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534105 tn?1226157177

Need Advice on how to proceed with high blood sugar numbers

Hi: I am a male, 43 years old, 5'9" and 184 pounds. In the past I have been very active: exercise, farm managment, soccer, etc. I have been always within a 150-165 pounds of bodyweight. I have been suffering from depression and anxiety since 2005. Now I am more stable and I am returning to "normal" life again without psych meds. These last two years however my physical activitie has been almost zero, with an obvious bodyweight increment of 25 pounds. I have checked my fasting blood glucose on 2007 (105mg/dl) and now on 2010 is 110mg/dl. My doctor wants me to make some exercise and lost about 10-15 pounds and see again my levels after 3 months again. I have high LDL cholesterol levels also (170mg/dl)
Please, I need some advice on how to manage this. Can I avoid to become diabetic with this numbers?
I don't have diabetes history in my family.
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534105 tn?1226157177
Got it!.

I don't know why I am prediabetic. I don't have family history of diabetes and I always have been within a normal range of weight. I usually don't take a lot of sugar or sugary drinks. But as you said, everyone is different. I have started a exercise and I have lost already 2 pounds in one week now. Hope to be at 165 pounds by August. I am going to get a glucose home meter to be sure that what I am doing is on the right way

Thanks a lot!
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No, that is not what I said. Diabetes is a progressive disease. If you deal with diet, exercise and weight control on an ongoing basis you will be able to control your numbers that way for a period of time. Eventually you will need oral medications and eventually insulin. You are already pre-diabetic. The better you do at managing your blood sugar with diet, exercise and weight control, the longer you may be able to go without the need for oral meds. Everyone is different so nobody can give you exact numbers about how how long the progression of your diabetes will take. Just focus on making changes, learning how food affects you and testing. Knowing that you are pre-diabetic puts you ahead of the game in being able to start this process early on and not wait until you are further along. Diabetes-at whatever stage-is a manageable disease. Complications can be avoided by using the proper tools to control blood sugar. Right now your tools are diet, exercise and weight control. Down the road you may need other tools. Make sense?
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534105 tn?1226157177
Thanks, Zoelula. That means that if I make regular exercise, reduce my sugar and carb intake and lose a few pounds I can avoid diabetes?
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The best way to manage pre-diabetes is with a combination of exercise, maintaining a healthy weight and lowering your carb intake. There is lots of information out there about carbs, but basically you need to eliminate sugar and lower intake of things such as bread, rice, potatoes and cereal. Consider getting a home meter and measuring your blood sugar two hours after some meals in order to learn how different foods affect your blood sugar. The goal is to remain below 140 after eating.

Many people are able to manage diabetes with exercise, stable weight and proper eating for many years, but diabetes is a progressive disease.
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534105 tn?1226157177
Any other input? I would like to know more opinions

Thanks
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534105 tn?1226157177
Hi:
Thanks a lot for your input , very useful to me. I am now startting exercise (45 minutes a day of walking and stationary bike), but definitely I need professional assistant as you mentioned.
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My two cents worth is that you need the real-time support of a specialist in diabetes who you can physically be with at least once a week at the beginning, and thence every month or so. We could go on playing "internet tag" for hundreds of messages and you would not get the benefit you would recieve from such a program.  Usually the people who run these are not physicians but trained R.N.'s or physician assistants. There are thousands of diabetic clinics with knowledgeable nurses on staff who will assist you with dietary planning, medications and testing protocols.  And assisting in setting up a customized treatment schedule. You have to find one.
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