Recent Content by EdAW

Hi. I'm not on any medications at all and haven't been diagnosed with anything (so far at least!)

Thanks for the suggestions - I really appreciate it. An extended oral glucose test might be an idea as my levels have sometimes continued to increase after 2 hours too.

Thanks for your reply. I went back to the GP yesterday who was really helpful and referred me to hospital for same day emergency care where they repeated all of the previous tests and did a few more. They have referred me to endocrinology now so just got to wait to hear from them.

Hi all. I have another GP appointment this afternoon and just wondered if there was anything I should make sure I share or ask for? I think a glucose tolerance test might be a good idea? Thanks again.

Thanks that's really interesting. Not on any supplements. I've got a bit of a cough but nothing more. Had a broad range of blood tests that all came back clear and with no sign of any infection. Last year I was very unwell and was just given antibiotics. In hindsight, the symptoms were in...

Hi. My readings before lunches have been 6.4, 6.3, 5.9, 5.8, 5.8. Sorry, I didn't want to dump all of the results if they weren't useful. The last couple of days where it has been a bit lower were after switching to a no added sugar porridge for breakfast. My lunches each day have been a...

I fell asleep so took my result a little later at over 2 hours after lunch which came out as 8.4 today. Then 7.2 around 3 hours after. I had switched to brown bread today which I imagine might mean the level wouldn't peak quite so high? Sorry - I'm no expert at all. My suspicion is that a...

Not as far as I am aware. The anaemia test they also did this week showed size of red blood cells was in the normal range. Thank you for your help!

Yes - Nov '24. Another family member tested one out when I had a high reading after lunch and got a very normal reading. Thanks!

Thanks that's really helpful. I've actually been taking a couple of morning readings - upon waking and before breakfast around an hour later. The results I gave in my first post were the second and higher readings from each morning... 6.1 ---> 7.4 7.2 ---> 7.9 6.6 ---> 6.5 6.6 ---> 6.6 Thanks...

Thanks for the advice - it's really helpful to hear from someone with some insight into what is typical or not. This is all very new territory that I'm not familiar with.

Hi, Just seeking some advice. I have recently had many of the symptoms of diabetes such as excessive thirst, fatigue etc and have been off work feeling so unwell so went to the GP. My Hba1c test came back as 41 this week so just within 'normal' but I have been tracking my blood sugar levels...