Update: Saw the dr today. Told fasting levels were fine and not to worry about the blood sugar spike and feeling unwell, as apparently this is just something that happens to people after clean eating for a while (herself included), when they overload the carbs/ sugar. Advice: Just don't have the blips and blood sugar spikes in the first place, but if I do, to drink loads, and exercise to get it down.
She refused any repeat tests or further exploration and advised me that the earliest she will repeat HBA1C and lipids is early Jan 2021, which will be 7 months from when I had my last tests.
She was also not concerned that I have been recording some really low BP readings. They are not dangerously low, but are super-low for me. On initial diagnosis of hypertension 12 months ago, my BP was 200/120, stabilised at 140/80 with a combo of 2 meds, but recently I have been getting readings as low as 100/75. Outcome: No adjustments made to chlorthalidone and cilazipril.
Just adding that today I saw my regular GP and not the stand-in that I saw 9 weeks ago, who had said repeat tests would be done after 3 months, so conflicting info between Drs
I guess I just need to get on with eating clean, losing weight, and hopefully by Jan the numbers will be down.
Hi yeah. I'm going to keep monitoring that BP from time to time. I have had a couple of incidents of bending down to pick something up and gotten the dizzyness on standing back up, suggesting low BP. That's awful that somebody got really hurtIf you are low carbing then you could see your blood pressure normalise - on the Facebook low carb forum it has been reported quite frequently, with some people falling over when the doctor refused to reduce medication, so do be careful. One poor soul smashed nose and lost several teeth falling onto the coffee table.
Wow - impressive numbers - well done you for all your hard work! - gold star to you - what an example you are - may I ask do you do LCHF or Keto or what? any advice would be much appreciated.Apologies, @SQ71 , I meant to add my HbA1c history, since diagnosis. I have never taken any medication for my diabetes:
HbA1c:
October 13: 73 or 8.8% (How did that happen?)
February 14: 37 or 5.5%
May 14: 34 or 5.3%
August 14: 32 or 5.1%
November 14: 33 or 5.1%
May 15: 31 or 5.0%
October 15: 33 or 5.1%
September 16: 31 or 5.0%
November 17: 33 or 5.1%
March 18: A "bonus", unexpected test due to other bloods - 30 or 4.9%. I joined the 4s club! I hadn't expected a reduction, having got used to toggling 33<>31<>33<>31 for the last 3 years, literally.
March 19: 27 or 4.6% Another surprising reduction.
February 20: 29 or 4.8%. I'll take that
Work in progress, but GP has taken me off the Diabetes Register.
As you can see, my HbA1c reverted t non-diabetic levels within 4 months and has never gone back.
I'm fortunate, and not everyone is able to replicate this, whether by virtue of other health conditions, their attitude to risk , their ability to reduce cabs enough, or a million and one other reasons.
I'm not posting that to show off, but to demonstrate that in T2, much can be possible, without medication of any sort in the mix - never mind injected insulin.
Hi BrunneriaOK, so you get to choose whether to accept that kind of laisse faire attitude, or not.
Personally, when I get patted on the head and brushed off by medical professionals, it usually irritates me sufficiently that I do something about it.
In your situation, I would get myself a private test for HbA1c and cholesterol whenever I liked (UK companies Medichecks and Thriva offer comparable services). I would also keep testing my own BP and familiarise myself with the symptoms of low bp, and be prepared to insist those bp meds are reduced if any such symptoms appear.
You are already testing your own bp. Regular (but not obsessively frequent) testing with a glucometer would allow you to see how things go between HbA1cs, and allow you to spot any suspicious rising trends, which would potentially suggest the LADA mentioned above.
I firmly believe that we are best to be FAR more interested and motivated to look after ourselves, rather than relying on the standard conveyor belt of NHS tick box checks every year or so. But I also think we have a responsibility to carry on living, and not become too restricted by preoccupations about our health.
Wow - impressive numbers - well done you for all your hard work! - gold star to you - what an example you are - may I ask do you do LCHF or Keto or what? any advice would be much appreciated.
I'd be putting a really pointed question to the GP then - their idea that once they prescribe something you can't go ahead and get better so you don't need it any more doesn't sit well with me.Hi yeah. I'm going to keep monitoring that BP from time to time. I have had a couple of incidents of bending down to pick something up and gotten the dizzyness on standing back up, suggesting low BP. That's awful that somebody got really hurt
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