poshtotty
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
This morning's ultra sound scan done under the NHS but at my local Nuffield Hospital was a real experience.
By 10.30am I had fasted for 16+ hours, had an hours brisk walk and had an engaged conversation with a senior (male) radiographer who was happy to talk me through everything he was seeing.
My appointment was at 10am and there was no time to open the pristine copy of the Telegraph on my chair in the waiting room before I was called through to the examination room. Everywhere was ultra clean and shiny bright white. Once I had been prepared for my examination, a phone call was made to the radiographer who must have been waiting outside the door as he arrived so quickly!
After a discussion about male staff no longer wearing ties because of the risk of cross infection (and the irony of them still wearing name badges which also dangle from their necks and are able to touch open wounds and infected places), plus a discussion about the importance of hand drying after hand washing, at @AndBreathe's suggestion I asked about visceral fat.
I was told he couldn't see any around my organs but could see some "fatty dispositions in my liver probably due to my diabetes". He also asked if I had upper stomach pain and when I said no, and asked why the question, he said he could see I had gall stones, but as I had a "scrunched gall bladder" he saw no risk of these being able to escape into a duct and cause me any pain and he recommended leaving them alone.
He then checked the blood vessels to my liver while I listened to the whooshing sound they made! He said these also seem clear and healthy and he had no concerns, but will be writing to my GP to explain everything.
So, my day is somewhat back to front. By 11am I taken my daily brisk walk (which since I cannot even lower myself into the bath or into a seat without moaning in agony after 60 repetitive squats, push-ups and kettle bell lifting on Saturday, I didn’t think I’d be able to do!) had brunch after a long fast which will save me stopping to make lunch, leaving me plenty of time to research fatty liver to see if this is the missing link to my slow weight loss and slow-to-respond fasting blood sugars. Oh and scrunched up gall bladders and what casues them...
Thank you to everyone for your good wishes on the other thread and for all your support and advice so far.
By 10.30am I had fasted for 16+ hours, had an hours brisk walk and had an engaged conversation with a senior (male) radiographer who was happy to talk me through everything he was seeing.
My appointment was at 10am and there was no time to open the pristine copy of the Telegraph on my chair in the waiting room before I was called through to the examination room. Everywhere was ultra clean and shiny bright white. Once I had been prepared for my examination, a phone call was made to the radiographer who must have been waiting outside the door as he arrived so quickly!
After a discussion about male staff no longer wearing ties because of the risk of cross infection (and the irony of them still wearing name badges which also dangle from their necks and are able to touch open wounds and infected places), plus a discussion about the importance of hand drying after hand washing, at @AndBreathe's suggestion I asked about visceral fat.
I was told he couldn't see any around my organs but could see some "fatty dispositions in my liver probably due to my diabetes". He also asked if I had upper stomach pain and when I said no, and asked why the question, he said he could see I had gall stones, but as I had a "scrunched gall bladder" he saw no risk of these being able to escape into a duct and cause me any pain and he recommended leaving them alone.
He then checked the blood vessels to my liver while I listened to the whooshing sound they made! He said these also seem clear and healthy and he had no concerns, but will be writing to my GP to explain everything.
So, my day is somewhat back to front. By 11am I taken my daily brisk walk (which since I cannot even lower myself into the bath or into a seat without moaning in agony after 60 repetitive squats, push-ups and kettle bell lifting on Saturday, I didn’t think I’d be able to do!) had brunch after a long fast which will save me stopping to make lunch, leaving me plenty of time to research fatty liver to see if this is the missing link to my slow weight loss and slow-to-respond fasting blood sugars. Oh and scrunched up gall bladders and what casues them...
Thank you to everyone for your good wishes on the other thread and for all your support and advice so far.
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