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Diet struggles

Diabetic2ForYou said:
Hi, sorry for the confusion, so my avergae blood sugar should be between four and seven, but mine goes higher than seven, it goes as high as ten! I need ID to get access to my results, but i don't have ID!
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I don’t have the app, you don’t have to be on the app to get results. I just phone my surgery for the results a few days after my bloods have been taken. What happens after you’ve given bloods for testing? You should be having a consultation with at least a nurse at your surgery to discuss all your results etc when do they do your foot check and your blood pressure etc?

What happens for me is
Give bloods - call surgery a few days later for results & make appointment to discuss results
If I don’t call the surgery call me to make an appointment to come in & discuss my results at the diabetes clinic
Have a 20 minute appointment where results are discussed - weight & height checked, blood pressure checked and annual foot check which all diabetics should be having

If you’re not getting these you need to be asking why & be a bit more proactive in getting your actual numbers rather than just the general “your results are ok” “its a little bit high” theses phrases mean absolutely nothing and are useless when you are trying to manage a condition as complicated as diabetes, whatever the type
 
lovinglife said:
I don’t have the app, you don’t have to be on the app to get results. I just phone my surgery for the results a few days after my bloods have been taken. What happens after you’ve given bloods for testing? You should be having a consultation with at least a nurse at your surgery to discuss all your results etc when do they do your foot check and your blood pressure etc?

What happens for me is
Give bloods - call surgery a few days later for results & make appointment to discuss results
If I don’t call the surgery call me to make an appointment to come in & discuss my results at the diabetes clinic
Have a 20 minute appointment where results are discussed - weight & height checked, blood pressure checked and annual foot check which all diabetics should be having

If you’re not getting these you need to be asking why & be a bit more proactive in getting your actual numbers rather than just the general “your results are ok” “its a little bit high” theses phrases mean absolutely nothing and are useless when you are trying to manage a condition as complicated as diabetes, whatever the type
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Hi, I've never had to book in to discuss my results. My doctors do the bare minimum. I phone up five days after the blood test and and they say if something is wrong or if something isn't ! Also, they do my blood pressure, foot checks and weight!
 
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Diabetic2ForYou said:
Hi, I've never had to book in to discuss my results. My doctors do the bare minimum. I phone up five days after the blood test and and they say if something is wrong or if something isn't ! Also, they do my blood pressure, foot checks and weight!
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So when they do your checks on your feet etc do you not discuss any results and what they mean & how to continue or change anything going forward?

I think you need to be a bit more involved & ask for them & an opportunity to discuss them. Otherwise it’s like driving a car with a blind fold. They should be discussing all these results as a matter of course. There’s also checks on your liver & kidney function that you should be made aware of the results

A link to the N.I.C.E. Guidelines below that your GP will have and what you should be receiving as a minimum from them

Overview | Type 2 diabetes in adults: management | Guidance | NICE

www.nice.org.uk www.nice.org.uk
 
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Date of Birth and Post code
it give access to all records

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Diabetic2ForYou said:
Hi, sorry for the confusion, so my avergae blood sugar should be between four and seven, but mine goes higher than seven, it goes as high as ten! I need ID to get access to my results, but i don't have ID!
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When you quote these figures, are you talking about mmol/l or percentages? If you're reading things on the internet, many US people simply quote a figure of "6" without any understanding that they mean an HbA1c of 6%, not a fingerprick BG reading of 6 mmol/l, and that most of the rest of the world no longer uses percentages. So you'll read "advice" based on a basic misunderstanding that will not help.

Personally I have seen 9-10 mmol/l results around forty minutes after having a small amount of hot milk: by sixty minutes it returns to normal. The rises you're talking about, given what you're eating are (in my opinion) not particularly high. If it was me, I'd expect much higher results from that amount of carb.

You have to remember that short-term BG rises in the first couple of hours after eating carbs is perfectly normal and completely to be expected. By two hours after eating your figures should have fallen back to be close (within 2 mmol/l) to where you were before you ate - that's the point of testing around eating. What tells you your overall long-term position is your HbA1c, which is quoted in mmol/mol in most of the world, but in percentages in the USA.
 
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