Latest blood test results in

graham64 wrote:Retinal scan result arrived in the post today result appeared normal my annual MOT now complete 

Also in the post today Lancs CC inviting me for a free NHS health check  the letter goes into more detail including a routine blood test 

The company running the scheme under the NHS banner are Wellness International yet another sign of privatisation

chris c wrote:

graham64 wrote:Retinal scan result arrived in the post today result appeared normal my annual MOT now complete 

Also in the post today Lancs CC inviting me for a free NHS health check  the letter goes into more detail including a routine blood test 

The company running the scheme under the NHS banner are Wellness International yet another sign of privatisation

Well done that man! - Although an NHS Retinal Scan may consist of

"one . . . more than one . . . patient is not blind yet"

Have you noticed that they are trying to nationalise the railways without mentioning the n-word while trying to privatise the NHS without using the p-word?

Derek wrote:Hi,
In North Cumbria they appear to come up from Blackpool to do the testing. D.from 

chris c wrote:And that is a good use of the NHS money???

chris c wrote:They could make her walk!

Walk . . . podiatrist . . .geddit?  

I'll get me coat.

chris c wrote:Get some sleep, dammit! I have some crap TV to watch . . .

graham64 wrote:Went for my annual review today and was disappointed to discover my lovely DSN has retired   the reviews are now being done by one of the practise nurses, she's a nice lady but her knowledge of diabetes was obviously limited still I suppose I could train her up   that said there's no guarantee I will see her next time as she said the duties are being shared amongst all the practice nurses 

Now for the results 

A1c up now at 6.3  not ideal though at my age I can live with that   liver and kidney function good as is my full blood count, sodium still a bit low just outside the bottom of the range

Cholesterol surprisingly included a full lipid panel  TC 6.42, HDL 2.61, LDL 3.42 and trigs 0.86, TC/HDL ratio 2.5

chris c wrote:Trigs/HDL is absolutely stellar. You have so little insulin resistance they could probably bleed you and give the excess insulin to several other diabetics.

Jan1 wrote:Well done Graham, thanks for sharing your results  

Derek wrote:Hi Graham,
They're excellent results. I had mine done last week as well but not as good as yours! My HDL up to 1.8 after nearly two years of low carb (no diabetes meds).  Kidney results improved, EGFR up to 80. My Hba1c somewhat worse up from 42 to 45 so similar to yours but it was due other non diabetic medication.   Total chloresterol down to 6.1 and my trigs not done but have been 1.0 so I think they have dropped slightly. How long did it take you to get that amazing HDL and what in your diet to attribute to the high figure?
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Derek

chris c wrote:Seen Dave Feldman's experiments?

http://cholesterolcode.com

A lot of interesting and seemingly non-logical stuff. Graham you appear to be on the opposite extreme with your HDL. I'd say your LDL was pretty much where you need it to be at your age (like me).

Originally it looked like my LDL went up on low carb, and then came back down when I added more saturated fats. In retrospect it may have gone up while I was losing the dietician - added weight, and back down again when I reverted to my original weight, not uncommon when body fat is being liberated into the circulation.

The complete and utter weirdness is that when my thyroid blew up the LDL came down by exactly the same amount as the statin reduced it. When the thyroid was overtreated it shot up again. Yet it was when the thyroid was high and the "cholesterol" low that my arteries clagged up, and when the thyroid came down and my LDL went back up again that they unclogged. So another epic fail in the cholesterol causes CVD argument.

It looks to me as if high trigs are a marker for carb consumption (especially fructose) in the absence of sufficient fat, and HDL is a marker for fat consumption in the absence of excess carbs. So no surprise that trigs/HDL is a marker for insulin resistance/high insulin, and that is more likely to do the damage that is blamed on the LDL. High glucose and high insulin both damage the endothelium through different pathways, and they also cause malformed (small dense) LDL and damage it through oxidation and glycation, so when LDL arrives to heal the damage it doesn't work properly.

I visualise firemen turning up drunk on duty (sorry, Paul!) and ending up in a pile on the floor getting in the way of the sober ones. But they didn't start the fire.

Paul1976 wrote:Well done Graham and Derek on your latest results,Mine aren't quite as good but not too shabby I reckon (Or hope!) and I'm fairly happy with them,my gFR is surprisingly up to 90 now which is a massive bonus,My HbA1c result is not showing on my online medical record yet but hoping for a fair result.

Paul1976 wrote:Thanks Graham.  Got my HbA1c results today and it came in at 48 or 6.5% in old money,would have liked lower but will hope for better next time.

graham64 wrote:

Derek wrote:Hi Graham,
They're excellent results. I had mine done last week as well but not as good as yours! My HDL up to 1.8 after nearly two years of low carb (no diabetes meds).  Kidney results improved, EGFR up to 80. My Hba1c somewhat worse up from 42 to 45 so similar to yours but it was due other non diabetic medication.   Total chloresterol down to 6.1 and my trigs not done but have been 1.0 so I think they have dropped slightly. How long did it take you to get that amazing HDL and what in your diet to attribute to the high figure?
atb
Derek

Hi Derek, I can only conclude restricting carbs and increasing fats has been the biggest influence on HDL, to be fair I did have a good start with my cholesterol levels being OK on diagnosis, my 2008 results were TC 5.18, HDL 1.62, LDL 3.27 and trigs 0.65, as I got to grips with low carb my following blood tests always came up with HDL at > 2.0 mmol/L. What was a revelation to me was that my LDL despite being told sat fats which I don't restrict would cause it to increase this did not prove to be the case it's remained pretty constant over the last nine years with only slight fluctuations either way.