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My Battle With Diabetes, HBP, and Cholesterol

Well done Jesse. A family friend stopped eating animal fat (cheese, milk fat, ice cream, etc.) and the cholesterol dropped 40% in 6 months--no drugs. Exercise helps with the BP too.
 
Thanks to all of you for your praise and insight. This was something I knew I needed to do a long time ago but I did not have the discipline to do it. Once I became accustom to the meds in controlling my glucose and bp it became easy to just let them do the work for me even though I knew this was not the way to go.
My doctor has instructed me to come back in 6 months for a follow up and it is my goal to be under 200 lbs by this time and have better numbers than the ones I posted.

I have never believed in "miracle" weight loss products and as a wrestler in high school I new that diet and exercise would do wonders in lowering glucose levels and blood pressure. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to know that taking in less calories and/or burning more calories than you take in will lead to natural weight loss and all of the health benefits associated with diet and exercise.

I still eat some of the foods I enjoy but I hardly eat any bread or white flower products or any high carb foods. I love breakfast burritos but I don't eat them as often as I used to and when I do I eat only the filling and not the tortilla (although I may take a small bite or two and throw the rest away). I limit myself to healthier and more sensible meals per day with fresh fruit and raw almonds for a snack instead of the bag of potato chips or the Snickers bar. I can't remember the last time I drank a glass of milk or had a bowl of ice cream which I love.

At the recent Phx. AK gathering I hosted recently I ate one brat (no bread) with a topping of homemade chili and a little potato salad. I drank mostly water and no beer ( but my fridge is stocked full of beer that was left behind by the attendees) and a can or two of diet coke which I hardly drink anymore preferring bottled water and ice tea instead.

I believe that my test results were a combination of several things I am doing now that I wasn't before and not just one specific thing and my plan is to continue on this course as it is getting easier. When I get discouraged I remind myself of where I was before and so even if I fall I get back up on the horse and plug away. It has to be this way and no other way for me and at 53 I have had enough. I want to be around for many years to come for my family and new grandson.

Thanks again, AK brothers and sisters, for your praise. I hope to continue my battle for better health.

Jesse
 
You, sir, are to be heartily congratulated for extracting yourself from the 'treat-everything-with-drugs' philosophy that our medical system likes to follow by actually going to the root of the cause rather then simply treating the symptoms. Well done!! I hope others (including myself) will be inspired by your story to take the bull by the horns, improve their health, and better their lives.
 
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WOW!! That's great!

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A quick addendum to what Arkay said; type II diabetes is brought on by diet, type I is auto immune (genetic).
 
Congratulations! As someone who has enjoyed good health I can only imagine what that took. I did finally break the 170 pound barrier this week and hit 168. I will never get back the 31 inch waistline but I will settle for 160 pounds.
 
pioneervato said:
About 15 years ago I was diagnosed with type II diabetes and then about 4 years ago with high blood pressure (not real high) and then on my last complete physical my cholesterol levels were all bad. My doctor continued me on my prescription to keep my blood sugars under control as well as my blood pressure, which also protects my kidneys. For my cholesterol he prescribed Crestor which caused my legs just above my sock line to swell a bit but would disappear overnight.

I stopped taking all 3 meds about a year ago because I no longer wanted to be dependent on them and, instead, decided to work harder at controlling my ailments without drugs. I knew I had an uphill battle ahead of me.

Back about mid July I decided that enough was enough and started to change my eating habits and the quantity and focused on eating more sensibly and keeping active. On November 17 I went in for an overdue physical and was prepared for bad news. I had already lost about 20 pounds since July and was doing a better job of controlling my glucose levels and my BP was looking good. I was not sure about my cholesterol levels because I was not taking my meds and figured on my cholesterol being on the bad side again.

The next day I received a call from my doctor's office and my heart jumped into my throat. I thought to myself that this can't be good, not this quick. I was under the understanding that all of the blood work would take at least a week before the results came back in and so the "bad news travels fast" thought hit me like a ton of bricks.

As the nurse was relaying to me the test results and writing down the numbers as fast as I could a lot was going through my mind as I was trying to understand thier meanings.

BP: 118/68 (before the finger for the prostate check):sigh:
Fasting Glucose: 114 (wants me to get it down below 100)
Cholesterol-

LDL (bad cholesterol) 117 (It was about 270 two years ago)
HDL (good cholesterol) 46 (40 and above is good, higher the better)

My PSA reading (prostate) was normal

All other blood tests came back negative (hepatitis A-Z:D)

As a result the nurse told me that my doctor did not see a need for me to continue my medications at all, at least until my next physical.

I have a way to go in my target weight but in just 3 months I was able to get off all meds and that is what I had set out to do.
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Orale Bato!

Congratulations!

If people would pay more attention to research done about food, and follow some simple dietary guidelines, they could live healthier, happier and a lot longer.

I have posted some interesting articles about nutrition here before.
 
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