Cheers Eddie - it's a non ending journey of education this T2 malarkey. Nope Bp good - Hba1c = 34 everything else ticking along - DN said that she's would sign me off as non diabetic but not yet as concerned about urine ACR and that ACE inhibitors were 1st line of defence - so it would be for nepthrorathy only which to my mind is a bit of an overkill if I can control by a controlled diet but I have no idea how the 3.7 converts to damaged kidneys unless 3.7 is 37 - that would seem about right?Ramipril and other ACE Inhibitors are used for hypertension, heart failure and diabetic nephropathy. If you're on it for high BP then your on it for that alone.
Roger that - I have asked but for some reason she was unwilling to give me the info in the format described above which sounds ultimately more sensible. Will go and push a few buttons when I've got a bit of time to play with. Thanks for bearing with me and for the useful answers - much appreciated.The 3.7 is unlikely to be an ACR result, sounds like something else. I get a letter with all my diabetes blood and urine results, weight, height, BMI, foot state, eye state and other things after seeing my Consultant at the Hospital Diabetes Clinic Ask your DN for a copy of your results so you know what they are and what they mean.
I don't understand why anyone would be signed off as non diabetic, when there is always the potential to have diabetic-level blood results in the future. My HbA1c is 37 but as far as I'm concerned I am still diabetic. If I catch a cold, it sends me to bed for a few days and can last 2-3 weeks. I still consider myself at increased risk of infection, etc. I think of myself as in remission, not cured.Cheers Eddie - it's a non ending journey of education this T2 malarkey. Nope Bp good - Hba1c = 34 everything else ticking along - DN said that she's would sign me off as non diabetic but not yet as concerned about urine ACR and that ACE inhibitors were 1st line of defence - so it would be for nepthrorathy only which to my mind is a bit of an overkill if I can control by a controlled diet but I have no idea how the 3.7 converts to damaged kidneys unless 3.7 is 37 - that would seem about right?
Indeed @CatLadyNZ it's probably to do with costs or some insignificant statistic or the (in general) nhs short term view on t2 diabetes. I will always have diabetes lurking over my shoulder but now I know that and I have educated myself in how to deal with it.I don't understand why anyone would be signed off as non diabetic, when there is always the potential to have diabetic-level blood results in the future. My HbA1c is 37 but as far as I'm concerned I am still diabetic. If I catch a cold, it sends me to bed for a few days and can last 2-3 weeks. I still consider myself at increased risk of infection, etc. I think of myself as in remission, not cured.
reading this made me look at my last report again.The 3.7 is unlikely to be an ACR result, sounds like something else. I get a letter with all my diabetes blood and urine results, weight, height, BMI, foot state, eye state and other things after seeing my Consultant at the Hospital Diabetes Clinic Ask your DN for a copy of your results so you know what they are and what they mean.
I don't understand why anyone would be signed off as non diabetic, when there is always the potential to have diabetic-level blood results in the future. My HbA1c is 37 but as far as I'm concerned I am still diabetic. If I catch a cold, it sends me to bed for a few days and can last 2-3 weeks. I still consider myself at increased risk of infection, etc. I think of myself as in remission, not cured.
Must admit, being diabetic works for me as well, when I go back to the UK.
There are some that prefer being 'off the register'
@AndBreathe I think was removed at her own request, but I may be wrong, so I've tagged her.
I've been Type 2 diabetic for 5 years. Initially on max doses of Metformin and Gliclazide. Both had bad side effects and didn't do much for my initial HbA1c of 112 mmol/mol. Now been on Humulin M3 insulin for over a year now. Kidney damage started to show last year with protein in urine increasing. My albumin/creatine ratio rose to 35 which means my kidney filters are damaged (a positive result is >30. Now after taking Ramipril 10mg for a while now and my albumin/creatine ratio (ACR) has stabilized.
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