Hi.
I'm bogwort47.
Been around for at least 77 years and well over 10 years on line on other fora with this name.
September 2024 I received a text about 2015hrs one evening in an Italian restaurant, when I was 2 courses down and had just ordered a Tiramasu, which said I was pre-diabetic. It appears that I have been running a steady 42 on my HbA1c since 2020.
I had my Tiramasu.
Since then I have been beating myself up over diet and pricking every morning with a long term average this year of 6.3 for my Blood Glucose.
On 25 04 2025 I asked my heart consultant if I could come off Atorvastatin for a while to see what happens. He said yes. My HbA1c that day was 41; only a small improvement. Today, my average BG over the last 14 days is 5.5. This represents a drop of over 10%, not dis-similar to the increase in 2020 from 38 to 42 when I went on Atorvastatin and had a 3 x CABG. On line, the info says 5% effect mean with no range given. I could say ***, but could not possibly do so as it might be considered impolite at best. That is over 2 xs the mean. Long short if I am in the standard deviation range then the effect on Blood Glucose of Atorvastatin could be up to 15 to 20 %
I joined an NHS recommended course run by an USA Co Xyla after 2 cancellations eventually in February 2025; all about losing weight. I and none of the people on the course are noticeably over weight. I also keep reasonably active averaging 5 - 6000 steps a day on a rolling week and in January averaged over 8000 a day for over some 3 weeks plus, romping around in the Antarctic.
Whatever, I have come to this Forum to see if anyone else has had a similar experience of being put on/recommended for a course for weight which is not really appropriate and has been affected by drugs raising their Blood Glucose.
I really wonder just how many so called pre-diabetics are finding the same thing.
Please do not get me wrong. When the dust settles, I may still be drifting towards diabetes, it killed my Granny in 1950 and my Dad was type 2 plus meds but it was prostate cancer that killed him when his bones gave out in 1997.
Happy days and I look forward to hearing about your experiences. My guess is that the NHS is may be unnecessarily making the figures look a lot worse than they really are and worrying a lot of people totally unnecessarily - it will be very interesting to see what you responses say.
I'm bogwort47.
Been around for at least 77 years and well over 10 years on line on other fora with this name.
September 2024 I received a text about 2015hrs one evening in an Italian restaurant, when I was 2 courses down and had just ordered a Tiramasu, which said I was pre-diabetic. It appears that I have been running a steady 42 on my HbA1c since 2020.
I had my Tiramasu.
Since then I have been beating myself up over diet and pricking every morning with a long term average this year of 6.3 for my Blood Glucose.
On 25 04 2025 I asked my heart consultant if I could come off Atorvastatin for a while to see what happens. He said yes. My HbA1c that day was 41; only a small improvement. Today, my average BG over the last 14 days is 5.5. This represents a drop of over 10%, not dis-similar to the increase in 2020 from 38 to 42 when I went on Atorvastatin and had a 3 x CABG. On line, the info says 5% effect mean with no range given. I could say ***, but could not possibly do so as it might be considered impolite at best. That is over 2 xs the mean. Long short if I am in the standard deviation range then the effect on Blood Glucose of Atorvastatin could be up to 15 to 20 %
I joined an NHS recommended course run by an USA Co Xyla after 2 cancellations eventually in February 2025; all about losing weight. I and none of the people on the course are noticeably over weight. I also keep reasonably active averaging 5 - 6000 steps a day on a rolling week and in January averaged over 8000 a day for over some 3 weeks plus, romping around in the Antarctic.
Whatever, I have come to this Forum to see if anyone else has had a similar experience of being put on/recommended for a course for weight which is not really appropriate and has been affected by drugs raising their Blood Glucose.
I really wonder just how many so called pre-diabetics are finding the same thing.
Please do not get me wrong. When the dust settles, I may still be drifting towards diabetes, it killed my Granny in 1950 and my Dad was type 2 plus meds but it was prostate cancer that killed him when his bones gave out in 1997.
Happy days and I look forward to hearing about your experiences. My guess is that the NHS is may be unnecessarily making the figures look a lot worse than they really are and worrying a lot of people totally unnecessarily - it will be very interesting to see what you responses say.
