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What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

5.3 this morning.


dogslife said:
Thanks, DJC3. The scan was to check for a possible tumor as a cause of nerve damage to my inner ear/ sudden hearing loss on one side. It only took about 10 minutes and they gave me ear protection so all well. Had the cage over my face but that wasn't a problem either. No point in worrying about the results until they arrive. Mum's Alzheimers on the other hand is a constant cause of worry. Thanks again for your kindness. Best wishes.:)
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Hugs for both the scan and your mom's Alzheimers. (My mom also has it.)
 
Chronicle_Cat said:
5.3 this morning.




Hugs for both the scan and your mom's Alzheimers. (My mom also has it.)
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Thanks for the hugs, Chronicle_Cat. You sound like you need one too. :( Does your mum still live in her own home and if so is she near to you? Best wishes to you both.:)
 
Bubbsie said:
Clearly the term 'epidemic' is being used as a figure of speech & as said is often quoted in the press.
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I agree it is used in the press but using it lazily as they do is, IMHO, kinda playing into their blame game trope. They will and do imply we,T2, have caused it by abusing ourselves. The other 94% had self control. Let's not give them the bullets.
 
ianpspurs said:
The use of epidemic needs to be tempered by the stats. Only 6% of UK population:
"It is predicted that up to 549,000 people in the UK have diabetes that is yet to be diagnosed. This means that, including the number of undiagnosed people, there is estimated to be over 4 million people living with diabetes in the UK at present.

This represents 6% of the UK population or 1 in every 16 people having diabetes (diagnosed and undiagnosed)."
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-prevalence.html
Obviously too high but not an epidemic.
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As epidemic is the rapid spread of an infectious disease through a population and not necessarily dependent on actual numbers of cases I have to agree epidemic is not the right term to use.
 
jjraak said:
Pretty sure it's not the same over the pond,
@SaskiaKC

But we already get given professional advice ...
from our doctors as trained professional...

they give us a diet to follow in the main at diagnosis.

It just happens to be wrong...imho
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It is wrong, agreed. It clearly advises on my printed handout from the diabetes "education" session to eat fish and "thick chips" because there is less oil with these. (Rolls eyes, looks to yonder).
 
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good evening all :)

was 5.0 this morning

hey ho up and down we go ;) Got a bit of a walk with mum's dog yesterday and then went outside to do a bit of tidying in the garden today so that's my exercise for now. It feels as though it may actually rain here this evening, sort of spitting in the wind :hilarious:

Hope your day is treating you kindly :)
 
gennepher said:
They can do so much better for us all.
It is like we are cattle they don’t really care about.
Hugs for you.
>^..^<
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Hello Gennepher. I find that in the state health service the staff are proficient within their specialisms but often will pass slightly off-the-wall requests onto someone else or ignore them. A smile seems problematic.

A while ago I had an operation in a private hospital. Huge difference there. The staff had benefited from customer service training! My glass of freshly squeezed orange juice arrived with my selected breakfast, served with a cheery smile and a "Good Morning, how are we today?"

Our basic staff training module (at a brewery in an earlier career) was only about 8 hours long, two half days. It was time repaid 100 fold in the staff performance (and our sales). Such a shame that cheese-paring of budgets, or a lack of vision, hold back our state NHS provision.
 
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True Blue said:
It is wrong, agreed. It clearly advises on my printed handout from the diabetes "education" session to eat fish and "thick chips" because there is less oil with these. (Rolls eyes, looks to yonder).
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Oh dear, best we get our slide rules out and look at areas - they would need to be very thick - all the way over to the right on the thick bell curve - hang about - that’s a deep fried potato.
 
JohnEGreen said:
As epidemic is the rapid spread of an infectious disease through a population and not necessarily dependent on actual numbers of cases I have to agree epidemic is not the right term to use.
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They could call it an epizootic, which is what my mother jokingly told us we had when we were little and got some bug or other without a name. It is the term her parents used when she and her brother and sisters were little.

When I was grown I learned that it is actually a real medical term. Funny, I never hear people referring to diabetes among cats, dogs, and horses as an epizootic.

I hear "epidemic proportions" sometimes ...

Have any of the "epidemic" shouters ever linked this "outbreak" to the importation of the Mighty McD's, KFC, Burger King, Pizza Hut, etc.? Just wondering ... ;)
 
Traceymac23 said:
You ever tried the Adventure Playground at Battersea Park? Not sure if it's still open('Elf & Safety and all that)
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Nope never been there. I can report that the lady di memorial gardens is very much open and we haven't worn that one out yet !
 
True Blue said:
Hello Gennepher. I find that in the state health service the staff are proficient within their specialisms but often will pass slightly off-the-wall requests onto someone else or ignore them. A smile seems problematic.

A while ago I had an operation in a private hospital. Huge difference there. The staff had benefited from customer service training! My glass of freshly squeezed orange juice arrived with my selected breakfast, served with a cheery smile and a "Good Morning, how are we today?"

Our basic staff training module (at a brewery in an earlier career) was only about 8 hours long, two half days. It was time repaid 100 fold in the staff performance (and our sales). Such a shame that cheese-paring of budgets, or a lack of vision, hold back our state NHS provision.
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O. My. Goodness. You sound like a true, redwhite&blue, American!
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:) :)
 
charlie000 said:
Is it true doctors get paid £100 per diabetes diagnosis?
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I don’t know about that but I can do it for you for half that price.
All it takes is a finger prick test and an off the shelf A1c kit.
My clinic opens next week and I can see clients every 10 minutes. I think that if I worked just Monday and Tuesday then I could be permanently on holiday the rest of the time.
Will I have to pay tax or could I do it over the internet from, say, the Caymen Islands?
 
Bubbsie said:
ian I have encountered many individuals who have little or no resources...have no idea they can ask/challenge their GP/DSN's refusal to supply necessary equipment...I have a couple of friends who followed the advice they were given to the letter after all their GP or nurse would not get it wrong would they?... they are now suffering from complications...in a real mess...not every T2 will want to test or change their way of eating but those who wish to should not be denied because they do not have the funds or the right education...we have members here who are trying to lead the way & challenge the 'stereotypical' view that T2 is self inflicted somehow deserved...challenge the view T2 will progress so what's the point it will get you eventually just take the meds & don't worry...challenge the standard NHS advice with diet...
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I have some sympathy with those in the NHS. They have been trained for years to think fat = bad and carbs = good.
Very difficult to change once you have that theory embedded.
They have great difficulty interpreting new information that contradicts their prior learning, suffering from confirmation bias, the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs and theories, and belief perseverance, the tendency not to reverse opinions they already have.
We treat opinions a bit like possessions and it is hard for us to part with them.

So, challenge away. Slowly and surely.
I wonder if this, or something like it, should be the starting point for us all:
 

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