GET WELL SOON FATBUDDY !

[Praveen55]

One of the members of Diabetes India, Hidden recently suffered heart attack/failure. He seems to be doing okay. This post is to wish him well and for his speedy recovery.

Please join me to send him good wishes!

[smmmi]

get well soon #fatbuddy.

[namaha Administrator]

Get Well Soon Fatbuddy!

May God Bless you !

[Activity2004 Administrator]

Hi Hidden ,

May you have a speedy recovery! Glad you’re back!😀👍

[Hidden]

Hi Hidden I wish you a speedy recovery. 🙏

[manjulal]

WISH U QUICK RECOVERY AND LIVE HEALTHY LIFE

[Prajyo]

Wishing you speedy recovery Fatbuddy

[ramana42 Volunteer]

Hi,Fatbuddy,get well soon.Looking forward for your tweets again.

[Rakesh]

Wish you a very speedy recovery #fatbuddy

[Sandipathaldia]

Get well soon Sir. We are praying for you.

[Srk1942]

Hi Fatbuddy,

Get well soon. We are all with you and praying for your speedy recovery.

[marriageday30]

Get well soon Fat Buddy.

[sandybrown]

Thank you for this write up, Well, I now have a lot of unanswered questions. Life is not simple as blood test and take medication because the doctor this the numbers are high and medication will bring the numbers down for better life.

From what I have read you are still looking for answers?

Which part of India are you travelling to? Take all your medication with you and make sure you have a travel insurance that can bring you back to USA.

Thank you, take care.

[Praveen55 Moderator]

Hidden

Thanks for the details and thanks to the medical team for providing the excellent care for your critical conditions.

As such, total cholesterol and LDL are not good predictor of heart issues. A very large percentage of people who suffer heart attack have normal cholesterol levels. In your case, you have not been even overweight However, recent work by many researchers suggest that the calcium score is much accurate predictor of heart blockage resulting in heart attack. I do agree with you that you should have taken some preventive actions when you found your calcium score had gone up nearly twice.

Yes, relationship between heart issues and diabetes is complicated and not yet fully understood particularly when HbA1c remains below the level causing any complications and heart problem still happens.

[sbhat2000]

Thank you.

I am Type 2 Diabetic from last 15 years. My height 5.5, weight 143 lbs. My recent A1c is 6.7 which varied between 6.0 to 12 in last 10 years. 6.7 to 6.1 in last 2 years following reducing carb intake and increasing fat, and intermittent fasting between 8 pm to 10-11 am, 2 to 3 meals. I have lost about 25 lbs but still have some belly fat. In last 4 months, I had some craving, had my carb in take little bit, had 3 meals which resulted in A1c increase from 6.1 to 6.7. Having slight chest pain from last 1 and half months, Creatinine level 1.2 to 1.5 and GFR between 51 -60 in 5 blood tests indicating 3rd stage of kidney damage. I forget a lot and take time to recognize, concentration and coordinate, slow in my work but doctor is telling I do not have dementia or memory loss detectable enough in his questionnaires. My recent cholesterol is about 200, LDL 150 but they suggest it should be below 70 for diabetic and suggesting me to take 40 mg statin.

I got admitted to urgent care following slight chest pain, underwent blood and stress test. TROPONIN I is <0.03 ng/mL (0.00 - 0.07 ng/mL: Negative) indicating no heart attack. In 8 minutes stress test I did ok with slight increase in chest pain and slight change in EKG which are minor. I got discharged next morning but having slight chest pain. Doctor has ordered CTA with contrast without calcium and I am likely to get it done in a week time.

I appreciate any suggestions regarding any tests, diagnosis, diet and other life style change. When I get craving I have hard time controlling food. I am Vegetarian, eat eggs some time, avoids rice, wheat, bread, pasta, potatoes, banana etc at least 5 days a week. Once in a while I eat 1-2 slices of bread, peanut butter cups, I think it contains 2 gms of sugar. I eat dal, chickpea, moong dal, lentils, sprouts and vegetables, butter, ghee, olive oil and coconut oil, pea nut, walnut, almond, and pecan. Eat little bit sweet rarely, when too hungry and nothing else to eat (may be once in 1-2 weeks).

Thanks