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HI Miss daisy Ohh sorry to hear you got those terrible symtoms! Have you have your bloods checked recently? Your doc seemed to take the easy road and blames everything on stress and anxiety :***: Yeah all right. I reckon this is ok after he has ruled out thyroid, adenal gland , blood pressure...

HI Thanks for your encourgament Squire Fulwood :) Just a quick update about my GTT. I felt so ill the two hours doing the test. My face was tingling and i was dizzy and felt like someone had drained all life out of me. I hope i NEVER EVER have to do this test again. :crazy: I also had to...

****** yes Fergus Crawford that makes sense! I just ate chocolate,...... I had a really bad week and just craved it soooo badly...I actually fed the fungie then! Oh boy. .Sorry pancreas. :oops:

HI I didnt know that thrush comes from high BGL's ? Is that right? or low ones? I got it too and always wondered why i got it. Beetle

HI all HI i finaly got my head around the carbs:) I got myself a book:'the new glucose revolution' its called from Jennie Brand Miller. very helpful. OK since i got the GTT schedualed for sat. i got told to eat" high carbs" :***: ? what are high carb meals? I had no clue except knowing must...

HI Steveck Sorry to hear you are at the end of your strenght. Sending good vibes your way :) i hear are so tired that u r unable to to the most basic things. same here.Must say i havent been diagnosed yet but got the whole workup on sat. Bit scared but wanting to know! I read many times on the...

Hi Whompa Not sure if you have looked at this link, but i thought its pretty good for some kidney info:) Good luck with it all http://www.kidney.org/kidneydisease/aboutckd.cfm http://www.kidney.org.au/HealthProfessi ... fault.aspx Beetle

HI Freddycat Thanks for your feedback. Yes i try to get my head around the carbs. I found rice & pasta give me very high 1 hour readings and high 2 hour readings post meal ( 11.3 and 10.3). So now i try to cut the potions in half and see what that does. Will then try to introduce chicken, hoping...

hi douglas Thanks for your input ! Dont wanna screw up the test. Better start low carbs after test then...... :think: :)

:clap: Yeah thanks. Gonna look on ebay for that book and amazon for strips 8) ha i feel im getting sorted. Maybe i can scip the test and heal mysefl????????? :think: :think: :think: ( sorry just dont like to go to doctors.......) :roll:

HI Paul_c Thanks for your reasurance. The website u have provided is great :) yeah i guess i am on the right track then 8) Will keep monitoring.Funny thing is i must have run 'high' for a while since i feel really wonky and faint when i am around 5 or 5.6. I feel much better when i am 7, 8 or...

HI Oh this forum is fantastic. :clap: Im waiting for my tets to know whats going and by reading all your stories I feel less paniky about having to do the GTT next week. I tested myself after the meal and i had a reading of 11.3.I wonder how much carbs are in sweetcorn? I guess its REALLY bad...

HI LITTLE WOLF thanks for all the encouragemnt. Sorry top hear u ended up in ambulance too!!!!!! :shock: Yes i am always having weird symtoms which are against the docs textbooks. If u got a disease and u r supposed to cough-im definatley not caughing. If u r supposed to have a fever-nup I...

HI vivienem i have just replied to ur other post too :lol: Thnks for your encouragement :D Well the bursting out in tears was unavoidabel with the second GP. The poor GP was so nice and the first thing i did was crying, I had to drive half an hour to her practice and was so scared. Then...

Hi Viviennem Thanks for your post :) Yes i always carry sweets with me now. still need to buy those glucose tubes.:) My old doctor dismissed my concerns about my hypos and my fatigue."U will be right" was sort of his response. I felt so stupid as if i make things up!!Since i have to function...

HI freddycat Thanks for your info regarding numbers. My readings are odd. I do the same as emporer, testing before and 2 hours after meals.soemtimes one hour after. I had some readings with 5 pre meal and then 10.3 post meal. Others only went up from 4.7 to 8.8. Some take 3 or 4 hours to get...

Hi All Oh wow after reading your posts i could feel the lightbulb turn on above my head!!!:idea: :idea: As of many of you I had many infections as well, bad lower respiratory ones and glandular fever, ear eye and throat infections. I also put it down to stress. Now after another lower...

HI Flying change OMH such a high reading!!! :shock: I agree with Little wolf- often docs are just not willing to investigate. They pop u in the "too hard basket" since you are not 'behaving' like everyone else with diabetes e.g have the "right' test results according to the text book. Like you...

OMG this is awesome! HI OMG this is so great!!! Thanks for sharing. I tried to create a similar chart but i am a no-hoper with excel :***: So I am very happy about yours. :D I believe since we are all differnt we need to work out for ourselves what is good for us and what not. The docs...

HI I dont know what I am yet-i mean prediabetic or diabetic.I have my tests next week. My resutls vary a bit depending on activity and stress levels. My 2 hour post meal result was 10.3 too. Sometimes it stays high a long time sometimes it goes down alright. Do yours are 10 while fasting or...