Re: For those on a low cholestrol diet....


"Phil Launchbury" <phill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <Y47nm.31562$4f4.7131@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Beav wrote:

"Phil Launchbury" <phill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yup. The only symptom of diabetes that I actually seem to get is the
poor BG control. Everything else seems to work as normal.

Whereas my mother (also t2) and her brother (ditto) seem to have the
whole spectrum.

staying on top of it is probably a good idea. Any time your BG isn't
where
you reckon it should be, you should do something about it right
away.(Another tab, a brisk walk, a sugar butty, etc)

Yup. When I said "poor control" what I actually meant was "defective
automatic BG control".

Ahhh right. Well thank *** that particular crossed wire wan't the negative
one.


My last HBA1C was 5.5. The one before was 5.9.

Only *** excellent, that's all.

HAVE to do something. He did *** all and eventually joined the "Club of
Mongs" 5 years ago. He still did nothing and continues to do nothing and
he's already seeing the results. I told him I'm not going to his funeral

One of my uncles was a late developing T1. He lost both legs, most of
his eyesight and a couple of fingers. He *still* didn't take care of
his BG.

My cousin became a mong about 7 years after me. He had a guide dog wthin 5
years and was dead before the end of his 7th. He wa only in his mid 40's
when he chucked the towel in. He had a fair amount to live for too as his
mother (who he really didn't like much) had inherited half a mill from her
hubby and then won the lottery to the tune of another 5 mill.


His funeral was a couple of months later.

I've had about 19 years of being in the 5% (A1c) club and a few years of

About a year for me. Down from my post-dx HBA readings of 7-8.

I don't know what my post dx A1c was (they didn't do them back then) but my
BG for the two weeks prior to being hospitalised were around the
65-70mmol/l.


what I've always done. Test and correct.

Indeed. One strange thing - metformin alone does virtually nothing for
me. Metformin and pioglitazone combo works perfectly. Exercise doesn't
seem to make much difference (my BG is *higher* after taking the dogs
for a good long walk)

Something I've always had issues with. If I really need to get a BG reading
down there's only one thing works and that's sleep. If I do ANY exercise,
it'll just keep climbing. I've injected 'til I'm blue in the face and
although that will stop it rising, it's VERY slow at dropping it. If I
inject, have a biscuit (one digestive) and half an hours kip, it'll either
be well on its way to normal, or I'll be hypo.

but eating sensibly does (so breakfast of muesli
with added dried fruit keeps the BG stable until well past lunchtime)

Fucking hell. THE worst food imaginable for me. I can't go near fruit unless
I'm hypo and muesli, well that's a guaranteed "all day high".


In fact - about the only thing that seems to bring my BG down
significantly (and quickly) is a glass of red wine. And I can't miss a
meal otherwise my BG heads for 9+ pretty quickly.

Red wine's good for sugar mongs apparently. I don't drink, so I've no idea.


No complications and only minor changes in my eyes. The changes aren't
even

No changes found in my eyes. Which reminds me - must book my next
photo.

I get two sets done each year. It keeps the fuckers on their toes:-)

Keep vigilante and work on your BG control. Please.

I do. The GP rhetorically asked me at my last consult whether I really
was T2..

I was asked about 66 years ago at the eye session "Is this your baseline
photo"? When I asked what he was waffling on about, he said that he needed a
picture very early on to compare later ones with. I told him to check back
15 or so years and it'd be there. He was qite surprised because at that
time, my eyes showed no sign of me being a diabetic and the first changes
usually occur wthin the first 5 or 6 years.

--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19



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