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Originally Posted by BlueSky

I went to see the endo yesterday. I have been seeing Rick for about 10 years and we get on well. So I never miss the annual appointment, even though I know that I will most likely be told stuff I don't particularly want to hear - like I should be taking a statin and I should maintain higher blood glucose levels .

Hello Blue Sky , I too should be taking a statin and I am so against taking drugs that I would alter my eating habits instead and exercise and I am laking in doing *Slaps wrists*
My A1C is 5.8 and that's good but I should look at 6 and we should be congratulated on that.

Anyway, he agreed that perhaps I don't need to worry about the cholesterol. LDL has come down from 4.3(167) to 3.1(120) over the last 2 years, in spite of getting no treatment for it and eating lots of saturated fat. All we could attribute this reduction to was lower stress levels and improved sleep.

You should be very happy that you can do that as for me is to get active again and shake the chassis of fat!!.

The HBA1c came out at 6.0%, which to me was a pleasing result. Rick always cautions me not to try too hard because of the hypo risk. The DEs get quite edgy about it. And I have to keep on reassuring them that lowering the HBA1c is not an end in itself. It is the result of reducing variation in blood glucose levels, which means fewer and less sever hypos too. I told them emphatically that I hardly ever have hypos anymore.

Do you get a printout of your BG's to your endo BlueSky and show him that you don't get that low? I know that I get a few.

I was having some difficulty articulating all this. And Rick had noticed some perspiration while he was taking my blood pressure, which was lot higher than it usually is. So he tested my BS and it was 2.5(45) . That was very embarrassing.

Oh That is certainly embarrassing

I think I lost that round of the debate. I had had a hectic morning and over corrected a high before leaving the office. What I didn't tell them was that I had done the correction into a muscle and it had worked a bit too well. Maybe Rick is right - I shouldn't try so hard .

We are indeed human Blue Sky and I see that you are right on top of the diabetes and it is some what controlling you so just relax and don't be too critical over your BG's
I see in your posts that you are good in your control and you don't need to stress as you are like me in experience as I have had this for 37 years and I have a short fuse that I have to curb to calm down.