theblokefromstoke
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Hi all. I've not been on here for a while. I guess things have been going well with my diabetes but I am starting to slide a little off track.
I was diagnosed 18 months ago in my early 40's with a BG of 26, having had weight issues for many years. I lost 6 stone last year and managed to get my bmi to 26 & my BG control real tight. I was a star patient with my GP but my blood pressure was ridiculously high at 165/110. My GP said this was acceptable and at my last visit, he accused me of being completely obsessed with my health and told me in no uncertain terms that the practice would not prescribe me any medication to lower my blood pressure and I would have to buy any tablets myself.
I was taken aback by the whole thing so set out to try and lower my blood pressure naturally. The past 6 months have helped me do this but I don't know how long I can keep it up and it's causing me other issues as well.
I already had an extremely healthy diet with 2 x metformin so I set out to increase my exercise from my daily 1hr brisk walk to a run. 6 months on, I am an established distance runner having completed lots of road races at 10k plus and running a half marathon next week. My blood Pressure is still high but more reasonable at 140/90.
All good stuff, but it's come at a price. I run for 2 hrs every other day with a 4 hr run at weekends. I have found any less and my blood pressure creeps up. This is putting pressure on myhome life as I'm not spending the time with not only the wife and kids but also neglecting the wider family. My other issue is my eating and weight control.
I have actually gained about 1/2 stone giving me a Bmi of 26.7 which makes me quite overweight if you look at the charts. I am having to eat so much more to give me the energy for the runs. Coupled with this, my db nurse had told me that she intends reducing my metformin to 1 per day & I have been trying but feel awful if I don't take both for a couple of days or more.
I know that t2 can be a resistance to insulin and wonder if it's this that's a vicious circle with my exercise. I have to eat more to run, my body produces more insulin as a result that I can't use and stashes a good chunk of my food as fat not giving me the benefit. I'm actually wondering if I should be increasing rather than decreasing my metformin and also how long I can keep up this high level of training without something giving - either my knees or my marriage and wondering whether to push the issue for blood pressure tablet help.
I was diagnosed 18 months ago in my early 40's with a BG of 26, having had weight issues for many years. I lost 6 stone last year and managed to get my bmi to 26 & my BG control real tight. I was a star patient with my GP but my blood pressure was ridiculously high at 165/110. My GP said this was acceptable and at my last visit, he accused me of being completely obsessed with my health and told me in no uncertain terms that the practice would not prescribe me any medication to lower my blood pressure and I would have to buy any tablets myself.
I was taken aback by the whole thing so set out to try and lower my blood pressure naturally. The past 6 months have helped me do this but I don't know how long I can keep it up and it's causing me other issues as well.
I already had an extremely healthy diet with 2 x metformin so I set out to increase my exercise from my daily 1hr brisk walk to a run. 6 months on, I am an established distance runner having completed lots of road races at 10k plus and running a half marathon next week. My blood Pressure is still high but more reasonable at 140/90.
All good stuff, but it's come at a price. I run for 2 hrs every other day with a 4 hr run at weekends. I have found any less and my blood pressure creeps up. This is putting pressure on myhome life as I'm not spending the time with not only the wife and kids but also neglecting the wider family. My other issue is my eating and weight control.
I have actually gained about 1/2 stone giving me a Bmi of 26.7 which makes me quite overweight if you look at the charts. I am having to eat so much more to give me the energy for the runs. Coupled with this, my db nurse had told me that she intends reducing my metformin to 1 per day & I have been trying but feel awful if I don't take both for a couple of days or more.
I know that t2 can be a resistance to insulin and wonder if it's this that's a vicious circle with my exercise. I have to eat more to run, my body produces more insulin as a result that I can't use and stashes a good chunk of my food as fat not giving me the benefit. I'm actually wondering if I should be increasing rather than decreasing my metformin and also how long I can keep up this high level of training without something giving - either my knees or my marriage and wondering whether to push the issue for blood pressure tablet help.