CaminoTurtle
Member
- Messages
- 15
- Location
- Rural north west of Ireland
- Type of diabetes
- Prediabetes
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Hi, thought I'd put pen to paper so to speak. I've been reading through lots of posts over the last few days, particularly in the newly diagnosed thread as that's my situation at the moment.
I received a phone call from my local practice last week telling me that I was diabetic, luckily the practice nurse emailed my bloods results to me and I can see that my HbA1c IFCC was 46 mmol/mol I can see from what I've read here that this reading is considered to be pre-diabetes in Britain. I don't know if we have a different scoring system here but I'll take the pre-diabetes as it gives me a chance to change things before my numbers get higher.
This was communicated by the practice nurse who neglected to tell me in March that I was pre-diabetic then with a score of 42 at the time. I honestly think that she didn't want to hurt my feelings. I also have haemochromotosis and the same practice nurse is so uncomfortable with needles that i have to force the issue of getting venesections to keep my iron and ferritin levels anywhere near healthy.
These blood tests were done because I had a gout flare up, the second in two years and my Uric Acid results were 0.52 mmol/L so I'm on Allipurinol to reduce those. I know that this is considered a long term medication however i do hope that with diet changes I can come off this med in the future.
Thankfully my cholesterol is not too bad even though I'm heavily overweight at 100 kgs,
Cholesterol 4.1 mmol/L
Triglycerides 1.08 mmol/L
HDL 1.09 mmol/L
LDL 2.31 mmol/L
My kidneys seem good however my liver AST and ALT are 56 and 58 so that's not great.
I mention the figures because I happen to have them at hand and I'm a bit overwhelmed at the moment with all of the health news. At first I felt quite ashamed because I know the benefits of eating low carb, having gone primal back in 2011 and being quite happy and healthy, keeping a good weight and feeling great until falling off the wagon about 5 or 6 years ago when my mum passed away.
Thankfully I've let go of the shame and am now feeling much more empowered having read so much helpful information here over the last few days. I think I have a reasonable handle on what to eat, to add cream or yogurt to berries, to not be afraid of butter, eat loads of non starchy veg etc. I've read that oft linked blog post of Jo's on the simplicity of cutting carbs and it was reassuringly familiar. I was feeling very unsupported however since I found the forum that feeling has changed. It's been great to see the non-judgemental support that is offered here to newbies and I'm already grateful for it.
I'm curious about anyone else's experience with gout and pre-diabetes? I'm also curious about whether haemochromotosis plays a part in diabetes for anyone?
ps how do I add a signature to my profile?
I received a phone call from my local practice last week telling me that I was diabetic, luckily the practice nurse emailed my bloods results to me and I can see that my HbA1c IFCC was 46 mmol/mol I can see from what I've read here that this reading is considered to be pre-diabetes in Britain. I don't know if we have a different scoring system here but I'll take the pre-diabetes as it gives me a chance to change things before my numbers get higher.
This was communicated by the practice nurse who neglected to tell me in March that I was pre-diabetic then with a score of 42 at the time. I honestly think that she didn't want to hurt my feelings. I also have haemochromotosis and the same practice nurse is so uncomfortable with needles that i have to force the issue of getting venesections to keep my iron and ferritin levels anywhere near healthy.
These blood tests were done because I had a gout flare up, the second in two years and my Uric Acid results were 0.52 mmol/L so I'm on Allipurinol to reduce those. I know that this is considered a long term medication however i do hope that with diet changes I can come off this med in the future.
Thankfully my cholesterol is not too bad even though I'm heavily overweight at 100 kgs,
Cholesterol 4.1 mmol/L
Triglycerides 1.08 mmol/L
HDL 1.09 mmol/L
LDL 2.31 mmol/L
My kidneys seem good however my liver AST and ALT are 56 and 58 so that's not great.
I mention the figures because I happen to have them at hand and I'm a bit overwhelmed at the moment with all of the health news. At first I felt quite ashamed because I know the benefits of eating low carb, having gone primal back in 2011 and being quite happy and healthy, keeping a good weight and feeling great until falling off the wagon about 5 or 6 years ago when my mum passed away.
Thankfully I've let go of the shame and am now feeling much more empowered having read so much helpful information here over the last few days. I think I have a reasonable handle on what to eat, to add cream or yogurt to berries, to not be afraid of butter, eat loads of non starchy veg etc. I've read that oft linked blog post of Jo's on the simplicity of cutting carbs and it was reassuringly familiar. I was feeling very unsupported however since I found the forum that feeling has changed. It's been great to see the non-judgemental support that is offered here to newbies and I'm already grateful for it.
I'm curious about anyone else's experience with gout and pre-diabetes? I'm also curious about whether haemochromotosis plays a part in diabetes for anyone?
ps how do I add a signature to my profile?
