Jackie Patti wrote:
Ophelia wrote:
BG 6.5 ))))))

There's conversions to mg/dL he
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/20...illigrams.html

Thanks Jackie. I will read it through.


This doesn't work for everything else because the factor for
conversion depends on the molecular weight of what they're measuring;
it works for glucose only. So you might get more help in the UK
diabetes newsgroup where they'll be more familiar with the scales.

WRT to the glucose, 6.5 is a good number if it's an hour or two after
a meal, but not so great if it's a fasting number.

OH! It was a fasting number. She also took blood to send away and will
contact me if I need a glucose tolerance test. I won't get the results from
that for another week or so.



According to the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists,
treating diabetes is successful if you keep the fasting number under
110 (6.1 in your units).

That's what they want to see in *diabetics,* more normal numbers for
nondiabetics fasting would be lower still, usually 80-90 (4.4-5.0 in
your units).

Ok thanks. Sheesh I was strutting at 6.5 )




Creatine 80 umol 1/1 (60 - 110)
Bilirubin 7 umol 1/1 (0-22)
ALT h 37 IU/1 (1-31)
A.Phos 108 IU/1 (35 -135)
F. Cholesterol h 6.2 mmol1/1 (0.0 - 5.0)
F.Triglyceride 2.11 mmol1/1 (0.0 - 2.15)
F.HDL Chol. 1.33 mmol1/1 (0.90 - 1.80)
LDL (calculated) h 3.9 mmol1/1 (0.0 - 3.0)
cho/HDL Ratio 4.7 (1 - 5)

Now would someone please tell me what they mean)

ALT is out of range which might indicate some sort of liver issue. If
it were me, I'd try adding silymarin (milk thistle) to my supplements
until my next workup.


OK I will look for that. Oddly enough, a few weeks ago when I got the test
that showed up the cholesterol, I had a liver test at the same time and it
came back ok!


Total cholesterol is high too. If you're concerned, or your doctor is
pushing for drugs, I'd ask for a lipoprotein analysis first to find
out if there's really a problem before they begin treating it.

The LDL is high, but you can't tell how accurate it is since it's a
calculated value, which are notoriously inaccurate. If it was me, I'd
ask for a direct measurement if the lipoprotein analysis weren't
forthcoming.

Well, we discussed it and she said it wasn't worrying atm. But if the
blood test I had a wee while later showed up as me being diabetec, the
whole thing would change and I would need to be medicated.



How long have you been low-carbing? Improvement can take up to a
year.

I have a long way to go for that then. I believe that low carbing will
help that yes?

Lots more info on lab work he
http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/

Thanks Jackie, I have saved this too