PickledPepper
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Just arrived back from the GP to get my bloodtest results.
The news is bitter-sweet, because whilst my test figures have improved since my original diagnosis approx. 3 months ago, I was told that they now do not warrant a referral to a specialist. I was so wanting to speak to someone that may actually have known what they were talking about with a certain level of depth.....
Doctor was late for a meeting and I feel rushed through. She seemed to want to pat me on my back, send me off - and get on with her work. I'm beginning to grasp such is the life with the condition. It frequently feels like you are on your own out there.
I rewarded myself on the way home by stopping off at a random pub and ordering a Guinness.
MOT results:
Test dates: 21/4 - 6/9
Chlost: 7.0 - 4.6
Tri: 1.4 - 0.7
HDL: 1.39 - 1.52
LDL: 4.97 - 2.76
Hba1c: 15.1 - 5.8
I noticed my Plasma Glucose reading on that morning (after fasting) was 5.3, which I now know is higher than non diabetic norms of late 3s, into the 4s.
So good news in that officially I'm not a 'walking heart attack' - according to the figures anyway. Bad news in that I still don't get real expert help.
A large measure of the progress I have made is down to the advice and feedback from the good folk on this forum. Ladies and gentlemen, I salute you!
The news is bitter-sweet, because whilst my test figures have improved since my original diagnosis approx. 3 months ago, I was told that they now do not warrant a referral to a specialist. I was so wanting to speak to someone that may actually have known what they were talking about with a certain level of depth.....
Doctor was late for a meeting and I feel rushed through. She seemed to want to pat me on my back, send me off - and get on with her work. I'm beginning to grasp such is the life with the condition. It frequently feels like you are on your own out there.
I rewarded myself on the way home by stopping off at a random pub and ordering a Guinness.
MOT results:
Test dates: 21/4 - 6/9
Chlost: 7.0 - 4.6
Tri: 1.4 - 0.7
HDL: 1.39 - 1.52
LDL: 4.97 - 2.76
Hba1c: 15.1 - 5.8
I noticed my Plasma Glucose reading on that morning (after fasting) was 5.3, which I now know is higher than non diabetic norms of late 3s, into the 4s.
So good news in that officially I'm not a 'walking heart attack' - according to the figures anyway. Bad news in that I still don't get real expert help.
A large measure of the progress I have made is down to the advice and feedback from the good folk on this forum. Ladies and gentlemen, I salute you!