Hi, my name is Arnie and I'm a diabetic. Im a 60 year old man and would like to start joining in the discussions here a little.
My story starts 5 years ago when I had a heart attack. They put in a stent, gave me a pile of meds and sent me on my way. Fast forward to April of this year and I had another heart attack. The Internal Medicine Specialist was a little puzzled because the usual indicators of heart disease showed me extreamly healthy in that regard.
About a year before this when I had blood work done I asked my regular doctor if I should be concerned about the 8.2 fasting blood glucose. He said no, just loose some weight (which I didn't). I started reading this forum and bought a blood glucose monitor. Anyway after the second heart attack I told the internal medicine specialist what kind of numbers I was getting and his eyes went wide and he remarked, "Well your diabetic!" it was a bit of a shock to me, as I didn't really want to believe it .
I was leaving for a 5 month cross country trip across Canada a week later, so he just said watch the carbs and away I went. I've been learning everything I know about diabetes from this forum. So thank you all for your help.
I've been LCHF for the past two months. For the past two days all the BG level readings have been in the upper six's. When I started LCHF fasting was around 8 or 9mmol and post meal was usually around 10 to 14. So im very happy with the 6's. I've also lost almost 20 lbs. I want to loose at least another 20, maybe 30. My goal is to get home in 3 or 4 months, have blood work done and be told I'm not diabetic.
Thank you to everyone here you are the only advisers I have. I wouldn't have had these improvements without you.
My story starts 5 years ago when I had a heart attack. They put in a stent, gave me a pile of meds and sent me on my way. Fast forward to April of this year and I had another heart attack. The Internal Medicine Specialist was a little puzzled because the usual indicators of heart disease showed me extreamly healthy in that regard.
About a year before this when I had blood work done I asked my regular doctor if I should be concerned about the 8.2 fasting blood glucose. He said no, just loose some weight (which I didn't). I started reading this forum and bought a blood glucose monitor. Anyway after the second heart attack I told the internal medicine specialist what kind of numbers I was getting and his eyes went wide and he remarked, "Well your diabetic!" it was a bit of a shock to me, as I didn't really want to believe it .
I was leaving for a 5 month cross country trip across Canada a week later, so he just said watch the carbs and away I went. I've been learning everything I know about diabetes from this forum. So thank you all for your help.
I've been LCHF for the past two months. For the past two days all the BG level readings have been in the upper six's. When I started LCHF fasting was around 8 or 9mmol and post meal was usually around 10 to 14. So im very happy with the 6's. I've also lost almost 20 lbs. I want to loose at least another 20, maybe 30. My goal is to get home in 3 or 4 months, have blood work done and be told I'm not diabetic.
Thank you to everyone here you are the only advisers I have. I wouldn't have had these improvements without you.
