diabetic review Oct 2013

[ramtops]

Good, mostly, but not all.

HbA1c 6.4% (down from 7.1%),  or 45 mmol/mol (down from 54), which is very nearly in the range for non-diabetics.

Weight down 4kgs (but up 2kgs in the past four weeks, which is mad). waist measurement down, feet fine).  But …

Cholesterol up to 6.9% (from 5.9% two years ago). So if I can’t get that under control – and I’m not sure how – they’re going to want to give me statins, which I really don’t want.

Ho and indeed hum.

Mirrored from kestrel.org.

Comments

[watervole]

Eat less food with saturated fat and more with unsaturated fat.

List here - http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Healthyhearts/Pages/Cholesterol.aspx

[ramtops]

I already *do* all that.

[watervole]

More oats?
Less cake?

It's tricky, isn't it.

[ramtops]

I don't wish to be rude, but I've been diabetic for some years, and manage my diet well. I don't overindulge in dairy, or cake, or any other high cholesterol foods. I do know what I should and shouldn't eat!

[watervole]

Apologies. I know you watch your diet pretty carefully. It's difficult trying to walk the line between wanting to be helpful and teaching your grandmother to suck eggs.

(though it isn't the cholesterol you eat that makes the difference - it's the fats that your body converts into cholesterol)

[ramtops]

Yes, indeed - and the diabetic nurse feels that my body is failing in the converting. Which means they'll try and put me on statins in six months.