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I rang up for my cholesterol result today and was told the followng : Good cholesterol is a little low told to eat more oily fish.. Bad cholesterol is an ok level. Total is 5.9 so I said 'is that bad?' to which he replied No!! He also said that theyve been discussing me and although theyve...

So i thought id come on to let you all know how i got on today! well, im officially on the diabetes register at the doctors. my hb1ac has come back as 6.5 which from reading on here doesn't seem to be tooooo bad. she said to carry on doing what im doing but to stop the self testing which im...

So what happens now?? Ive got an appointment on Tuesday o work out the best way forward... How many of you started just by diet control?? My fasting this morning was 8.4 :( Im wondering if im likely to go straight onto metformin :( Im feeling a bit lost today to be honest :/ xx

After having insulin controlled Gestational Diabetes, and having two high fasting blood glucose results Ive today been diagnosed as Diabetic with a GTT of 12.8 :shock: Hope to get to know you all a bit better as I now starta new chapter I guess.... Jaxx xx

Grace, thanks for taking the time to reply.. I was just told 'impaired' as my first result but im not settling for that anymore!! I do think its bad that they dont ever seem to know whats going on..when i had GD, the doctors just 'assumed' that i was diet controlled and i nearly missed out on...

Ok so heres my story.. Last August I was diagnosed with GD but automatically insulin controlled :( because of this they made me have a GTT in January, 8 weeks after birth! Skip forward to may and im having same symptoms so I have a fasting blood glucose done that came back as 6.8. Had another...

Thanks Grazer :) I feel in a much better place as I know I can delay things.. Will keep you guys posted. I really do appreciate all your help!

Ok so just been and my results actually came back as 'impaired'. She said not massively but to re-book another test in 6 months time! At least I know I wasnt going too mad lol xx

See I naturally follow a low carb diet as I had gestational diabetes so I used to it lol my doctors seriously are ****...they didnt tell me anything!! They only told me when I got there that I wasnt allowed to leave the surgery! Lucky Im not stupid and knew that anyway otherwise my baby wouldnt...

Do you know, I didnt even think about that!! Thanks Grazer. Well Im going in the morning to see the doctor...I will ask what the levels are and how they come to the diagnosis!? Should hopefully get some answers..Im just not confident that the doctor that said 'oh its normal' really got it right...

Thanks guys!! Im off for another appointment tomorrow and will ask then the actual levels that came back. I have been following a low carb diet since I had my baby and will continue to do so but my levels still seem pretty high!! Ive now run out of test strips and obviously wont get anymore on...

ok so I had GD and was told that my levels were highly suspicious of Type 2. So off I went to my GTT on thursday. I took my blood glucose monitor with me and took my levels myself before and after the test. So I got a fasting reading of 7.9 and two hours just before I went back in for my second...

Thanks I did wonder about my choice of lunch but Im just so lost with it all that I didnt really think that hard :( Im on humalog mix 25?? She said take it with breakfast and evening meal? that was it...:( Obviously, I havent a clue...and on the food sheet she gave me the other day, it said a...

Ok so I was diagnosed last week formally as Gestational Diabetes but because my fasting result was quite high they reckon I could have been type 2 before I fell pregnant!! So my story is this : Was put on Insulin straightaway by the diabetic nurse as my fasting level was high, so had my first...