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Thanks Hana, hopefully that's one of the 'other things' the diabetic nurse is doing at my appt Thursday if not I shall ask :) X

Thanks, my GP tends to leave things with my respiratory consultant and to be honest as I see him often I tend to avoid the GP if I can help it so I suspect the whole hb1ac thing was just completely overlooked ! The nurse said she would do it again so I'm quite happy that she seems on the ball...

I saw the nurse today for my b12 shot and also had a word with her re the BG readings I had been getting and headaches / constant trips to the loo/ foot problems etc , she's booked me in Thursday am for a fasting bloo test and to do some other stuff, I presume wee test and the hb1ac she looked...

My lab ( aka the bin ) devoured a whole tin of quality street one Christmas when someone forgot to put the lid on properly wrappers and all, no side effects except very colourful festive deposits for a few days afterwards !! 5 years later he is still going !

Thank you, you've all been a great help. I don't usually have breakfast, bad I know but usually rushing about to get to work. But I'll try the berries and yogurt it sounds delicious . Hi paragliderpete,I will certaintly ask the GP to to check the possibility of Cushings,I did a quick google and...

A bowl of porridge. With substitute sugar sprinkled on sparingly - its been around 5/6/7 all day but just a larger meal so will see what it's like later. I'm hoping it's probably diet controlled so guess its seeing what foods trigger the higher readings.

Many thanks Guys, I've checked the drs web site and the diabetic nurse is well known to me with my asthma so I'm going to make an appt with her for my b12 and ask her to do the blood test and I knew she'll be more than happy too. My BG this morning was 4.5 on waking which was reassuring but was...

Hi, are you on injections ? I was diagnosed with b12 def a few years back and have injections every 3 mths I know when I'm due as my fingers start to tingle and become numb,both my children have it ( a rouge gene it seems as there are over 20 of us with it on my mums side ! Much to the amazement...

Hi Suzy, cost me a fortune as I needed varfocals ! :( (apparently ! ) After 2 hours the levels were 13.8 this afternoon and 14.3. This evening ,The headaches are driving me loopy ! I'll take a sample with me, fortunately most of the receptionists know me as I was one myself there a few years...

Thanks grazer , I have that sheep gif on my web site :D I intend to ring for an appointment Monday,be told the usual it's a 3 week wait ! But when I get there I'll ask them to redo it ,after googling a fair bit, I note there's steriod induced diabetes and having been on steroids more on than...

Hi All, I have had problems with my vision, headaches,tiredness and sores and blisters on my feet. Optiction has prescribed me stronger glasses and said the pretty blurry lights were migraine auras.the feet I was given cream for by the practice nurse several months ago still no better and...