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Thread: I have high blood pressure and some concerns.

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04-21-2008, 09:53 AM

Eddy

Senior Member

I am a: Type 1

Join Date: Jan 2008

Location: Kansas, US

Posts: 1,055

Quote:

Originally Posted by xMenace

High BP and diabetes are not a good combo for many reasons. What are your cholesterols like? What's your family history of heart disease like? If you have three risk factors here, you can get into cardiac-care programs which are mostly education based. D, BP, and history would put you at very high risk.

Me? HDL 48, LDL 62 (incl. VLDL 5), triglycerides 26. No family history of heart disease, although Dad is hypertensive... but, then, his BMI is 30 or so.

BP is just another part of the reason I'm so finicky about BG and A1c...

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Eddy

DXed 2007/04 = advanced-stage DKA, A1c of 12.9%, and BMI of 21.3
post-DX A1c = 5.4% @ 2008/07; 5.2% @ 2008/04; 5.3% @ 2007/12; 5.3% @ 2007/08
c-peptide = 0.0% @ 2008/07
current BMI = 26.0 (86kg on 182cm); want to get back to 23-24
basal = 4U human N @ 0630, 7U human N @ 1130, 7U human N @ 1630, 17U detemir @ 2030
bolus = 1:15 I:C ratio; varying mix of aspart, human R, human N

not a low-CHO eater... not even close!
last updated 2008/08/26 - playing with daytime basal again!