- Messages
- 78
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
My doctor sent me a text message asking me to come and see him to discuss my blood test results. We had already talked about arranging an appointment for that so it's already concerning to have him message me and ask me to make an appointment.
Though I did tell him I'd been noticing a lack of focus / concentration, and problems with brain fog and memory lapses since I had covid. Maybe he just thought it was best to remind me to come in, but then he said my results were "mostly good"...I don't like that part of the message at all, my brain sees that and says that it means something is not good.
So now I'm stressing whilst waiting for the appointment on Friday.
To top it all off, the new blood sugar test machine they provide for free here, and provide strips for, does not seem to be at all accurate. I tried it this morning after breakfast and it gave a really high level of 9.6, I thought that was odd so tried again and it said 7.3, that seemed like a very big difference for blood from the same finger so I tried a few more times and it was different 3 out of 6 times, by as much as 2...that's not filling me with any confidence in the machine at all. Maybe I should keep buying strips for my own machine instead which at least seemed consistent.
Anyway, worried now, and it sucks.
Though I did tell him I'd been noticing a lack of focus / concentration, and problems with brain fog and memory lapses since I had covid. Maybe he just thought it was best to remind me to come in, but then he said my results were "mostly good"...I don't like that part of the message at all, my brain sees that and says that it means something is not good.
So now I'm stressing whilst waiting for the appointment on Friday.
To top it all off, the new blood sugar test machine they provide for free here, and provide strips for, does not seem to be at all accurate. I tried it this morning after breakfast and it gave a really high level of 9.6, I thought that was odd so tried again and it said 7.3, that seemed like a very big difference for blood from the same finger so I tried a few more times and it was different 3 out of 6 times, by as much as 2...that's not filling me with any confidence in the machine at all. Maybe I should keep buying strips for my own machine instead which at least seemed consistent.
Anyway, worried now, and it sucks.