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Re: Serum testosterone levels (reply to Ron's reply)From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed, 10 Sep 2003 22:56:55 -0500 (CDT)
At Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Ron wrote: > >Hi Amy, > >The peripheral neuropathy in your feet is likely due to type 2 diabetes. >Have you had a blood test called "Hemoglobin A1c (H A1c) ? >That is more accurate than blood sugar for predicting diabetes. Hello Ron! They did test my HgbA1c, it was at 5.1 - the reference range showed 3.9 as low and 6.1 as high. My 3 month average for glucose was 84 with a 73-117 reference range, and serum glucose at test time was 73 (it was done at 5pm, before dinner). As for the PN *sigh*. I have had problems with PN for about 5 years now - nobody wanted to call it PN until I got the IR diagnosis though, so I suffered in silence after only getting prescriptions for anti-fungal creams because they thought that was the cause of my "burning, tingling pain" in my feet. If only it had just been athlete's foot!
>If you are not reducing your calorie intake and especialy by reducing The diet I am on is to eat 30 grams of carbs along with 3oz. of protein per meal, 3 meals a day - if/when I exercise for an hour a day I get an extra 30 carbs after the exercise. I am limited to a certain number of fat grams per day (can't remember - I think 40 sounds right, but I could be wrong). I use non-fat or low fat everything (even margarine & mayo), and I only cook with olive & canola oils when I cook with oils at all. I even eat that fake egg stuff. I also use sugar substitutes. I eat disgustingly healthy (I have for quite a while, even pre-type2 diabetes/IR diagnosis).
>Some people seem to tolerate the brand name "Glucophage" better, so if I did take the brand name for a while, it was nicer as far as the initial bout of diarrhea, but now that I have taken the metformin for a while, I am fine on it.
>If you are not able to reduce your triglycerides that can cause a heart Hmmm. It's been a while since my last cholesterol draw. My triglycerides initially were at over 600, down to 300something after 1-2mos. taking Lopid - I assume continuing to go down. My mother had juvenile diabetes and always had really really high triglycerides (3,000 or more if I remember right? Insanely high at any rate.) - she had chronic pancreatitis as well and died from a heart attack at 38yrs old. You can imagine my panic at the high triglycerides/type 2 diabetes diagnosis. I have a "genetically weak pancreas", as my doctor so lovingly puts it. As well, I have inherited the tendency toward high triglyceride levels. You know, I don't honestly recall numbers on the HDL/LDL - if I remember right the bad cholesterol level was fine, the good was nearing the low mark.
>Here are a few articles so that you won't have to accept your doctor's Thanks for the articles! I'll print them out for my next doc visit and call ahead to recommend he allow extra time. I have also entertained responding to his form letter (enclosed in the envelope with my lab results) with a form letter of my own. :) I may be irreverent but sometimes my sense of humor is all that keeps me going.
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