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<blockquote data-quote="Dexterdobe" data-source="post: 1648211" data-attributes="member: 454478"><p>Thanks for the information.</p><p>I have another HbA1c test in February, so I'm hopeful that my efforts to lose weight and eat better will lower my score.</p><p>Let me say that I'm not a typical type 2 candidate. I know it can affect anyone regardless of lifestyle, but I am 63, 5 foot 10 inches tall and weighed under 14 stone with a 35inch waist at diagnosis. I am a rugby referee and sometimes do as many as three games each week. Nonetheless, I have cut out sugar and carbs and made sure that I get some exercise every day. I've lost 10 lbs in six weeks and my blood sugar level is now consistently around 6 mmol; a bit high in the morning, but fine at other times.</p><p>The diet and extra activity have had some unexpected benefits. I have been asthmatic all my life and was inhaling two puffs of a steroid inhaler every day. I have now halved the dose with no ill-effects. I'm not rushing it, but I think my asthma may be in remission. I was also taking 5 mg of Bisoprolol daily, to treat an erratic heartbeat. With the permission of my GP, I have progressively dropped this to 1.25 mg per day with no ill effects. Both these drugs have been linked to raised blood glucose, so reducing the doses should further help me to control my diabetes.</p><p>Thanks to the advice on this forum, I feel I am well on the way to controlling both my asthma and other long-term conditions that have affected me most of my life. If only I had made these changes decades ago. It's never too late to start I guess.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dexterdobe, post: 1648211, member: 454478"] Thanks for the information. I have another HbA1c test in February, so I'm hopeful that my efforts to lose weight and eat better will lower my score. Let me say that I'm not a typical type 2 candidate. I know it can affect anyone regardless of lifestyle, but I am 63, 5 foot 10 inches tall and weighed under 14 stone with a 35inch waist at diagnosis. I am a rugby referee and sometimes do as many as three games each week. Nonetheless, I have cut out sugar and carbs and made sure that I get some exercise every day. I've lost 10 lbs in six weeks and my blood sugar level is now consistently around 6 mmol; a bit high in the morning, but fine at other times. The diet and extra activity have had some unexpected benefits. I have been asthmatic all my life and was inhaling two puffs of a steroid inhaler every day. I have now halved the dose with no ill-effects. I'm not rushing it, but I think my asthma may be in remission. I was also taking 5 mg of Bisoprolol daily, to treat an erratic heartbeat. With the permission of my GP, I have progressively dropped this to 1.25 mg per day with no ill effects. Both these drugs have been linked to raised blood glucose, so reducing the doses should further help me to control my diabetes. Thanks to the advice on this forum, I feel I am well on the way to controlling both my asthma and other long-term conditions that have affected me most of my life. If only I had made these changes decades ago. It's never too late to start I guess. [/QUOTE]
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