Recent Content by WelshSailor

Thanks so much everyone, as always you’ve all been really informative and very reassuring, and thank you HSSS for these links, which I will definitely read in the morning. I really appreciate everyone’s help, I’ve become so stressed about all this. I think she is convinced I MUST have T2, as I...

Gluc Glucose tolerance test. From what she said you fast, have a sugary drink, and have your blood drawn at intervals for two hours.

‘Mad as a bag of frogs’ - haven’t heard that saying before, it did make me laugh and I now have an image of her as an enraged frog (which is helping!) So IF I did have diabetes - never diagnosed because of my dietary control - will it do me any harm not to ‘know’ it? When I’m already painfully...

I’ve posted a few times over the last few weeks and received excellent advice and support. Long story short, I’ve been low carbing for 5 years since my brother was diagnosed T2. I did it to be his accountability buddy but he couldn’t stick with it. For me on the other hand, it really allowed...

That actually made me cry a little bit, outlier. It’s so kind of you to say that. I’ve been so very worried and have worked so hard the last 5 years, not only with my actual diet, but my relationship with food, as my brother’s diagnosis was a real wake up call for me. When I see how ill he is...

Thanks for the reassurance. My kidney function is fine as far as I know. I do feel I’ve done nothing but run here in a panic for two weeks while there are others dealing with much bigger issues. I just got so frightened and the nurse seems to make it worse every time I talk to her and works me...

CatInAHat said: ‘You don't say exactly what you are eating but just from this sentence it's obvious that you are eating real food and avoiding the highly processed, high carb rubbish that is so prevalent in the modern diet.’ I don’t think I’ve done the quote thing right - apologies. Basically...

I had a 8.8mmol random BG three weeks taken within about an hour of a completely uncharacteristic high carb breakfast. What can I say - it was freezing, the cafe porridge looked lovely, nostalgia hit and I basically went for it. 3 weeks of spiralling anxiety later, I can say it definitely was...

Thanks for your reassurance everyone. After my brother was diagnosed I researched on here, read the Michael Mosley books and as a result went low carb so it’s been 5 years now. The plan was I’d be his accountability buddy but I actually started to feel so well (and even lost the pesky 30lbs that...

I don’t think I have diabetes but my brother was diagnosed with T2 five years ago. Since then, I’ve done a fasting blood glucose test on the first of every month, and eaten relatively low carb. While I know one random test means very little, I do now have 60 normal results over 5 years. While of...

That’s for all your helpful comments, they helped me scrape myself off the ceiling, and I do appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I’ve def had a real fright. I bought myself a meter this morning just so I could start to get a feel for what’s going on and my fasting BG was 4.7 on the meter, and...

Thanks for your reply, I appreciate it. Can you tell me what the normal parameters are? The nurse who phoned said ‘worryingly high’ so I’m completely bemused. She didn’t ask if or what I’d eaten beforehand, she just said it needed urgent investigation. I already do intermittent fasting and eat...

I had a routine ‘well person’ blood test earlier this week and I’m horrified that my random blood sugar was 8.8. I have to have a fasting test now and another test (HA something???). Will it definitely be diabetes? The random test was taken about an hour and a half after I ate porridge with...