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Andy_me said:
Hey folks! At least i went there and the bld prs was better but not the best. 145/92, but they still wanted me to try lifestyle intervention instead of medicine. Is that normal?
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It is very good that they are offering you the opportunity to try dietary changes before rushing in with medication as you would need to do that anyway as meds alone are not a magic bullet. But as you are still in the prediabetic range it would not be usual to immediately put people on medication for their diabetes though they may want you to have medication to reduce your blood pressure if that is high.
Some modest changes to your diet should have some positive effect,
 
Leadinglights said:
It is very good that they are offering you the opportunity to try dietary changes before rushing in with medication as you would need to do that anyway as meds alone are not a magic bullet. But as you are still in the prediabetic range it would not be usual to immediately put people on medication for their diabetes though they may want you to have medication to reduce your blood pressure if that is high.
Some modest changes to your diet should have some positive effect,
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Yep let's hope it helps a bit! They put me on a tighter follow up
 
Hey again!

So due to the covid and everything my checkups have been a bit delayed but this week i at least got the bloodworks done.
Meanwhile i checked my bp at home and it was somewhat elevated at 150/97.
today i got my labworks back which was kinda interesting:

Tot Chol 5.3 mmol
LDL 4.5
HDL 1.1
LDL/HDL Quote 4,1
Glucose 5.9 mmol

But i dont know maybe xmas food and everything just affects it....
Next week i am due for a real visit so lets hope it is not rebooked...
 
Yay another white coater :D

I just do my own bp before going to appointments now and tell them it before they even bother trying. 😛

I know my nurse asked me to do a bp reading twice a day between appointments to get my average bp. Maybe worth doing that for a few days?

Are you checking your bp under the following conditions:
no smoking, drinking or eating for 30 mins
sitting upright with feet on floor and having sat for a few mins at least before taking it
not distracted when taking the reading (ie watching tv or reading)
did you re-check it 10 mins later

I spot check mine on the fly and if it seems a bit rogue I make sure I do the above and check it again 🙂
 
Yeah i have tried that now a couple of times but i still end up basically in the 140-150 range and usually also in the 90-105 range for the dialostic pressure. Before i was always able to get it down below 140 and also close to 90 if not even below. Now its really rare that i manage to get it down so low (did not occur the last months)
 
Id still take the twice daily ones between now n then and take them with you to the appointment next week so they can address it and get you sorted out 🙂
No point them working on "in surgery" BPs and the more info you can take the better.
 
Yeah true, usually my pulse is around 85-90 when i am in surgery so probably my body gets stresset. Much better at home where my resting heart rate is more like 60-70. 🙂
 
Andy_me said:
Hey again!

So due to the covid and everything my checkups have been a bit delayed but this week i at least got the bloodworks done.
Meanwhile i checked my bp at home and it was somewhat elevated at 150/97.
today i got my labworks back which was kinda interesting:

Tot Chol 5.3 mmol
LDL 4.5
HDL 1.1
LDL/HDL Quote 4,1
Glucose 5.9 mmol

But i dont know maybe xmas food and everything just affects it....
Next week i am due for a real visit so lets hope it is not rebooked...
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Glucose result at 5.9mmol is a bit confusing as if it was an HbA1C then it would be some number 42mmol/mol to 47mmol/mol for you to be prediabetes or above 48mmol/mol or higher for diabetes or was it a spot test which would be in mmol/l but is not a diagnostic test.
Perhaps you could get them to clarify your result.
 
Hi, Thanks for your input!
My glucose was 5.9 mmol/L which is equal to 106 mg/dl. the HbA1C was never taken at this occasion but i agree it would be better to also get it. Yeah I will discuss it next week! it was only a spot glucose test, fasting.
 
OK. so it was a finger-prick test rather than drawing a vial of blood for a lab test. 5.9 is fine.
 
Naa it was drawing blood for a real lab test. But still it was only glucose.
 
Ah, right so it was 5.9% which also isn't bad (just sneeks in as 'normal' in the UK, but still pre-diabetic in the USA)
 
i think since my HbA1C was so good last time i maybe they skipped it?
 
Andy_me said:
i think since my HbA1C was so good last time i maybe they skipped it?
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Ask them. Sometimes the lab forgets to do the test.
 
Andy_me said:
Hey again!

So due to the covid and everything my checkups have been a bit delayed but this week i at least got the bloodworks done.
Meanwhile i checked my bp at home and it was somewhat elevated at 150/97.
today i got my labworks back which was kinda interesting:

Tot Chol 5.3 mmol
LDL 4.5
HDL 1.1
LDL/HDL Quote 4,1
Glucose 5.9 mmol

But i dont know maybe xmas food and everything just affects it....
Next week i am due for a real visit so lets hope it is not rebooked...
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Hello again!

I was for bloodwork the other week again in connection with my blood pressure follow up and it was interesting because i did get an explanation as to why my cholesterols didnt add upp correctly on the earlier checkup(compare the sum of LDL and HDL to the total chol in the previous post).

The reason they explained was that the methodology for direct LDL measures was not good so they have reverted and now use a formula based on total chol, HDL and Triglycerids instead. It should be as good as the other method.

So with those changes my last report looked like this:
Total Chol 5.5 mmol
HDL 1.3 mmol
LDL 3.6 mmol
LDL/HDL Quote 2.8
Triglycerids 1.2 mmol
Glycose 5.6
HbA1C was 34 mmol/mol.
They also took APO A1 and APO B but i didnt put the numbers here.

At least it gives some sense because before the maths did not really sum up.....Have a nice day everyone!
 
Andy_me said:
Hello again!

I was for bloodwork the other week again in connection with my blood pressure follow up and it was interesting because i did get an explanation as to why my cholesterols didnt add upp correctly on the earlier checkup(compare the sum of LDL and HDL to the total chol in the previous post).

The reason they explained was that the methodology for direct LDL measures was not good so they have reverted and now use a formula based on total chol, HDL and Triglycerids instead. It should be as good as the other method.

So with those changes my last report looked like this:
Total Chol 5.5 mmol
HDL 1.3 mmol
LDL 3.6 mmol
LDL/HDL Quote 2.8
Triglycerids 1.2 mmol
Glycose 5.6
HbA1C was 34 mmol/mol.
They also took APO A1 and APO B but i didnt put the numbers here.

At least it gives some sense because before the maths did not really sum up.....Have a nice day everyone!
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HbA1c at 34 is brilliant, comfortably outside the prediabetic zone. Great news and we'll done.
 
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