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Just to update, his fasting test was 4.6 so absolutely fine. Today I've decided to keep a diary of his eating, drinking and bathroom trips, for my own peace of mind. I'm sure other parents agree that you can often lose track and what might seem like an issue, isn't really when you properly take...

That is crazy! What are the odds. I assume in a way it's helped having each other with the same diagnosis, for you and for them but at the same time, I can't imagine the strain it's also been. Well thank you once again for your replies, I really appreciate it and a Happy New Year now it's gone...

Just goes to show that it pays to be vigilant! I was relieved when that first reading came back that high which sounds strange but it meant that our concerns were almost validated. Then I came crashing back down when the readings became lower. Obviously no-one wants their child to have...

Actually he does suffer both of those too, I didn't think to put them in my original post as I was going off his main symptoms as they came to me. I posted and had to run off. I did, however, tell the Dr about them as I had sat and written my main concerns down. When you took your son to the...

Dr tested his urine this evening, which was clear and had the nurse do another finger prick, which was 6.9. She just said 'it's nothing to worry about, keep an eye on things' and that was that. :?:

Thanks too, Cugila, for replying. He had eaten what he usually eats for breakfast. Of course we don't usually test him to know if that affects him in that manner. He had had 3 slices of bread, buttered and with a thin spread of peanut butter (low fat and with no added sugar type). That was at...

Thank you for taking the time to respond, leggott. Appreciate that. His levels have come down since then (6.5) at the last check and so I'm unsure whether this means that the higher readings were nothing to worry about in the grand scheme of things. Would/should his readings remain high...

My son is 6 and lately both myself, my husband and also my son's Grandmother have noticed his increased thirst and increased trips to the toilet. He also has had a few accidents in the night and some slight accidents in the day, having been fully dry and trained since he was 4. My husband has...

Hubby banged his toe. It's turned black so probably broken I'm guessing, due to that and the pain it's causing. Now, I know they do nothing for broken toes really but should he be doing anything specific in light of being diabetic? I know they're twitchy where feet are concerned so wanted to...

Thank you, Sue. That was most helpful and much appreciated! A starting point and things to consider. :) I was wincing opening this thread again after my last post. :oops:

I'm getting quite frustrated now because I know he has to help himself, I get that, I'm an intelligent woman but surely it's not a case of if he's not going to, he can just suffer with these high levels and deal with whatever comes with that situation? End of. I don't believe that. I know it's...

Thanks again for the replies. I know that with diet changes and exercise and therefore weight loss too, he may well see a difference in his levels but if he doesn't want to change then surely there must be something else he can get added to this medications to bring his levels down? Any...

Many thanks for the replies, to answer some of the questions posed: It is in my sig, I think! :? But he's on Metformin 1500mg per day, Asprin, Simvastatin and Fluoxetine (Prozac). He's on the standard Metformin. He takes 500mg x 3. One in the morning, one in the afternoon and one at night...

Hubby is see-sawing with his levels, he feels pretty rubbish lately too. He's tired all the time (he has OSA anyway which makes him tired at times) and cranky and often has the shakes. For instance, when he got in from working a night shift, at 9am, his level was 10.5 (he'd had a Tesco Healthy...

Thank you everyone. It's not my child but it's one of his school friends that's in question. His father has T2 which is how we got talking a while back since my husband does also. I told her she had to see the Dr with a list of concerns like this and I'm confident that she will but I said I'd...