckland..but summer must be coming soon@Fishtoo about these threads and discussions.
If you start a thread then it is like the first person in a group or meeting to start a discussion.
Once the discussion gets under way then the original poster's job is done.
You are not obliged (or even expected) to answer every post in a thread you start.
The community as a whole chips in (assuming anyone is interested).
Some new posters in the past (not you obviously) have even thought that because they have started a thread it is "their" thread and they can control what is said in it.
It can be very confusing until you get into the swing of how the whole thing works.
Another thing is that people used to have to post things like "me too" to agree with a post and this could clutter up a discussion.
Now you can just "like" a post to show your support.
Oh, and I wish I was in Auckland - your weather is getting nice just as ours is getting nasty.
Cheers
LGC
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