Thanks for sharing
@asenmaga
Just a quick suggestion with regard to monitoring your kidneys. Might be good to add the urine microalbumin: creatinine ratio 6 monthly to your regime as well. It is different from doing GFR and more sensitive. Not expensive as far as I know.
https://www.kidney.org/content/kidney-failure-risk-factor-urine-albumin-to-creatinine-ration-uacr
Could you also share the cost of the following so that people have something to expect and not think what you are doing is totally free then kpkb to drs..
Cost to expect for
1) fasting plasma glucose
2) HBA1c
3) fasting insulin
4) C Peptide
5) renal function tests
6) lipid screen
7) urine microalbumin: creatinine ratio if you can get the pricing
8) glucometer - and recommend one you use
9) cost of glucometer strips
10) costs of consults with open minded doctor
Thanks.
Hi Sorry for the late reply for this post, as it was my bedtime.
I take a health screening package that consists of Fasting plasma glucose, Hba1c , renal function tests, Lipid Screen, urine microalbumin, creatinine ratio all for SGD 51 inclusive of GST , it comes with a free doctor's consultation.
Fasting Insulin price ranges from 40 to 70 sgd , C peptide 75.
Glucometer...I used Made in China Brand , Sinocare or Sannuo ( in the past used Accu-Chek and also Contour) , my personal opinion this is the best I have used , I have tested my finger prick fasting Blood glucose with my Lab test the difference is very little.
First time purchase of the meter, One whole set including the meter cost about SGD 15-17 with 25 or 50 strips cant remember now off hand.
cost of glucometer strips.. ranges between as low as 0.10 cents to 0.27 cents SGD. I normally buy online, so I try to stock up on sales events like 10.10 etc etc the expiry date is usually two years . ( now the prices have adjusted higher because of increase in shipping cost but I should still be
able to get them around 0.17-.020 cents per strips ).
Blood Ketone Meter, I started using Freestyle Optimum Neo, cant remembered the whole set price which includes the strips. The strips by itself
is SGD 2.70 per strips ( expensive) . Lately I have changed to unknown brand from China. I bought the whole set which is a 3 in 1 meter that test for BG , Blood Ketones and also Uric acid. total price meter plus 50 strips of BG , 15 blood ketone strips for SGD 32.80. The big advantage of this set is their Ketone expiry date is more than 2 years while the Optimum Neo is normally around 6 months if I remembered correctly.
the replacement Ketone Strips works out to be less than SGD 0.70 cents per strips and BG to be around 0.20 cents.
I have tested the BG reading against my other meter they are very close. Didn't have any means to compared the ketone reading as I run out of strips for Optimum neo and unlike to buy anymore.
Open minded doctor consultation....again depending on whether it is a normal GP or specialist..... normal GP - normal GP rate but don't expect him to know more than you in the field that you have researched and of interest, you consult him for potential risk from a mainstream GP. ( I go to one Young Doctor who is working as a GP in one medical group for my fasting insulin, BG and C peptide and sometime C reactive protein . He knows very well that I don't consult him on my "plan" but more to get all this lab test )
The American Doctor who is a strong advocate of food choice, even though he is an oncologist , there are also a whole team of dietitian and other specialist in His Clinic . He put his cancer patient on his own form of "Prolong Mimic fasting diet made famous by Prof Valter Longo. Cost for consultation should be around SGD 150-250.
There is another Clinic , founded by a group of medical professionals who used to work in Government Hospital and holds senior positions in MOH before and also if I am not wrong still lecturing in the University - cost of consultation -150-250 , and if I remembered correctly they stated they will spend about 1 to 2 hours with you. They have nutritional dietitian and also an exercise coach in the team.
As you can see from all the information given here, It clearly implied that I really made an effort to research every aspect that concerned Diabetes and not taken it likely when I decided to take this Journey.