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<blockquote data-quote="DCUKMod" data-source="post: 2342215" data-attributes="member: 345386"><p>[USER=423264]@lorib64[/USER] - I have to say, I never quite feel comfortable when I'm told by a medic things are "fine". One man's fine is another's not great.</p><p></p><p>To be clear, I'm not suggesting you or anyone else's medics are trying to mislead, but personally, I like to hear my actual results, along with the "normal ranges", so that I can go away and educate myself and make my own judgement on "fine" or otherwise.</p><p></p><p>One thing I will say about the potential for heart failure, or indeed almost any other potential complication of living with diabetes is that if you are able to get your diabetes into a good place, and keep it there, your chances of developing complications, per se are limited just by those actions.</p><p></p><p>For me, if I can make an acceptable lifestyle adjustment, meaning I don't need to take a medication I'll make it. Of course, some lifestyle adjustments are neither palatable or sustainable, so lifestyle won't always be a solution.</p><p></p><p>There's absolutely nothing wrong with having some pharmaceutical support to live well with a long term condition, but it's great to be taking those decisions in the light of some background knowledge.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with it all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DCUKMod, post: 2342215, member: 345386"] [USER=423264]@lorib64[/USER] - I have to say, I never quite feel comfortable when I'm told by a medic things are "fine". One man's fine is another's not great. To be clear, I'm not suggesting you or anyone else's medics are trying to mislead, but personally, I like to hear my actual results, along with the "normal ranges", so that I can go away and educate myself and make my own judgement on "fine" or otherwise. One thing I will say about the potential for heart failure, or indeed almost any other potential complication of living with diabetes is that if you are able to get your diabetes into a good place, and keep it there, your chances of developing complications, per se are limited just by those actions. For me, if I can make an acceptable lifestyle adjustment, meaning I don't need to take a medication I'll make it. Of course, some lifestyle adjustments are neither palatable or sustainable, so lifestyle won't always be a solution. There's absolutely nothing wrong with having some pharmaceutical support to live well with a long term condition, but it's great to be taking those decisions in the light of some background knowledge. Good luck with it all. [/QUOTE]
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