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<blockquote data-quote="rhino5169" data-source="post: 58242" data-attributes="member: 14708"><p>Thanks JDS,</p><p></p><p>So I'll reply as much as I can right now, I'll fill in more tomorrow, I'm in bed with my tablet, I try to get in bed to unwind around 8 every night.</p><p></p><p>So I think my new functional dr is capable and on the right track but I'm going to keep who you mention in mind.</p><p>Yes I am diabetic for 15 years now. No I don't have any of those symptoms you wrote, except for some joint pain. I don't piss a lot (anymore) am not thirsty like used to be.</p><p>I'm 47 and currently 260lbs. Down from 350. My a1c used to be around 13 it's now a 7. My sugar reading that morning was a little high because I have dawn phenomenon. </p><p></p><p>Before diabetes I was in good shape, about 230 14% bf. Gained 130 pounds in a year and half. Slowly got back down to 300. I have 2 stents. 2nd one put in august of 2015 and then started going back to the gym after a 15 year hiatus. I got down to 270 and with struggling would hit 260 for a couple days and then back up to 270-275 and that cycle repeated for 3 months and that's when I decided to see a functional dr, my traditional endo only wanted to prescribe insulin. I was taking 4 shots a day plus metformin.</p><p>I have been off all my meds for 10 months. Getting off meds was one of my goals. </p><p></p><p>I started seeing new dr 3 months ago. Upon first meeting he mentioned possibility of leaky gut. Fast forward through a bunch of testing turns out I have a yeast overgrowth in digestive system plus bad bacteria.</p><p>Been on a candida diet for 2 months and have held at 260ish, so slight progress.</p><p></p><p>I saw him last week and we left off that we'd now discuss trt, which previously he wanted to hold off on. My last t was 294 2 months ago, so he hasn't even seen this latest number yet. (194)</p><p></p><p>He wants to get my yeast in order plus get my cortisol up but this will take time and now he seems open to trt.</p><p>My concerns are that I don't want to make my cardiac situation worse. I have 2 young kids so I can't be giving myself a heart attack, though I realize that a lot of this will improve with the therapy.</p><p></p><p>2 months ago my numbers were better as far as lipids but when I started this candida diet which is low carb I started eating more fats for energy. Was eating 3-5 eggs a day but also a ton of coconut oil, way too much.</p><p>I got labs 3 weeks ago and my numbers reversed, ldl was up, hdl was down, etc etc but since I received those results I immediately dropped the eggs and saturated fat and in only 2 weeks the numbers have gotten better, moving in the right direction again.</p><p>The CRP on these labs is actually higher than it was a couple months ago, before the candida diet. Conversely, lipoprotein a went down by about 30 points since 2 months ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rhino5169, post: 58242, member: 14708"] Thanks JDS, So I'll reply as much as I can right now, I'll fill in more tomorrow, I'm in bed with my tablet, I try to get in bed to unwind around 8 every night. So I think my new functional dr is capable and on the right track but I'm going to keep who you mention in mind. Yes I am diabetic for 15 years now. No I don't have any of those symptoms you wrote, except for some joint pain. I don't piss a lot (anymore) am not thirsty like used to be. I'm 47 and currently 260lbs. Down from 350. My a1c used to be around 13 it's now a 7. My sugar reading that morning was a little high because I have dawn phenomenon. Before diabetes I was in good shape, about 230 14% bf. Gained 130 pounds in a year and half. Slowly got back down to 300. I have 2 stents. 2nd one put in august of 2015 and then started going back to the gym after a 15 year hiatus. I got down to 270 and with struggling would hit 260 for a couple days and then back up to 270-275 and that cycle repeated for 3 months and that's when I decided to see a functional dr, my traditional endo only wanted to prescribe insulin. I was taking 4 shots a day plus metformin. I have been off all my meds for 10 months. Getting off meds was one of my goals. I started seeing new dr 3 months ago. Upon first meeting he mentioned possibility of leaky gut. Fast forward through a bunch of testing turns out I have a yeast overgrowth in digestive system plus bad bacteria. Been on a candida diet for 2 months and have held at 260ish, so slight progress. I saw him last week and we left off that we'd now discuss trt, which previously he wanted to hold off on. My last t was 294 2 months ago, so he hasn't even seen this latest number yet. (194) He wants to get my yeast in order plus get my cortisol up but this will take time and now he seems open to trt. My concerns are that I don't want to make my cardiac situation worse. I have 2 young kids so I can't be giving myself a heart attack, though I realize that a lot of this will improve with the therapy. 2 months ago my numbers were better as far as lipids but when I started this candida diet which is low carb I started eating more fats for energy. Was eating 3-5 eggs a day but also a ton of coconut oil, way too much. I got labs 3 weeks ago and my numbers reversed, ldl was up, hdl was down, etc etc but since I received those results I immediately dropped the eggs and saturated fat and in only 2 weeks the numbers have gotten better, moving in the right direction again. The CRP on these labs is actually higher than it was a couple months ago, before the candida diet. Conversely, lipoprotein a went down by about 30 points since 2 months ago. [/QUOTE]
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