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<blockquote data-quote="sanguine" data-source="post: 508992" data-attributes="member: 101256"><p>Thanks for all the info and encouragement folks. My mindset is still in 'just the incentive I needed to improve diet/lose weight etc' mode rather than 'OMG I'm ill'. Still learning about all the tests and the target numbers (why can't the units be consistent?) and up for a challenge whilst minimising drugs if I can.</p><p></p><p>What I'm annoyed about today is the lack of information provided by my GP. OK I should have asked at the time but it was all a bit surreal and I'd never heard of Hba1c until I came on here. But he treated me like an imbecile in retrospect and just waved a statins prescription and blood pressure form at me. So I had to phone the surgery to get them to tell me the numbers for the two sets of blood tests I've had in the last couple of weeks.</p><p></p><p>Originally I phoned about being tired, achy, stressed and listless. I was half expecting some thyroid issue because that's what my wife has. Anyway, the first set of results which I've only now wrung out of them were:</p><p></p><p>Serum TSH - 4 (that's the thyroid one, normal supposedly)</p><p>Serum ALT - 51, liver function, should be 45 or below I understand</p><p>Hba1c - 64</p><p>Cholesterol - 6.9 (should be 5 or less)</p><p></p><p>On the basis of that I was called in again for more bloods and a BP check. This time:</p><p></p><p>Fasting glucose - 10.4</p><p>Hba1c - 65</p><p>BP - 160/90 (oops that's a bit high)</p><p></p><p>I have an appointment with one of the surgery nurses in about 3 weeks for a 50 minute advice session.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile I can cut back on carbs (bread was a serious issue as I mentioned before) and alcohol, eat more fruit and veg (shame about the sugar in bananas) and do more exercise. GP says swimming, cycling or running. I don't swim or have a bike, and I don't intend to run until I've lost some weight but I can do a brisk walk that gets the heart going - just got back in from a 40 minute one in fact. We were going to get a rowing machine anyway in the next month or so. Oh yes and get a BP meter.</p><p></p><p>I wonder now why I was prescribed statins (which I'm not taking at least until I've seen what I can achieve without them), and not metformin?</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p><p>Rod</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sanguine, post: 508992, member: 101256"] Thanks for all the info and encouragement folks. My mindset is still in 'just the incentive I needed to improve diet/lose weight etc' mode rather than 'OMG I'm ill'. Still learning about all the tests and the target numbers (why can't the units be consistent?) and up for a challenge whilst minimising drugs if I can. What I'm annoyed about today is the lack of information provided by my GP. OK I should have asked at the time but it was all a bit surreal and I'd never heard of Hba1c until I came on here. But he treated me like an imbecile in retrospect and just waved a statins prescription and blood pressure form at me. So I had to phone the surgery to get them to tell me the numbers for the two sets of blood tests I've had in the last couple of weeks. Originally I phoned about being tired, achy, stressed and listless. I was half expecting some thyroid issue because that's what my wife has. Anyway, the first set of results which I've only now wrung out of them were: Serum TSH - 4 (that's the thyroid one, normal supposedly) Serum ALT - 51, liver function, should be 45 or below I understand Hba1c - 64 Cholesterol - 6.9 (should be 5 or less) On the basis of that I was called in again for more bloods and a BP check. This time: Fasting glucose - 10.4 Hba1c - 65 BP - 160/90 (oops that's a bit high) I have an appointment with one of the surgery nurses in about 3 weeks for a 50 minute advice session. Meanwhile I can cut back on carbs (bread was a serious issue as I mentioned before) and alcohol, eat more fruit and veg (shame about the sugar in bananas) and do more exercise. GP says swimming, cycling or running. I don't swim or have a bike, and I don't intend to run until I've lost some weight but I can do a brisk walk that gets the heart going - just got back in from a 40 minute one in fact. We were going to get a rowing machine anyway in the next month or so. Oh yes and get a BP meter. I wonder now why I was prescribed statins (which I'm not taking at least until I've seen what I can achieve without them), and not metformin? Cheers Rod [/QUOTE]
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