Recent Content by PolarBear81

Is your folate level good? No point having b12 if you have inadequate folate. The b12 needs the folate to form a more useful b12 (a methylated form). This is the form that the body can actually utilise. Otherwise it's floating around your body not doing very much. This is why methylcobalamin...

That's a full blood count otherwise known as a FBC. That has nothing to do with your a1c. Sometimes the lab can mistakenly request a HbA1c as the dr requesting just a Hb (haemoglobin) if the form was handwritten or sometimes it's just some other form of human error in the lab, usually new staff...

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Thankfully there are a few good, knowledgeable DNS' out there. Mine recommended 10% or less of my dinner plate should be carbs, even suggesting to go ultra low carb if my body could tolerate it. Whereas, I recently went through my late mothers paperwork and found advice she was given about...

I would question why the phlebotomist is not doing a test which your nurse has asked for. The majority of the time the phlebs are not qualified nurses (unless it's extra over time for a qualified nurse). Even if they happen to be a qualified nurse on that occasion they are not in that job role...

All I've said to keep it basic for them is no potatoes, rice or bread (they don't eat pasta so didn't bother to tell them that). If they can't grasp remembering those 3 things then I feel there is no hope. They're not a forgetful family by any means so not sure why they can't remember 3 things...

I say it's a middle zone for lab tests that include those slightly higher results than expected in a non-diabetic and slightly lower results than expected in a diabetic. The final diagnosis of DM or not should then be based on other tests and symptoms of the patient in front of the clinician...

You say there is a chance I will get diabetes if I eat too many carbs. You are using the information that is thrown about in the media. This is not the case in my family it is due to lack of insulin as has been shown in other members. It is a gradual thing that takes time and I can only presume...

[emoji23] I didn't mean grab the box while they're still eating pudding. I think anyone would be offended by that. I was thinking more along the lines of sometime after while sat on the sofa but thought they'd be sat there thinking "wasn't our food good enough". I thought maybe the visual...

I'm always getting upset by these ludicrous claims that the blame for t2 is pushed back on to the patient. I'm just inside the normal BMI just above the underweight range and we all know how BMI is the diagnosis gold standard in the GP surgery (at least from my experience). I've worked in...

I do sort of take an emergency rations box now. It usually covers my breakfast and lunches and some snacks just to keep me going until I have a 'proper meal' as it were thinking that that would be my evening meal and I'm not adverse to eating odd concoctions. I quite like that method of eating...

Well I gave them the 20 50 visual guide and got the reply of why do I need this. I explained that when they have some rice I need that much veg (using the pictures as examples). My husband stepped in and explained that when they have a potato I need that much extra veg so that I actually feel...

Thankyou. I have been telling them very simply that I can't eat Potatoes, bread, pasta and rice for over a year and this seems to be the bit they can't grasp. That's why I've asked on here to see if anyone else has any better solutions than me. I'm struggling to understand how they can't get it...

I think we should blame the press for that (as well as the doctors that tell the press). They go around saying DM is only weight related and that all diabetics are morbidly obese and need to lose weight and so the uneducated then somehow misconstrue what DM is and decide it's a fat in your diet...