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<blockquote data-quote="Alexandra100" data-source="post: 1668729" data-attributes="member: 429870"><p>Congratulations on your exercise regime! </p><p></p><p>I asked about anti-coagulants because I have recently had to start taking one due to my worsening AF, and discovered much to my dismay that Apixaban may raise bg but Warfarin reduces it! (Even knowing this I am still not ready to take Warfarin.) I encountered some resistance when I asked to change from Apixaban to Dabigatran, but succeeded when I simply stopped taking the Apixaban. I had the impression the doctor thought I would drop dead overnight as a result. It was kind of her to care! I have my suspicions that Dabigatran and the other NOACs may also raise bg, but I have not been able to find any evidence. I can't tell from my own experience because I am also obliged at present to take Furosemide (diuretic) which may also raise bg. I have gone into all this just in case your DVT recurs, so you will be pre-warned.</p><p></p><p>As regards diabetes as a cause of DVT, I don't have any specialist knowledge. I do think based on my own experience that bg that is above "normal" but below what is considered to be pre-diabetes can cause all sorts of health problems, which may resolve when the bg is lowered. When I found out about my A1c of 41 I was just concerned not to let it get worse. It was not even categorised as pre-diabetic, so I had no idea it might already be causing any symptoms and what I experienced cannot have been a placebo effect. After only a few weeks of a lower carb diet, which initially was not really very low at all, I suddenly realised that the reflux that had plagued me literally for years had virtually disappeared. Then, I realised that my bad back was not nearly as bad or stiff as it had been, which was confirmed by my physio. For years I had been plagued with fluctuating vision, which made getting a prescription for spectacles a bit of a nightmare. IMO I am now seeing better and the improvement seems more stable. High bg affects the nerves, and in particular the vagal nerve, which is implicated in indigestion and also in arrhythmias. I was hoping that lowering my bg might have cured my AF, (also vagal), but so far my AF has just got worse! Could it be that changing my bg did affect my vagal nerve's relationship with my heart, but unfortunately upset it rather than soothing it?</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alexandra100, post: 1668729, member: 429870"] Congratulations on your exercise regime! I asked about anti-coagulants because I have recently had to start taking one due to my worsening AF, and discovered much to my dismay that Apixaban may raise bg but Warfarin reduces it! (Even knowing this I am still not ready to take Warfarin.) I encountered some resistance when I asked to change from Apixaban to Dabigatran, but succeeded when I simply stopped taking the Apixaban. I had the impression the doctor thought I would drop dead overnight as a result. It was kind of her to care! I have my suspicions that Dabigatran and the other NOACs may also raise bg, but I have not been able to find any evidence. I can't tell from my own experience because I am also obliged at present to take Furosemide (diuretic) which may also raise bg. I have gone into all this just in case your DVT recurs, so you will be pre-warned. As regards diabetes as a cause of DVT, I don't have any specialist knowledge. I do think based on my own experience that bg that is above "normal" but below what is considered to be pre-diabetes can cause all sorts of health problems, which may resolve when the bg is lowered. When I found out about my A1c of 41 I was just concerned not to let it get worse. It was not even categorised as pre-diabetic, so I had no idea it might already be causing any symptoms and what I experienced cannot have been a placebo effect. After only a few weeks of a lower carb diet, which initially was not really very low at all, I suddenly realised that the reflux that had plagued me literally for years had virtually disappeared. Then, I realised that my bad back was not nearly as bad or stiff as it had been, which was confirmed by my physio. For years I had been plagued with fluctuating vision, which made getting a prescription for spectacles a bit of a nightmare. IMO I am now seeing better and the improvement seems more stable. High bg affects the nerves, and in particular the vagal nerve, which is implicated in indigestion and also in arrhythmias. I was hoping that lowering my bg might have cured my AF, (also vagal), but so far my AF has just got worse! Could it be that changing my bg did affect my vagal nerve's relationship with my heart, but unfortunately upset it rather than soothing it? Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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