OrsonKartt
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Morning all - late posting as I was reading a few things generally related to this mad riddle (TM Danny Dyer Inc 2018) of old gits health. Fbg was 6 which is very high but seems to be virus related. In case anyone cares, the pieces I was reading were on Vitamin B12 deficiency (common side effect of Metformin there are others inc statins and anti inflammatory NSAIs) and effects of eating too little/fasting particularly raising cholesterol.
Shared in spirit of hopefully being useful in making sense of the mad riddle of the raft of data we now have access to, rather than adding stress.
Hi Ian@JohnEGreen I think we are actually "on the same page" (you can take the boy out of management but ....) The page being the one which says your body will need to be treated differently as you make the major changes many here are making. The HCP advice assumes failure to make changes and steadily worsening control. Many on here are effectively "normal, healthy" people and may need to recalibrate when they reach that point - at least them's my onions.
I'm in a fairly similar situation..... My doctor says "I'm cured".... This is blatantly not true , mind you little advise from the NHS has been. My regime now consists of walking 10,000 steps per day, cycling to the shops and eating low carbs . I've tried my old style foods , ie porridge in the morning which spikes me to over 8 for 4 hours . However I now blood test a lot less than I used to though. Usually just once a day now, but more if I'm curious about why things are getting higher.... I did go for about 6 months without testing and was surprised that my morning levels had gone up from 5's to 6's , just a small creep I know but something which I personally would like to have more control over. I dont think there are definitive answers though, just a suck it and see approach.....