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GDR

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Not a newbie Diabetic by any means but new to this site.
First Diagnosed 2003
I had been sufferiing from micro sleeps for at least a year before that. Got really bad when coming back from a long journey and I woke up with a start after straying from the inside lane to the outside lane on a duel carrigaway. OOps. Pulled obver slapped my face to wake myself up and carried on. Bit of a shocker.

Since being on meds (Type 2) I have been great. Still get tired but no more needing matchsticks to prop open my eyes. The reason I am looking at this forum is that I am newly diagnosed with one of the Diabetes complications of Angina. I am waiting for an Angiogram which is due before the end of the month - scary!!

A bit about myself
Male 61 years old (Jan 1953)
Still working full time as an engineer (Alegedly)
I live down south near Portsmouth
Not religious - ie not church going but live in a moral and ethical way, inclined towards Buddhism and the sanctity of life
Three words to descibe my personilty - thats a challenge (Dyslexic so some spelling mistakes sorry, if i spot them I will change them)
- Generous (ish)
- Forgiving
- kind, mushy
There bared my soul in three words!
Do I get angry easily - yes but its over as quickly as it comes.
No tattoos - why should i damage or adorn something that is already perfect? LoL :-)
Favorite musician - Mike Oldfield
Countries visited
- France
- America (Florida)
- Germany - lived there for three years
- Scotland
- From Wales
- Masirah (Oman)
- Iran (Before war mid 1970's)
- Cyprus
- Malta
- Channel Islands - Gurnsey & Jersey
I guess tahts enough for you to get a flavour of me.
 
Hi GDR and welcome,

Looking forward to your posts. Anything you need help with then just shout, someone will answer.

Angiograms are painless and nothing to worry about. You can watch what is happening on the screen and you should get your results within a few hours, depending on how busy the ward is.
 
catherinecherub said:
Hi GDR and welcome,

Looking forward to your posts. Anything you need help with then just shout, someone will answer.

Angiograms are painless and nothing to worry about. You can watch what is happening on the screen and you should get your results within a few hours, depending on how busy the ward is.
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Ta, not really worried about angiogram, more worried about results, hoping for angioplasty (stent) rather than anything more drastic.
Its all a bit of a shock.
 
Hi all.
Ally1, hope you have managed to settle your readigs down a bit by now. The truble with type 2 diabetes appears to be that it sneaks up on you and you could have had it for years before its noticed. Looking back at my story I can see that I had it for at least three years befoe it was spotted. I had a health check done and sugar was found in my urine.
Well under control now, my reqadings every year are in the normal range and when I self check I very, very, rarely hit double figures.
 
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