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Were they definitely a qualified GP or any chance they were a PA (Physician Associate)? PAs are being used more and more as I believe there are financial incentives to employ them. They seem to be being used as doctor substitutes and while they are supposed to be ‘supervised’ this usually means...

I haven’t really had a problem with it. It was found during a scan of my liver when I had raised enzyme levels after chemo. They don’t treat gallstones unless they’re causing problems. Then it’s removal of the gallbladder.

Thanks.

Thanks. That’s a useful suggestion.

Thanks for that info.

Haha. This is a subject close to my heart. 2 years ago my total cholesterol levels were a bit high but a good ratio of HDL/LDL so I didn’t change much as I didn’t eat a lot of saturated fat (standard advice was plenty veg, fruit, whole grain, low fat, etc) Then I got colon cancer, had a section...

How quickly after eating something would you expect to see an effect on a finger prick test? I’ve seen mentions of minutes on this forum. Also why is it recommended that you test 2 hours after a meal? Is this because it would be expected that your body should have dealt with the consumed carbs...

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Hi @barrym , in retrospect, I was surprised that HbA1c was not being tested at least occasionally bearing in mind all the other blood tests being done every 2 weeks. The chemo nurses all seemed to know that the steroids could raise blood sugar. My fortnightly regime consisted of blood tests 2...

Hi everybody, I tried searching the forum for anybody with similar experience but no luck. About 16 months ago I was diagnosed with colon cancer. Before that my previous HbA1c result had been 36. I had surgery, an ileostomy to allow the resected colon to recover and then chemotherapy too...

Name: Joan Age: 60s Employment: Information Analyst Type of diabetes: not yet confirmed. 1 year ago blood sugar normal. 11 months ago diagnosis of CR cancer followed by 2 surgeries. 6 months ago chemo started 4 weeks ago after terrible thirsts, issue raised re blood sugar. Today...