Ladies, take care of your hearts!

[sassyone]

Did you see the study that reports that women with diabetes are 50% more likely to have heart disease than men with diabetes? We need to work even harder to care for our hearts! If anyone with diabetes isn't inspired to get some good cardio exercise- you need to think about the fact that you are at a higher risk of having a heart attack than someone who has had a previous attack! So exercise and get and keep those BG levels under good control!

[Coop2004]

I agree.

Back in 2003, when I was diagnosed with diabetes, my cholesterol was 266. My doctor put me on meds for that and my latest, overall cholesterol reading (last week) was 117. He's kept me on the meds for cholesterol only because there's a history of heart problems in my family (3 of my grandparents had major heart problems and my mother's sister has circulatory problems).