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![]() Anna's Blog By: FatCatAnna The Roller Coaster Ride of Diabetes! Whoo! Whoo! I am a Type 1 diabetic diagnosed back in the early 60's as a child. I am living in Montreal, Canada and enjoy scribbling about diabetes from time to time. I’ve had my ups / downs just like any person would experience with going through life - diabetic or not. My motto in life? Diabetes does not control me – I control it!! You can find more posts/discussions at my Facebook page called "The Roller Coaster Ride of Diabetes" and also on Twitter under the name of FatCatAnna. Feel free to follow me at both places or send me a private message!
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By: JWD: Apr, 05, 2009 14:43 PM
Hey Anna, I don't know if this helps but back in 1990 I began to show protein in my urine. My doc immediately put my on an ACE inhibtor (Prinivil/Lisonpril) 5 mg and suggested that I limit my protein intake. My husband and I went on a mostly vegatrian diet for approx 5 years. Now I eat protein, but still in gaurded amounts. This is why I am concerned about a low/no carbo diet. Hang in their girl. And thanks for the invite (and yes of course I joined). JWD By: dorisjdickson: Apr, 03, 2009 13:22 PM
Anna There are many things that cause a false positive on this test - don't panic. In fact, have it redone!!! I had a small false positive years ago - I had recently had a urinary tract infection for which even the doctor didn't know was on the list of creating false positives. I clued her in! I had it redone and poof it was gone. Imagine that - a UTI causes protein in the urine. Why Avapro not a standard generic like Lisinopril? And what IS your normal blood pressure? These stupid things make most of us dizzy. I hate it! If your BP isn't high you REALLY don't want to cause a problem. I take it because my blood pressure is high not for my kidneys. Like I said ... have it redone in a few weeks. Don't freak. After 40 years the chances are really, really small that there is something actually wrong with your kidneys - so the statistics show. However ... if you can continue to get your A1C down ... do so. There was research I read a few weeks ago that yet again shows CVD risk varies even between a 5.4 and a 5.7! I've been reading for several years that the risk increases (even for non-diabetics) the closer you get to 6.0 Now it's a difference between 5.4 and 5.7! And they don't diagnose til what? And tell diabetics to be "happy" in the 6's! Doris A1C (1) blood (1) protein (1) lowcarb (1) kidney (1) blood pressure (1) ACE inhibitors (1) Related posts:Carb Counting | My First Night with Dexcom G4 CGMS | Welcome Ziggy Stardust | Human-Animal Companionship | Color Therapy | Aromatherapy | Do You Hate Doctors' Visits? | Are you really hypo unaware? | At Home/In Office - A1CNow and A1CNow+ - Studies of Their Accuracy | Any relation between juice and diabetes? |
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