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All: I've been really busy and haven't had a chance to reply until now Result: all OK on the diabetes side We had the blood test done at the hospital. Results came a few days later Doctor said everything was normal We still have the problem though - he still needs to go to the toilet too...

@stacey, you can spend eternity blaming yourself (which you shouldn't!) what matters more than anything: you caught in time and now have the luxury to control your own destinies @maubell: i am like that with many things in life. brown envelopes - do NOT open these - these contain bad news - it...

thanks lucy better to know than be ignorant, so the info is really helpful

thanks lucy the community hear is great :) all replies have been really helpful i'll definitely post back with an update in due course

@daibell, thanks for the tip about codefree i never imagined that the diabetic problem would be a concern for me i'm in good shape and weight and take regular exercise + will make sure the kids do the same the only concern i have now is a bad diet question: if a child has a bad diet - mainly...

@mrawfell many thanks for the reply we called around pharmacies and none of them do an on the spot prick test i've experienced the nhs before and didn't want to bother with relying on them to transfer a blood test result from up north to down south in just a matter of few days so... the other...

@elaine, @clover thanks for the replies - it really helps speaking to others i won't do the prick test for the reasons given - either way it could give false information i'll go to the gp and get the blood slip i meant to do that today - but it slipped my mind despite making a diary note i'll...

@elaine, i'm confused - will a prick blood test be worthwhile doing? or will it just give a false result that can't be relied on? if so.... maybe i'll just wait until my son gets back and take him on monday still anxious - don't like waiting

thanks lucy i haven't noticed a massive thirst urge from him - but he's got access to loads of drink, so hard to judge he does get super tired - but this coincides with when asked to do school work or read a book - he'll happily stay up really late watching a film if given the chance + wake up...

@elaine, thanks for the reply. i was't panicking, just happy that i was a little bit more awake of what could happen my wife called a few pharmacies who all said they can't do a blood test and that we needed to go to the doctor and/or hospital she then asked at the local surgery who said that...

thanks for the reply elaine that now worries me a huge amount diabetic coma? i'm going to call the wife right now and tell her to go first thing in the morning for the prick blood test

thanks for the last replies i'll post back after finding out where we are

so would this be better than a urine test?

@daibell, thank u for the reply - much appreciated that's great advice. should i tell his mum to go to pharmacy and buy some urine testing packs? (or go to the pharmacy with a urine sample? don't think we'd have a container handy though!) i'm not with him right now so can't control the intake...

@ambersilva thanks for that - all useful information i think we'll give it another few days i'll wait till he gets back to do a blood test