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While walking around my town today, I noticed I was getting symptoms that ended up being related to high blood sugar. Unfortunately I didn't have any lancets left so I asked a paramedic for help who was patrolling. He asked what my last highest glucose reading was, and I said "The highest I've seen it is 12.5mmol." He said this was perfectly normal. Total nonsense of course, and no lancet to boot.
Today I saw my GP in the same area, and a similar discussion took place. Because my fasting glucose is OK, but my postprandial glucose is extremely high, even 2 hours after eating, a majority of the time, and because I experience the pizza effect when someone normal wouldn't, I thought for sure the doc might do more investigation to help complete the puzzle for me. Unfortunately they also said 12.5mmol is healthy, and they even said ketoacidosis isn't a real thing.
As things stand I'm stuck with a GP who knows nothing about what's normal and what's high in blood sugar, and I can't change it. And of course only the docs word matters. That same doctor also misdiagnosed my mother with anxiety when she actually passed away with brainstem cancer. This is highly frustrating as the average person can find out better information in mere minutes. Has anyone else experienced doctors with poor diabetes knowledge? Were you able to resolve the stalemate situation resulting from it?
Today I saw my GP in the same area, and a similar discussion took place. Because my fasting glucose is OK, but my postprandial glucose is extremely high, even 2 hours after eating, a majority of the time, and because I experience the pizza effect when someone normal wouldn't, I thought for sure the doc might do more investigation to help complete the puzzle for me. Unfortunately they also said 12.5mmol is healthy, and they even said ketoacidosis isn't a real thing.
As things stand I'm stuck with a GP who knows nothing about what's normal and what's high in blood sugar, and I can't change it. And of course only the docs word matters. That same doctor also misdiagnosed my mother with anxiety when she actually passed away with brainstem cancer. This is highly frustrating as the average person can find out better information in mere minutes. Has anyone else experienced doctors with poor diabetes knowledge? Were you able to resolve the stalemate situation resulting from it?