For those on a low cholestrol diet....

Glad to hear coz the constipation is doing my arse in with 40 mg....

Hj

 

Your bod will get used to the higher dose and the constipation will
disappear.


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None. But like my GP said "lets just keep it under control".. to which
my response was "sure - just not with statins".

Despite being t2 sugar-mong my lipids/cholesterols/blood-pressure are
all dead within the normal range for someone of my height/weight/age.

And in fact the blood pressure is pretty much what it was 30 years
ago..

Phil

 

Take some metformin - that'll sort out the constipation..

Phil

 

Yup. The only symptom of diabetes that I actually seem to get is the
poor BG control. Everything else seems to work as normal.

Whereas my mother (also t2) and her brother (ditto) seem to have the
whole spectrum.

Phil

 

Hehehe Paaarrrpppp.

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Well I'm either lucky or careful (I am careful actually, but that's no
guarantee) as I have pretty good control if I don't stray too far from the
path of temptation, but the problem with monginess is that the known
complications are pretty asymptomatic until they reach "Oh ****" levels, so
staying on top of it is probably a good idea. Any time your BG isn't where
you reckon it should be, you should do something about it right
away.(Another tab, a brisk walk, a sugar butty, etc)

I have a pal (a fucking BIG fat bastard) and I'd been telling him for years
if he didn't do "something", he'd be in the same boat as me and then he's
HAVE to do something. He did **** all and eventually joined the "Club of
Mongs" 5 years ago. He still did nothing and continues to do nothing and
he's already seeing the results. I told him I'm not going to his funeral
unless he makes arrangements for a HIAB to be there The chances of him
making another 5 years are none to **** all too and he knows it. Denial....
not good.

I've had about 19 years of being in the 5% (A1c) club and a few years of
creeping into the mid 6% region. None of those are bad at all and so far it
seems to have worked, but there's NO rest for the wicked, so I keep on doing
what I've always done. Test and correct.

No complications and only minor changes in my eyes. The changes aren't even
regarded as retinopathy, just "changes". I've seen the latest photo's of my
eyes and I'm fucked if I can see anything out of the ordinary when compared
to photo's taken 20 years or more ago, so I'm not arsed.

The only time I've ever had a problem related to monginess was when I
dehydrated on the shithouse and that wasn't the monginess itself, it was a
viral infection but being a mong meant I couldn't cope with it.

Keep vigilante and work on your BG control. Please.

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It's a **** when you find out your alergic to Aspirin. 11 days in dock with
what feels like an artic parked on your chest.


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Yup. When I said "poor control" what I actually meant was "defective
automatic BG control".

My last HBA1C was 5.5. The one before was 5.9.

One of my uncles was a late developing T1. He lost both legs, most of
his eyesight and a couple of fingers. He *still* didn't take care of
his BG.

His funeral was a couple of months later.

About a year for me. Down from my post-dx HBA readings of 7-8.

Indeed. One strange thing - metformin alone does virtually nothing for
me. Metformin and pioglitazone combo works perfectly. Exercise doesn't
seem to make much difference (my BG is *higher* after taking the dogs
for a good long walk) but eating sensibly does (so breakfast of muesli
with added dried fruit keeps the BG stable until well past lunchtime)

In fact - about the only thing that seems to bring my BG down
significantly (and quickly) is a glass of red wine. And I can't miss a
meal otherwise my BG heads for 9+ pretty quickly.

No changes found in my eyes. Which reminds me - must book my next
photo.

I do. The GP rhetorically asked me at my last consult whether I really
was T2..

Phil

 

Ahhh right. Well thank **** that particular crossed wire wan't the negative
one.

Only bastard excellent, that's all.

My cousin became a mong about 7 years after me. He had a guide dog wthin 5
years and was dead before the end of his 7th. He wa only in his mid 40's
when he chucked the towel in. He had a fair amount to live for too as his
mother (who he really didn't like much) had inherited half a mill from her
hubby and then won the lottery to the tune of another 5 mill.

I don't know what my post dx A1c was (they didn't do them back then) but my
BG for the two weeks prior to being hospitalised were around the
65-70mmol/l.

Something I've always had issues with. If I really need to get a BG reading
down there's only one thing works and that's sleep. If I do ANY exercise,
it'll just keep climbing. I've injected 'til I'm blue in the face and
although that will stop it rising, it's VERY slow at dropping it. If I
inject, have a biscuit (one digestive) and half an hours kip, it'll either
be well on its way to normal, or I'll be hypo.

Fucking hell. THE worst food imaginable for me. I can't go near fruit unless
I'm hypo and muesli, well that's a guaranteed "all day high".

Red wine's good for sugar mongs apparently. I don't drink, so I've no idea.

I get two sets done each year. It keeps the fuckers on their toes

I was asked about 66 years ago at the eye session "Is this your baseline
photo"? When I asked what he was waffling on about, he said that he needed a
picture very early on to compare later ones with. I told him to check back
15 or so years and it'd be there. He was qite surprised because at that
time, my eyes showed no sign of me being a diabetic and the first changes
usually occur wthin the first 5 or 6 years.

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After that uncle died my aunt married another T1 that she'd met through
the support group. He died of diabetic complications too..

My two pre-dx readings were 18 and 22.. but I had been drinking
lucozade because I was tired and thirsty all the time.

Ah-ha! A perfect excuse for a swift kip.

It raises mine for the wakeup value of about 6.8 to about 7.8 after an
hour. It then drops down to 6 after another hour. Then down to about 5
until about 1pm.

One glass is good. One bottle less so..

Oh well - another 2-3 years to go then.

Phil

 

I get an automatic rise when I get up n the mornngs. It can double within an
hourwithout effort, but I have a combat plan. A oodly dollop of slow
insulin, and mediu dollop of very fast insulin and nothing to eat until 5 at
night

Cut it with a bottle of white

If your A1c's are kept like they are, I wouldn't be giving it much thought
to be honest. I know we've not got much in our arsenal, but keeping BG's
near normal is the best weapon we have.

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You too, huh?

 

It's called the "Dawn Phenomenon" abd it affects a lot of sugar mongs. All
the usual hormones are dumped to get you to wake up (glucose, adrenaline
etc) but if you've not got an automagic response, you have to do something
about it yourself.

It's not "as" associated with T2 as it is with T1, but it happens to some no
matter what their type is.


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I don't think that was *entirely* what CT was on about..

I used to have a very big one (fnarr). Right up until I changed jobs
and my stress level went from 'coronary in 5 years' to 'don't worry, be
happy'..

It now goes up by 1-2 points instead of 4-5. Amazing what huge amounts
of cortisol will do.

Phil

 

Not even close.

 

Neither do I at a 2nd reading

It's murderous that stuff. On the two occasions I've been above 6%, (A1c) I
was taking cortisone by the shedload.


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Well I have to admit


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Heh - basic schoolboy error.

 

I don't make mistakes.

Well, not often.