One year Post heart attack, and feeling well I'm NOW VERY very Shocked to know beta-blockers are interfering with nerve signals to the pancreas lowering my insulin levels. My blood sugar is very dangerously high, WHAT NEXT!!
My GP wants more testing, I've No hospital appointment due, I feel at a loss and that every mouthful of food is damaging my body.
I have been Type I for over half a century. In that time I have been involved in various support groups and have experience of Type I, Type II and Type 1.5 (not all GPs and nursing staff will accept this exists but it does and a close friend of mine has it).
Everyone accepts that they have to take responsibility for the lifestyle changes to maintain heart health. It is the same with diabetes! As I have suggested in previous posts invest in a BG ( blood glucose) meter. It's far better to know your BG than to ponder if it is high or not. Also look at the diet sheets on the NHS and Diabetes UK website. Feel free to PM me with any queries
Also it is not beta blockers causing your diabetes! Some meds do bring it out if there is an underlying tendancy but it is more a question of that bit sooner. There is a tendancy to blame life saving medications for other issues!
I'm type 2 and have been for about 3 years. I stopped eating sweets, cake, anything sugary, and reduced the amount of sugar in my tea/coffee.
I see a diabetes nurse once a year, have an annual eye check up, not an eye test, but eye health. I'm on meds to help me, which have recently been increased a little, so it's under control and not worrying me as much as it did when diagnosed.
I bought myself a prezzie for Christmas, a blood glucose meter, (a good investment, and not very expensive)
I keep a diary of my BP, pulse, temperature and sats every day, and blood sugar every other day. That's how I deal with it and it works for me.
I had heart attack, diagnosis with type 11 and a number of other issues all at the same time. The very nature of how our bodies work mean you'll often find these conditions go hand in hand.......but it's ok. Get the tests suggested by your GP and once you've got the results talk it through. I manage my diabetes through diet only. It was tough to start with but now my bloods are in the normal range but I know I cannot eat certain foods. Get a testing kit so you know what works for you and your body........we really are all individual. Good luck and don't panic you'll find a way.
I have no advice but I can understand. It's just one more thing to worry about and deal with.
over use of statins and beta blockers always leads to some problems .
Beta blockers and stains have saved many lives over the years. There seems to be a tendancy amongst some members of this forum to either come off their medication or blame it for all of life's ills. Statins, for instance, besides reducing cholesterol also reduce inflammation, a precursor to plaque build up, and stabilise the plaque. Since their introduction the average age of open heart surgery (OHS) has gone up ten years.
Some people will suffer side effects but there are alternative statins and alternative drugs. As I have said before some drugs may bring out diabetes but only if the tendancy is already there. The problem is those who have issues, some only believe they have, make more noise than those who take them with with no or minimal issues!
Amen! I was a real statin skeptic until I was put on one and did alot of research and came to the understanding they help me much more than they can hurt me. My arthritic knee pain even improved, which my cardiologist just laughed and said no connection but I disagree.
Weight control, regular gentle exercise, permanent change of diet, lose the sugar/cakes/drinks permanently, Waist half your height, no eating after 7pm. Diabetes type 2 can be stopped. Kill the sugar before it kills you.
I have known more than two people, who are a little more than "being obese" and "being overweight". But these people are no longer minorities.
I also know people, who are "very skinny/thin" almost as if they look strikingly too thin, but under their clothing, they may well have defined muscles/toned body that we cannot tell as they are dressed.
A little overweight people look more "normal" and look happier even with a "solid body" in this country. It's just cultural. In the UK, this is quite "normal". It's average size. Only when you are visiting abroad somewhere where diet/health-link is well established, and therefore, well practiced in their daily dietary culture, you suddenly realise that one country's normal may not be quite normal elsewhere.
They eat their treats, enjoy simple things in life, as well as their main meals, not a problem, they still stay thin. They do look very thin and you do not see them too often in this country. It's just in the UK, being a bit overweight is normal, they may not see any incentives of reducing their size. In some countries abroad, you do not find any items of clothing if you are over a certain size limit. In this country, plus size? No problem. We got it all here.
As Micheal was correctly commenting on the supermarkets in this country, these people abroad have convenient access to healthier and tasty food available whenever they want. They are not particularly a health nut, they just have far more variety of healthy food choices without making so much effort in their busy lifestyle.
I disagree, overweight is not normal. We have access to the same foods as other countries, what most people lack is cooking skills. Too lazy to cook from scratch, easier to eat ready meals. Too lazy to take control of their lives.
There are alternatives to vile beta blockers. Iv changed to calcium channel blockers, after phoning cardiac advisor and doing some research. Ok so far, feel like my old self again. I can walk without being out of breath, head swearing, runny nose the list goes on. You have to take control and speak up.
Obviously, as most people on here are laymen with no medical qualifications before making any lifestyle changes I would suggest the poster speak to their medical team or the BHF nurses on this site
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