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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scoob57" data-source="post: 71389" data-attributes="member: 15576">Hi,I have some questions (sorry for being piggy with 'em  :lol: )  Firstly, am I supposed to do my first morning (fasting) test before I take my metformin or after?  Up to now I've always tested before taking any of my morning meds (meds for heart, blood pressure omeprazole for stomach protection, thyroxin and metformin 850mg).Secondly, I split my time between Spain and England, but I was diagnosed diabetic in Spain 12 months ago, and it's here that I get my 'support' treatment.  I can convert my cholesterol from English readings mmol/L into Spanish (and, it seems the rest of the bloody world except the Uk!) mg/dl, and my bg levels, but can anyone tell me what the English parameters are for triglycerides?  My last test was in march and my trigs results were 444 and the parameters are 35-135.  These are also (I've just noticed  :roll<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />  measured in mg/dl!.  How do I convert them back from mg/dl into mmol/L?  Thirdly, I'm concerned about my mother, who at aged 78 was diagnosed T1 last year.  She's on insulin, but I've no idea what she's on or the amounts.  What concerns me is that she's told me that the DN's have told her that her bg should be between 7 & 9.  She seems to be keeping within those numbers fairly consistently, and the DN's are happy with that.  Does anyone know if the figures tend to be higher for elderly diabetics?  I thought that being consistently above 7.5 is considered to be dangerous.  She is on a lot of medication for various health problems, so maybe that's a consideration for the 7-9 levels?I apologise again for loading this up  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops!    :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" />  (I just thought I'd get it all down in one session :lol: )so I thank you all in advance  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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