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04-27-2007, 12:46 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 973
| |  and the drum roll please
my last info: on 1/30/07
HDL was 33 (40 - 59)
LDL was 71 (0-99)
A1c was 5.5
this time
My A1c went down again weeeeeee
5.3
but
My cholesterol went up
HDL 36, 3 points better so im please with that but she says it needs to be higher
LDL went up to 101
She says its nothing that im doing. But I dont know, Maybe I am and dont know what im doing wrong?
What kind of things raise your LDL from the 70's?? Im not really eating different, is it possible to just had a bad test that day??
__________________ Stacey
1st A1c 10/2006 8.9
2nd A1c 1/2007 5.5
3rd A1c 4/2007 5.3
4th A1c 7/2007 5.5
5th A1c 4/2008 5.1
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04-27-2007, 12:52 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 7,261
| | Good job on the A1C Stacey!!! 
I had problems with my HDL...it was 23 the first time and I started on fish oil tablets and red wine at bedtime...3 months later it was 44 and LDL had lowered from 141 to 120.
What was the doc's advice? I'm sure he was proud of that A1C! Keep up the good work.
Linda
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  |
04-27-2007, 12:57 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Boston
Posts: 254
| | | Nice A1C cheeks!!
The cholesterol is tough....but you should stay away from the bad stuff (not that you eat badly). Cook w/ more olive oil maybe. Might have been a bad day though. I wouldn't be overly concerned.
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04-27-2007, 01:05 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Douglasville, GA
Posts: 2,574
| | AWESOME STACE!!!  *hugz*
I dunno about the cholesterol thing, I just can't get a grasp on ANY of that! LOL When doc rattled off the number, I was like .. uh, yea! *blank stare* Infact, all he told me was my 'total cholesterol' which I think was 172 or 178 One seventy something anyway?? Dont remember now ... and that was enough for me! I didn't even enquire about being specific! LOL
__________________ Age: 43
Type 2 - Dx'd 08.16.05
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[ A1c ]
6.9 - 01/07
6.0 - 05/07
5.9 - 09/07
6.4 - 3/08  
[ Meter ]
UltraSmart/Ultra2/Contour
[ Meds ]
Metformin 1000mg 2x, Novolin N 20u 2x, Novolin R 1:10
Lisinopril 20mg 1x, Lovastatin 40mg 1x, Aspirin 81mg 1x, Albuterol as needed
[ Other Conditions ]
Coccidioidomycosis aka Valley Fever Dx'd 1.17.94
- Asthma
- Chronic Bronchitis
Hypertention
Hyperlipidemia
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04-27-2007, 01:53 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NJ
Posts: 387
| | | Nice work, Stacey... and, gaging by the little thingy under your signature, your weight loss is going smashingly!
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PRANDIN 2mg x 3
BYETTA 10 mcg x 2
SYNTHROID 300 mcg
COZAAR 100 mg
TRICOR 145 mg
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04-27-2007, 01:59 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: St. Charles, IL
Posts: 549
| | Great job Stacey! 
Are you taking any cholesterol meds?
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04-27-2007, 02:30 PM
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04-27-2007, 07:39 PM
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| | | no because im child bearing age.... and since im not on birth control she's not going to give them to me either.... she said my cholesterol was genetic and there's really not much i can do about it
I cook with canola oil, but rarely (maybe 1 or 2 times a month) ever cook with it anyway... so i dont think its that... ill just wait till 3 months from now and see where im at
/em hates wine and we live in a dry county.... no alcohol sold here, so its at least 1 hour away and we rarely ever go out of town.
im glad the hdl came up tho
__________________ Stacey
1st A1c 10/2006 8.9
2nd A1c 1/2007 5.5
3rd A1c 4/2007 5.3
4th A1c 7/2007 5.5
5th A1c 4/2008 5.1
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04-27-2007, 09:14 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pennsylvania
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Originally Posted by Cyborg  Eggsolent | I always wanted to use that emoticon!
Anyway, CONGRATS Sweetcheeks! That is AWESOME!  |
04-27-2007, 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by sweetcheeks ....
LDL was 71 (0-99) ... LDL went up to 101 ...
What kind of things raise your LDL from the 70's?? Im not really eating different, is it possible to just had a bad test that day?? | Don't know where they got that reference range from. Studies have shown that LDL of 80 - 160 maximises longevity. So you really want it to be in that range. My LDL is 152, which is fine. IMO, you need to be working on increasing your HDL, which in women should be over 50. Getting lots of exercise and eating lots of saturated fat (believe it or not...) should have the desired effect. 
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04-28-2007, 01:47 AM
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Originally Posted by BlueSky Don't know where they got that reference range from. Studies have shown that LDL of 80 - 160 maximises longevity. So you really want it to be in that range. My LDL is 152, which is fine. IMO, you need to be working on increasing your HDL, which in women should be over 50. Getting lots of exercise and eating lots of saturated fat (believe it or not...) should have the desired effect. |
She said she went to a seminar about a month ago and they are doing studies know that diabetics need to have better cholesterol than a non diabetic. So she wants me in the 80's.... im fine with 101 cause thats 2 points ofter normal... but i really dont understand the hole cholesterol thing, looks to me like if its genetics... what can you do besides take those meds....
oh well
__________________ Stacey
1st A1c 10/2006 8.9
2nd A1c 1/2007 5.5
3rd A1c 4/2007 5.3
4th A1c 7/2007 5.5
5th A1c 4/2008 5.1
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