philchap1
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Morning all
@DJC3 sorry to hear you couldn’t get enough blood - as you say it must be to do with clotting. I don’t clot easily and once caused panic at dentists after an extraction! So that must be why it’s ok for me I needed two plasters still after filling two tubes from one stab! However my veins don’t like the normal blood taking from arm they hide etc! Maybe you should get in touch with them and ask for normal collection tubes and get a private draw done it may be worth it for you? Know others who have done that with medichecks. @bulkbiker for example. Good news on fasting bloods though.
4.9 today busy day but also hoping to fit in some fence painting - it’s that time of year again!
Hope everyone has a good day.
quite therapeutic too - a bit of mindfulness with a practical application.
I’ve emailed Thriva to ask for another set. I was stupid to try this morning as I was rushed having promised to do a French plait in daughter’s hair before work at 6am. I should have waited til afterwards. I also should have put my glasses on! I lost a couple of drops down the outside of the tube, what a doofus!
5.3 on my libre which I now know how it actually works thanks to some very helpful forum members. Finger prick 5.9! More accurate and more disappointing.
Hi ho hi ho it's off to work I go.....still going to scan lots with my libre as it tells me just how high I go during the 2 hours after I eat and beyond although it's my usual Brooklea yoghurt with a sprinkle of keto muesli for breaky. Lunch with my son will be something different and should prove interesting.
Have a good day everyone.
8.6 again this morning. Had an appointment with doc about back and he told me to gently try the exercises and to come back again next week.
We also had a chat about my crazy blood sugars (which are not as bad as they were). He was wondering if I was very sensitive to carbohydrates. Apparently it's a known syndrome in people whose ancestors had to deal with famines. I am from an Irish family, so they were affected by the potato famine.
Will post separately about this in DD, apparently people who are carb sensitive grab every single bit of carb they can. Fascinating.
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I actually think too it’s better to wait until a bit later in the morning. I did mine about 8 but got up got heating on, had cup of hot water, had shower, dried hair ( all warming hand tactics) and soaked hand in hot water. It’s also key to get testtube in container on a lowish surface so easier to get hand in right position! The more awake you are the better as long as you are happy to wait for your tea or coffee a bit later! Good luck next time xIt’s a lovely day for fence painting here, hope you’ve a nice sunny day. I’m thinking it might be quite therapeutic too - a bit of mindfulness with a practical application.
I’ve emailed Thriva to ask for another set. I was stupid to try this morning as I was rushed having promised to do a French plait in daughter’s hair before work at 6am. I should have waited til afterwards. I also should have put my glasses on! I lost a couple of drops down the outside of the tube, what a doofus!
We also had a chat about my crazy blood sugars (which are not as bad as they were). He was wondering if I was very sensitive to carbohydrates. Apparently it's a known syndrome in people whose ancestors had to deal with famines. I am from an Irish family, so they were affected by the potato famine.
Will post separately about this in DD, apparently people who are carb sensitive grab every single bit of carb they can. Fascinating.
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Strange to tell according to my family history research my 6th great grandfather was born in New York and his wife in Massachusetts before there was a United States.5.4 for me this morning.
I've often wondered about that myself. My heritage is mixed - on my Dad's side (Canadian) - Scots highlander and Irish. On my mom's side (American), Scots highlander, English, Pennsylvania Dutch (ethnic German outside the boundaries of modern day Germany, in my case specifically from Switzerland and Alsace) with some Native American. I'm highly reactive to carbs, even a very small amount of higher carb food sends my blood sugar sky high. Potatoes and any grains are the worst.
My doctor and I suspect I've been insulin resistant all of my life, (I know that this doesn't always accompany an inability to hande carbs but often goes with it.) I've struggled with weight since my teens (age 63 in a couple of weeks). When I was 14, my mom took me to the doctor because I ate less than my sister yet I gained weight and my sister did not. She was told I had a "slow metabolism". I was too young to put on "diet pills" (amphetamines - the treatment then!)., I certainly seem to have the "thrifty gene". Some members in both sides of my family have had similar struggles with weight whereas others have never had a worry.
Ironically I crave both carbs and sugar which my body can't handle. I don't eat either anymore of course.
Hahaha...was going to link to another of your posts, but just love the last word here.
(altho i do spell it the french way Du-Fus.......such a great little cuss for any idiotic behaviour )
Sympathy for the failed THRIVA test, but funny for the dark humour that you now know 'Clotting is NOT an issue..
Wish you well @DJC on the next go...very interested in these tests, not sure if my doctors are going to ok my next expected HBA1c, as last one was 42 [jan, exp april ] so nice to have alternatives for any blood testing.
Made me smile, @DJC3 ..Nice work
enjoy your day..
I actually think too it’s better to wait until a bit later in the morning. I did mine about 8 but got up got heating on, had cup of hot water, had shower, dried hair ( all warming hand tactics) and soaked hand in hot water. It’s also key to get testtube in container on a lowish surface so easier to get hand in right position! The more awake you are the better as long as you are happy to wait for your tea or coffee a bit later! Good luck next time x