Since my last post a few weeks ago where I discussed my high blood sugar test results I have managed to get things under control rather quickly. The amazing this was that all it really took was some chromium, cinnamon and apple cider vinegar (ACV). I haven’t been testing daily but have tested 5 times since getting my meter and each time I’ve been normal and, in fact, have dropped down into the 80’s for the first time since before SIBO. I even carb’ed out yesterday and tested this morning at 98 so high normal but still normal and lower than all my tests since SIBO which were pegged at 99. Along with the normal glucose readings I’ve been steadily gaining weight again. When I went to see my doctor last month I was down to 151, yesterday I was at 157 and I’ve been steadily rising these last two weeks. My body fat percentage has also risen from 11.5% up to 13%.
Monthly Archives: June 2016
Dealing with this high blood sugar number
In my last post at the end I mentioned that I’d gotten back blood work and it wasn’t all pretty. Many markers that were bad before – B12, iron, testosterone, AST, ALT, … were now in good shape and my systemic inflammation as measured by CRP was very low but I had a few things that were not so good – cholesterol and blood glucose. The cholesterol numbers had gotten worse in a year since my last check but even then they don’t concern me too much. The HDL number is good and high, the HDL/Triglyceride ratio is good and the LDL particle size actually got bigger. Thus all the cardiovascular risk factors they show on the test come out on the very low end of the very low risk scale. So, even though my total cholesterol is at 299 (up from 254 last year) there isn’t a real cardiovascular risk here, especially given my inflammation as shown by CRP is only 0.27 which is extremely low.
Training Lira
Lira with a pigeon she flushed and caught
Two months ago Catherine and I headed to Portland to pick up our new pup, an Australian Labradoodle that we named Lira (Lira means River in aboriginal Australian). These last few months have been interesting as we have taken on training Lira not only to be a companion in the house but also a bird dog. She just turned 5 months old a few days ago and looking back we can really see how far she’s come in just a few months time. When we picked Lira up she basically knew NO and OFF and that was about it, she wasn’t totally crate trained or housebroken yet.
SIBO Symposium 2016
Another record breaking hot weekend in early June must mean it is time for the annual SIBO Symposium in Portland. This year I decided not to attend the symposium live though and instead did some of the sessions from the comfort of my air-conditioned home where I could be at my stand up desk instead of stuck in a chair all day. I didn’t attend too many sessions live and will watch the rest of them over the next few weeks as I have time. Instead I focused on some areas of interest and here are my notes. For a good writeup of the top takeaways of the whole symposium see this great post by Riley Wimminger.