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| Mon, 05-05-2008 - 12:20pm |
Hello everyone,
I am new to this board and have had diabetes for ten years now.
I take Metformin 1000 mg twice daily . I am curious as to what other diabetics doctors recommend for preventive care.
I have a CBC and a A1C test once yearly and that is all that my pcp thinks is needed.
I also have high blood pressure , kidney damage, am a heart attack survivor.
I have chronic uti's and was scheduled to take iv antibotics but that was cancelled this morning although I have no idea why.
I certainly don't want to sound like a hypochondraic but should I be having more than a blood test once a year with no other screening done?
Does the A1c eliminate the need for testing daily?
Why do they stop recommending mamagrams and other screening tests when you have diabetes?
Does anyone have chronic uti's ?
Thanks for reading this,
Have a wonderful day !

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I heard not one but two reputable drs say, that type 2 diabetes will go away if caused by weight if you loose the weight.
I think what bothers me about the medical community calling the surgery a "cure" is at best I would say it might go into remission but is not really cured!
Did you read or watch those about the lapband?
When I first knew I had diabetes I was overweight, I lost weight and was underweight for at least three years. My diabetes was a little better but it didn't go away. I honestly think that the reason was more due to exercise as I walked on a treadmill two hours each day.
The weight thing is interesting to me, I need to lose weight but I have a hard time and end up starving and becoming obsessed with it and although I do lose weight I create a lot of other problems.
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Deb,
They used to check ketones in the urine which is four hours behind the blood sugar. Not very accurate for that reason. When the first meters came out you could check on the meter after you washed off the strip or you could jusge by the color of blue on the strip. The meters were large and cumbersome.
Not only that the lancing devises have come a long ways. It used to hurt a lot to test your blood and you needed a really large sample.
I don't usually speek for everyone...
Dee,
30 years ago the threshold for diabetes diagnosis was a blood sugar above 165. When I was diagnosed it had dropped to 140 and then it further dropped to 126. Now it is 126 or pre-diabetes above 100. I would have been diagnosed years before I ultimately was if we had been following the current rules. I suspect the same thing could be said for you. We now know that the damage from diabetes type 2 starts when the insulin resistance starts and that can be 12-20 years before you are diagnosed. That is pretty sobering thought.
Thanks so much for your replies!
I am having a lot of health problems now due to this uti I have had for months . I am noticing the sicker I get with it the more my sugar goes high then low, not matter what I eat and I am not eating much due to feeling so bad.
I guess the A1C testing has replaced the one where you drink the sugary 'cola' drink and get tested I think each 15 minutes for two hours?
Yes, being sick will most times raise your blood glucose.
"I am pleased to say I have found some things that actually do not have it(even some serious junk food kind of things)... "
We found some organic chocolate creme cookies (like Oreos with chocolate in the middle) that DS says are better than Oreos because the middle is creamier, totally no HFCS (it used organic cane juice - still sugar though so those are on the 'avoid 99% of the time list' for me). That's one positive that has come from more and more chain groceries buying in on the 'organic' trend - HFCS is NOT organic so it's not used in anything that wants to be perceived as such. Pasta sauces, cookies, cereals, ketchup, all sorts of stuff that typically has HFCS are being made without it. It's a wonderful thing.
--Deb
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