Medical Day

[kevin_standlee]

This morning I had my quarterly diabetes check-up. The verdict is that my doctor is mystified as to how I've been able to control my blood pressure (with light medication) and diabetes (diet & exercise only) while not losing any more weight. "Lose more weight!" he says, and he's right.

Now I'm off to the eye doctor to have my eyes examined. I made this appointment when my eye started twitching in New Jersey. With me, twitchy eye usually means "time for new glasses," but since the eye stopped twitching once I left New Jersey, I reckon it really mean "lights too bright and not enough sleep and too much stress." Still, for insurance timing reasons, if I do need new glasses, it's best to have the eye exam in late December and to not buy the new glasses until January.

Comments

[cynthia1960.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's just me, but I figure if you've got the diabetes and blood pressure under control, I figure you're at a good point. May you continue to baffle your doctor. If things go out of control, then take some measures. Things seem to be Not Broken.

[wild-patience.livejournal.com]

I think your doctor may be confused. Everything I've read says that to control your diabetes when you catch it early, a weight loss of as little as 5 to 10% can do wonders. It's not necessary to be at your target weight to have the disease under control.

I've hit a plateau on weight loss. What with it being the holidays and being sick so much after the move, I'm content to stay there for a bit and concentrate on additional weight loss after the new year. I've lost around 100 pounds and another 50 would have me at a "normal" weight for my height and age.

[cynthia1960.livejournal.com]

I'd say the doctor is either confused or just being stubborn on insisting on lots of weight loss. When I went to the pre-diabetes class last month, they also mentioned the 5 to 10% number as going a long way to keeping the diabetes under control or postpone the onset of the diagnosis.

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

And in fact I did lose more than 10% of my weight at the time of diagnosis. In fact, I lost about 20% -- and then regained 10%. Still, I think I'd feel better if I loss that 30 pounds that I regained. My clothes would fit better and I'd be less hard on my feet. Still, there are no magic bullets. I just need to do what I was doing right earlier, including exercising more.

[n5red.livejournal.com]

While you were at it, did you have your head examined? All those WSFS meetings must certainly becauseing brain rot by now.