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04-18-2008, 10:08 AM
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| | | I have high blood pressure and some concerns.
hello everyone the reason i am posting today is i have a few concerns about my health and diabetes.first let me give you all a little background, i am a 25 year old male who weighs 165 lbs i was Dx'd last june and have been on levimir and recently started glimiperide twice a day i have pretty good control over my blood sugars.Now recently i have been having high blood pressure in the neigboorhood of 140-150 over 90-80 i have been under some stress lately with school (pre-med) and been having some problems with my Girlfriend.i also have been drinking a bit of beer (miller lite) now my doctor seems to think if i cut the beer out my blood pressure will go down wich is true,but i am wondering if it isnt somthing mroe serious like my kidneys. generally if i were having complications with my kidneys what would the symptoms be besides high blood pressure? i urinate Normal,not excessively and not too infrequently as well,my urine is of normal color not dark at all.
its been in the back of my head for a lil while now and generally am concerned with my health as i do not want to die young. i am going to my doc tomorrow morning for a blood test to check my A1c and will also tell me if there are kidney or liver problems,a year ago i had this same bloodwork done and there were no kidney or liver problems everything looked Great except my A1c wich at the time was around 11 becuase i was just Dx'd.
i have good energy i am not too tired all the time and feel OK.
i do not urinate any ketones and eat pretty healthy.
what does everyone think?
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04-18-2008, 10:15 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vermont
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| | | Sounds a little like premeditus.
__________________ Type 2 Dx 9/2007 A1c 8.8, 12/2007 A1c 6.0, 4/2008 A1c 5.7, 9/2008 A1c 6.1
No meds, daily 81mg aspirin and multivitamin, nutrition & exercise. Lacto-ovo vegetarian since Sept 1986You can call me   |
04-18-2008, 10:27 AM
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| | | If you are concerned get your urine tested for blood and albumin to show if there is any damage.
Beyond that I'd be more concerned if the diastolic blood pressure was higher than 90... stress is a sufficient explanation for the systolic to be in the 140s... how rested and relaxed are you when the BP is measured?
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008. "...subjects lose weight by restricting only sugars and starches, without feeling any particular sense of hunger. Moreover, the less carbohydrates in their diets, the greater their weight loss, even though all her subjects were eating equivalent amounts of calories and protein" - Gary Taubes, describing research by Margaret Ohlson |
04-18-2008, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Evermont  Sounds a little like premeditus. | what is premeditus? |
04-18-2008, 10:55 AM
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| | | im somewhat relaxed lately i have just been really worried and stressed.a times my diastolic has been up to 100 but does not usually sit there. |
04-18-2008, 10:57 AM
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| | I was guessing it had to do with you being in pre-med... in some respects knowing just enough to be dangerous...  of course it is right to be concerned about yourself but from what you describe I don't think you need be worrying about renal failure just yet Get your urine tested, rest at least 15 minutes and relax before having your BP checked (make sure they use the right sized cuff and check both arms), talk it over with your doctor and your GF, consider giving up beer and chill 
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008. "...subjects lose weight by restricting only sugars and starches, without feeling any particular sense of hunger. Moreover, the less carbohydrates in their diets, the greater their weight loss, even though all her subjects were eating equivalent amounts of calories and protein" - Gary Taubes, describing research by Margaret Ohlson |
04-18-2008, 11:06 AM
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| | | haha thanks! i am giving up the beer to see what happens,i just checked my blood presure and it was 142/86 and renal failure was in the back of my head i have just been really paranoid about my health lately and its really been having an effect on my body.good news is when i went to see my doc yesterday becaes i was feeling a little crappy he gave me about 800 dollars worth of Free levimir and a brand new freestyle meeter that does not require codeing.
my doc is really cool and it helps me out very much becase i do not have insurance. |
04-18-2008, 11:14 AM
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| | Sounds like a good doctor to have... we need more like him so, best of luck to you with Med school
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008. "...subjects lose weight by restricting only sugars and starches, without feeling any particular sense of hunger. Moreover, the less carbohydrates in their diets, the greater their weight loss, even though all her subjects were eating equivalent amounts of calories and protein" - Gary Taubes, describing research by Margaret Ohlson |
04-18-2008, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by hihptsi ... in the back of my head i have just been really paranoid about my health lately and its really been having an effect on my body... | Quote:
Originally Posted by hihptsi what is premeditus? | Quote:
Originally Posted by fgummett I was guessing it had to do with you being in pre-med... in some respects knowing just enough to be dangerous... ... | ... exactly. 
article: Second-Year Med Students Battle Hypochondria By: Jared Whitley
...“You get paranoid,” he said.
This can be very distracting, especially when one is expected to acquire a mastery of these diseases in a short period of time.
To one degree or another, sophomoritis affects at least one half of second-year students, Mendivil guessed. (link)
I bet you're too busy with school and life in general to get a lot of exercise too. Maybe exercise more and lay off the prepared foods loaded with sodium.
__________________ Type 2 Dx 9/2007 A1c 8.8, 12/2007 A1c 6.0, 4/2008 A1c 5.7, 9/2008 A1c 6.1
No meds, daily 81mg aspirin and multivitamin, nutrition & exercise. Lacto-ovo vegetarian since Sept 1986You can call me |
04-19-2008, 10:24 PM
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| | | interesting read,i appreciate you forwarding this to me.i did my blood test today and will receive the results monday. i do believe though my blood pressure issues are directly related to the amount of stress i have been under recently.im seriously considering loosing the girlfriend as she is making matters worse for me.frankly she isnt worth my health and there are many other ladies out there who will be much more careing and nicer to me then this one.its a shame because i did love the girl,and supposidly she "loves" me too but the way i see it is if she truely loved me she would act allot different to me.. |
04-21-2008, 01:01 AM
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| | | My blood pressure ran higher when I was pre-DX, but suffering from the symptoms [which I didn't recognize at the time]. I typically was 155/90, but hit as high as 170/95. I weighed less than 160 pounds -- not exactly overweight for a 5'11" person.
With BG in range, I'm find myself around 140/80 if I skip a day (20 mg) of Benicar. With the Benicar, my numbers come at or below 130/75 -- usually around 120/70. I get headaches when my BP hits 135/80 or so.
I need to get back to exercising to see if I can drop my BP the right way. Once upon a time, I was 110/65 all day long...
Despite being told by hospital (where DX happened) staff that hyperglycemia cannot cause hypertension, I observed a correlation. When I was in ICU with all the monitoring, I could watch my BP rise and fall with BG.
__________________ 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!
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04-21-2008, 05:39 AM
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| | | I had also read that high sugar and high BP were related.
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008. "...subjects lose weight by restricting only sugars and starches, without feeling any particular sense of hunger. Moreover, the less carbohydrates in their diets, the greater their weight loss, even though all her subjects were eating equivalent amounts of calories and protein" - Gary Taubes, describing research by Margaret Ohlson |
04-21-2008, 05:52 AM
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Posts: 6,809
| | | 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. |
04-21-2008, 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by fgummett I had also read that high sugar and high BP were related. | Definately.
Sugar damages the inner lining of arteries which encourages plaque buildup and blockage, and it stiffens the outer wall which lessens elasticity and results in higher BP. |
04-21-2008, 09:53 AM
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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...
__________________ 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!
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