Good health, but with potential to improve

Yesterday I went on a checkup for my diabetes to see how it has improved since I got the diagnosis back in May. I also received the result of my testing for prostate cancer that everyone in Stockholm can test for once they turn 50. I tested for prostate cancer and took a long time sugar test on Wednesday, which was superfast and done by one of the most skilled nurses I have ever met.

When I was diagnosed with diabetes I had 108 in long time sugar and 15.2 in glucose, which is pretty high. The test done this week show a long time sugar value of 43 and a glucose of 8.3. This means that my long time sugar are in line with what I should have (31-46), but my sugar was a bit high as I had just had breakfast. This should improve further as I get back to exercising again and as my long term stress from work subsides and is purged from my body.

My blood pressure is high though, and I have a follow-up on that in a few weeks when I will also set a plan for exercise with the diabetes nurse. With 140/100 in blood pressure I am quite high and when I was in the emergency room I had 135/93, so I need to address that. Exercise is of course one easy way to address this, but I also will stop adding salt to my food, which I am doing way too much. I am also going to stop eating licorice, which I love a bit too much.

Overall though I am in a fairly good place, but I need to get out of the chair a bit more. So I am getting back to the gym, and I am going to start swimming to see how that feels. As always I will continue with my walks, but I will increase the frequency a bit. I will make another update about that in a later blog post.

As for my test for prostate cancer, which I have been a little apprehensive about as we have it in the family, that came back normal. So all is well there, at least for now.

All in all, I am not doing to bad, but it is time to get a little bit busy again!