plainsmen
01-10-2008, 06:07 PM
So over the last year I've been working out trying to get in shape. To kick it off last February I went to the doctor to tell him what I was planning. He did blood work and found out my cholesterol was sky high. He put me on some medication for it (Simvistatin) and it's all good now.
What he did find though was that I was what he called, "boarderline" diabetic. Apparently my Hemoglobin A1C Panel shows my level of Hemoglobin A1C to be almost a winnah for the diabetes sweepstakes.
Over the last year I've worked out... lost about 25-30 lbs and have kept the cholesterol down pretty good, but the sugars aren't doing so great even though I don't indulge in the schweets.
Here's my Hemoglobin A1C Panel:
Apr. 07 = 6
Jun. 07 = 5.7
Jan. 08 = 6.2 and a resting uhmm glucose lvl of 98
So I'm reading on this chart thingy that comes along with my bloodwork results and it says:
Non-diabetic = <6
Diabetic Goal = <7
Action Level = >8
He was about to put me on diabetic meds and asked my opinion. I told him I dinna wanna take anything I didn't have to... I asked him if losing more weight would help? He said maybe so... I told him I'm going to go with that then, recheck me in April. I'll lose more weight.
So... that's where I'm at. I talked with another doctor friend whose around my age (mid 30's) I know personally and she said, "Meh... that's so borderline, 10 lbs of weight might just knock that out. I'd maybe think about seeing a different doctor." Apparently the old man doctor I go to is pretty "old school".
Any diabetics out there can give me a little advice as to if I should see someone else? Or just work my *** off and dump 20 lbs in the next 3 months and see where that leads me or what?
A little info I'm 33, pretty active (lifting weights, cardio) 4-6 days a week, I'm 220 lbs, 5'10, and pretty muscular. Half Native American. Don't really drink socially but I do have maybe a 6 pack of beer (guinness) a month.
My mother and 8 of her brothers and sisters are diabetic. Grandmother was diabetic and went through kidney dialysis.
What he did find though was that I was what he called, "boarderline" diabetic. Apparently my Hemoglobin A1C Panel shows my level of Hemoglobin A1C to be almost a winnah for the diabetes sweepstakes.
Over the last year I've worked out... lost about 25-30 lbs and have kept the cholesterol down pretty good, but the sugars aren't doing so great even though I don't indulge in the schweets.
Here's my Hemoglobin A1C Panel:
Apr. 07 = 6
Jun. 07 = 5.7
Jan. 08 = 6.2 and a resting uhmm glucose lvl of 98
So I'm reading on this chart thingy that comes along with my bloodwork results and it says:
Non-diabetic = <6
Diabetic Goal = <7
Action Level = >8
He was about to put me on diabetic meds and asked my opinion. I told him I dinna wanna take anything I didn't have to... I asked him if losing more weight would help? He said maybe so... I told him I'm going to go with that then, recheck me in April. I'll lose more weight.
So... that's where I'm at. I talked with another doctor friend whose around my age (mid 30's) I know personally and she said, "Meh... that's so borderline, 10 lbs of weight might just knock that out. I'd maybe think about seeing a different doctor." Apparently the old man doctor I go to is pretty "old school".
Any diabetics out there can give me a little advice as to if I should see someone else? Or just work my *** off and dump 20 lbs in the next 3 months and see where that leads me or what?
A little info I'm 33, pretty active (lifting weights, cardio) 4-6 days a week, I'm 220 lbs, 5'10, and pretty muscular. Half Native American. Don't really drink socially but I do have maybe a 6 pack of beer (guinness) a month.
My mother and 8 of her brothers and sisters are diabetic. Grandmother was diabetic and went through kidney dialysis.