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Hello everyone!
I've had diabetic blood tests for some years, and they've always been clear. I moved to where i live now in 2014 and not had one from the current surgery.
2 weeks ago I had a really serious reaction to a drug the doctor gave me for 'depression'. I'd had 4 bereavements last year one after the other and had been feeling very low, so the doctor put me on a high dose of antidepressant. Half an hour after taking the first tablet I had to dial 999.
The paramedic arrived and took my BP which was 180/100, then took the blood sugar finger test, he took it 3 times to make sure and it read 16 to 18. I'd eaten my dinner previous to taking the tablet and had a large helping of rice pudding with a huge dollop of homemade strawberry jam and if that doesn't put your blood sugar up nothing will. lol
The paramedic studied the leaflet inside the antidepressant box and said I was suffering from most of the side effects stated. He also said I was the second lady he'd seen that day suffering the same side effects with the same drug and the same dose, except the other lady had also been paralyzed down one side, thankfully it hadn't done that to me.
He said to contact my doctor in the morning but if I felt worse during the night to dial 999 again. By then, which was an hour after he arrived, I was feeling a tiny bit better, in that the side effects were now coming over me in waves, nausea and dizziness.
In the morning I made an appointment to see the doctor. I had my BP checked and it was then 164/80, but they didn't check my blood sugar level. Instead they made an appointment to have a full blood panel done the following day.
I'd not eaten that morning when I arrived for the blood tests. I had my BP checked again and it was 160/84.
I saw the doctor last week for the results of the blood tests and my thyroid level was slightly high. The doctor said it should be between 12 and 35 and mine was 10. So he's put me on 50mcg of Levothyroxine which is the synthetic thyroxine. He said I shouldnt get any reactions to it as it was a hormone that occurs naturally in the body. And he was right. I'm fine on the tablets.
He said my blood sugar level was slightly high, and wants to see me on 15th March to have both the thyroid and blood sugar blood tests done again. I asked what the result of the blood sugar test was and he said 57%. I've since checked and think that's about 9. So quite high, as the doctor said they prefer it up to 42%.
He said if my blood sugar was between 16 and 18 when the paramedic took it then I am definately diabetic, however, I've never had any symptoms and I was perfectly ok until the drug reaction, so I am assuming the high reading is due to the drug in my system.
He said we won't know until the second HBA1c test is done in March, when they will know the drug that caused all the problems is totally out of my system.
The only history of diabetes in my family was my uncle and my late brother, no-one else had it. I eat a low fat low sugar diet and have for most of my life as I have a shrivelled gall bladder and it plays up if I eat fatty foods. But since the bereavements last year I haven't done any exercise as such, and must get back into walking more.
So mine is a bit of a puzzle. Am I prediabetic, not diabetic at all, or a full blown type 2 diabetic?
Is it worth me getting a meter and test papers and checking myself until I go for the next HBA1c test?
I don't want to frighten myself unnecessarily. But I have been watching more closely what I eat since the results came through.
I may add I don't have any symptoms whatsoever to point to me having diabetes, no tiredness, no nausea, etc.
I've had diabetic blood tests for some years, and they've always been clear. I moved to where i live now in 2014 and not had one from the current surgery.
2 weeks ago I had a really serious reaction to a drug the doctor gave me for 'depression'. I'd had 4 bereavements last year one after the other and had been feeling very low, so the doctor put me on a high dose of antidepressant. Half an hour after taking the first tablet I had to dial 999.
The paramedic arrived and took my BP which was 180/100, then took the blood sugar finger test, he took it 3 times to make sure and it read 16 to 18. I'd eaten my dinner previous to taking the tablet and had a large helping of rice pudding with a huge dollop of homemade strawberry jam and if that doesn't put your blood sugar up nothing will. lol
The paramedic studied the leaflet inside the antidepressant box and said I was suffering from most of the side effects stated. He also said I was the second lady he'd seen that day suffering the same side effects with the same drug and the same dose, except the other lady had also been paralyzed down one side, thankfully it hadn't done that to me.
He said to contact my doctor in the morning but if I felt worse during the night to dial 999 again. By then, which was an hour after he arrived, I was feeling a tiny bit better, in that the side effects were now coming over me in waves, nausea and dizziness.
In the morning I made an appointment to see the doctor. I had my BP checked and it was then 164/80, but they didn't check my blood sugar level. Instead they made an appointment to have a full blood panel done the following day.
I'd not eaten that morning when I arrived for the blood tests. I had my BP checked again and it was 160/84.
I saw the doctor last week for the results of the blood tests and my thyroid level was slightly high. The doctor said it should be between 12 and 35 and mine was 10. So he's put me on 50mcg of Levothyroxine which is the synthetic thyroxine. He said I shouldnt get any reactions to it as it was a hormone that occurs naturally in the body. And he was right. I'm fine on the tablets.
He said my blood sugar level was slightly high, and wants to see me on 15th March to have both the thyroid and blood sugar blood tests done again. I asked what the result of the blood sugar test was and he said 57%. I've since checked and think that's about 9. So quite high, as the doctor said they prefer it up to 42%.
He said if my blood sugar was between 16 and 18 when the paramedic took it then I am definately diabetic, however, I've never had any symptoms and I was perfectly ok until the drug reaction, so I am assuming the high reading is due to the drug in my system.
He said we won't know until the second HBA1c test is done in March, when they will know the drug that caused all the problems is totally out of my system.
The only history of diabetes in my family was my uncle and my late brother, no-one else had it. I eat a low fat low sugar diet and have for most of my life as I have a shrivelled gall bladder and it plays up if I eat fatty foods. But since the bereavements last year I haven't done any exercise as such, and must get back into walking more.
So mine is a bit of a puzzle. Am I prediabetic, not diabetic at all, or a full blown type 2 diabetic?
Is it worth me getting a meter and test papers and checking myself until I go for the next HBA1c test?
I don't want to frighten myself unnecessarily. But I have been watching more closely what I eat since the results came through.
I may add I don't have any symptoms whatsoever to point to me having diabetes, no tiredness, no nausea, etc.
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