Recent Content by eggy g

I only have one third of my pancreas, the head, I had it removed 7 yrs ago along with my spleen because of a, luckily, pre cancerous tumour. It's no laughing matter as a previous poster has mentioned, the pancreas does more than produce insulin, or not in our cases, it also produced digestive...

I had acute pancreatitis in 2001, caused by gallstones, this in turn lead me to having a distal pancreatectomy, removal of body and tail of pancreas, in Dec 07. I was diagnosed as IGT in July 09 (see my earlier post 29 March, pre diabetic after distal pancretectomy). My cholestrol levels went up...

I was diagonised with IGT (pre diabetes) in June 09 by the DN. I see her once a month and she checks my blood pressure etc. In Nov she decided to run the 12 week test thing, cant remember the letters and numbers. I happened to be at the local hospital for something totally unrelated and...

Thanks for that advise. I will try but always feel I am being fobbed off. I know it's because they don't understand the problem and just brush it under the carpet. The biggest problem is my local hospital isn't where I had my op. They were unable to perform that type of surgery and I was...

Thanks for your prompt reply. I have a meter, I was advised to get one after my op. At first I was testing 3 or more times a day but I was told I would become paronoid! I stopped testing after starting the metformin but as I mentioned I have started again. I have some strips and lancets but I...

Hi I am new to this, I wonder if anyone out there has a similar "problem" to me. I had 2/3 of my pancreas removed(tail and body) Dec. 08 due to pre-cancerous tumour. Because of this I was advised to check my BG and have a yearly test done at GP's to detect diabetes. I was diagonosed with IGT...