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11-03-2009, 12:59 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South Carolina
Posts: 422
| |  New test results
My employer hosted a health screening last Thursday & the results were available today. My A1c has gone down from the 9.3 it was in January ... to the 7.1 it was in April ... to a current reading of 6.6.
Since I started insulin in January & eating moderately low-carb in April, it looks like I'm heading in the right direction ... if a little more slowly than I might like.
For those of you who have recently discussed how low carb diets affect the lipid profile, my total cholesterol is up a bit to 192 & HDL (the good cholesterol) is up to 67, but my LDL (the bad cholesterol) is squarely in the normal range at 92. And, trigs are a bit high at 167, but not a bad number for me, either. I don't have the comparison numbers from April with me.
I am hoping that, as I continue on this eating plan, all the lipids will stabilize & my A1c will continue its steady downward plunge.
__________________  Barrie
DX T2 Sept 1999
Metformin 1000 mg
Lantus 16 units
Prandin based on carb load
Ramipril 10 mg
Crestor 20 mg
Multivitamin, B-12, D-3 daily
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11-03-2009, 01:37 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Missouri Ozarks
Posts: 1,885
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__________________  "Reputation is what others know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself." Lois McMaster Bujold "Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go;
it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow." Alice Mackenzie Swaim
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11-03-2009, 01:45 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South Carolina
Posts: 422
| | | Thanks, Granny! Headed in the right direction, at least ...
__________________ Barrie
DX T2 Sept 1999
Metformin 1000 mg
Lantus 16 units
Prandin based on carb load
Ramipril 10 mg
Crestor 20 mg
Multivitamin, B-12, D-3 daily
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11-03-2009, 01:51 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCMO
Posts: 5,429
| | | good for you, Barrie!
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5% 
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
11-03-2009, 01:57 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NorCal
Posts: 108
| | Way to go, Barrie! Now, go treat yourself to a celery stalk!
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Diagnosed T1 July 2009 with a BG of 530
HbA1c Results:
July 2009:15.3
Oct 2009: 6.3
Currently Taking:
Lantus [25 units]
Insulin Taken Through:
Lantus SoloStar
Glucometer:
Bayer Breeze2
Other Meds:
Lipitor 20MG
Lisinopril 10MG
Aspirin 81MG
Centrum Silver |
11-03-2009, 03:46 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Poulsbo Wa
Posts: 402
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Originally Posted by Bountyman  Way to go, Barrie! Now, go treat yourself to a celery stalk! | Absolutely. Whenever I feel the need to celebrate I reach for a stalk of celery and grab a can of Diet Coke.
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Type 1 since September 1978. Pumper since 1998.
I want to die sleeping peacefully, - like my grandma; not screaming with horror, - like those, who were as passangers in her car.  |
11-03-2009, 04:03 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Northeast USA
Posts: 747
| | GREAT WORK, Barrie!!!
You've been an inspiration! Keep it up.. |
11-03-2009, 07:42 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Gold Country (CA)
Posts: 1,706
| | Great job!
Enjoy that celery stick & diet Coke...you deserve it!  |
11-04-2009, 05:00 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 5,277
| | Good on your Employer (smart idea... an healthy workplace makes sense for everyone) and Good For You Barrie!
To quote Dr Ian Blumer Quote: |
How important is it to monitor and optimize your A1C level? Well, how about this; the UKPDS study showed that - and this is astounding - a one percent drop in A1C (which is about a 2 mmol/L drop in your average blood sugar level) reduces the likelihood of your developing microvascular complications (that is; eye, kidney and nerve) damage by THIRTY SEVEN PERCENT. That's incredible, isn't it?
| As for your Total Cholesterol... a point which seems too often overlooked -- even by Doctors -- is that your HDL is part of the Total... you want your HDL to go up... and in your case it has! 
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Frank
51 year old male, Metabolic Syndrome Dx Mar. 2003 |
11-04-2009, 07:08 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South Carolina
Posts: 422
| | | Yes, Frank, I'm very pleased that we do health screenings twice a year. With my insurance, one costs only $18 and if I choose to do the second, as well, the charge is still a very reasonable $42. The A1c is a separate charge, but only $15.
And, I keep telling myself that I have those light, fluffy fat cells ... the ones that don't increase my risk of CVD! Of course, Garfield the cartoon cat says he's not fat, he's fluffy ... but, there's a little more validity to my justification, I think.
Thanks for your feedback!
__________________ Barrie
DX T2 Sept 1999
Metformin 1000 mg
Lantus 16 units
Prandin based on carb load
Ramipril 10 mg
Crestor 20 mg
Multivitamin, B-12, D-3 daily
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11-04-2009, 07:15 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posts: 5,908
| | | Congratulations and continuing to lower your A1c!
__________________  Cosmo the Duck: is with Gretchen in Cambridge, MA. Ping the Duck: is with Nancy
Metformin 500mg twice daily, Enap 5mg
Diagnosed T2 on 26th Nov'07, with BG of 21mmol/L (378mg/dL) and A1c of 11.6%.
Most recent A1c 10/09/09: 6.1%
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11-04-2009, 07:20 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 5,277
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Originally Posted by plattb1 ...I keep telling myself that I have those light, fluffy fat cells ... the ones that don't increase my risk of CVD... | There is a blood test for the LDL particle size "Apo-B" if I recall... jps might be able to advise further but I understand it is relatively new and definitely underused. A cynical person might suggest that the sales of statins might go down if it were more widely used 
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Frank
51 year old male, Metabolic Syndrome Dx Mar. 2003 |
11-04-2009, 07:24 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South Carolina
Posts: 422
| | | Appreciate the info, Frank. I'm considering whether to go off statins altogether or change from crestor to zocor (which is considerably less expensive.) I need more info to make that decision & maybe asking for that test is a good idea.
__________________ Barrie
DX T2 Sept 1999
Metformin 1000 mg
Lantus 16 units
Prandin based on carb load
Ramipril 10 mg
Crestor 20 mg
Multivitamin, B-12, D-3 daily
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11-04-2009, 07:49 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 6,393
| | | Great Job, Barrie! |
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