OK, as i said -its an exceptional Pig-Out receipt,
but buggerme silly, I'm on leaves for a week now.
Maybe eat a chili at bedtime instead of listerine!
I just lurrrv chillies!
Rite, OK, you scared me enuf.
gottaget my numbers down.
Oki.
TA
P.S. - I eat oily fish 14/21meals a week.
Trigs high because I'm a boozer.

"Alan S" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 5 Jun 2005 20:16:32 +0100, "Seehear"
> > wrote:
>
>>I thought it was after you got over 12mmol/L on a regular basis that
>>damage
>>STARTED to happen!
>>At least, that's what I've been told.
>>My BG's are - for me - normally varying from as low as 3.9 (best ever) to
>>17.6 (worst ever) but the median is 7.2.
>>My last Bloods are attached.
> <snip>
>>
>> *8.4
>> Glucose 3.5-5.5 mmol/L
>
> Based on the others, that's a fasting glucose. US equivalent
> is 150mg/dl - and it's very high for someone who should be
> under some control after five years.
>
> <snip>
>>
> I've included the US numbers and rearranged slightly:
>
> Cholesterol......3.7(143)........target < 5.0
> HDL...............1.0(39)........target < 1.0
> Chol/HDL ratio 3.7
> Triglycerides...*3.8(336)........target < 2.3
> LDL Cholesterol..2.02(78)........target < 3.0
> TSH..................*6.8........0.2 - 5.0 mU/L
>>
> <snip>
>>
>>Now you are scaring me!
>>
> I certainly hope so. Well done Priscilla:-)
>
> One of the indicators used for insulin resistance is the
> ratio of triglycerides to HDL. The prefered maximum for
> mmol/L is 1.3 (3 in mg/dl). Yours is 3.8. I'd love to have
> your LDL - but those high trigs and low HDL aren't good
> news.
>
> Nothing wrong with being scared, as long as you use that as
> a motivator for action.
>
> Read http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/NewlyDiagnosed.htm
> Print it out, and read it again.
>
> Then come back and ask lots of questions.
>
> Two further comments - 3.9(70) is about as low as you want
> to go, not the "best ever". In fact, if you get the shakes
> occasionally, or a feeling of vertigo or nausea, you may be
> surprised if you test at that moment.
>
> Did I miss an HbA1c in there somewhere? I would make a wild
> guess that it's somewhere between 7% and 8.5% - but that
> average number may mean that it's marginally under 7.
>
> Cheers Alan, T2, Australia.
> --
> Diet and not enough exercise.
> I have no medical qualifications beyond my own experience.
> Choose your advisers carefully, because experience can be
> an expensive teacher.
>
> Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.