Afternoon all,
I think I'm going a bit bonkers - can anyone reassure me?
Following two fasting glucose tests over the last couple of weeks, I have been told by the practice nurse that I 'definitely' have type 2 (first result was 11.9, second came back at 13.2). I am awaiting a call from the surgery to go and see my GP to discuss what happens next.
However, I'm just a bit anxious about a particular symptom I have had for some months now, and which seems to be getting worse. I do have a rather low blood pressure and frequently suffer dizzy spells on standing (especially if I have not had much to eat or drink). These incidents usual resolve if I sit still for a couple of minutes, and I have always attributed these to a low BP. Over the last few weeks, I seem to feel almost permanently light headed and "out of it". This morning at work, I was walking down the corridor and suddenly came over very peculiar, I stopped dead and just sat on the floor!! I then apparently (I have no recollection of anything from this point on) listed over to one side and fainted - very elegantly, I am told! I woke up a few seconds later and didn't realise anything had happened and couldn't figure out why I was laying on a grubby floor! I sat up and promptly went again and this time was "out" for a few minutes. After a glass of water and a few sips of Coke, I got up and walked slowly back to my desk. This was about 3 hours ago and I still feel really really odd - very light headed and vacant. I have eaten some chicken pasta and fruit for lunch, which has made me feel no worse but no better either.
Is anyone able to tell me if this could be due to a glucose level thing - I'm reluctant to think so, as it would seem my blood test results aren't particularly high compared to those of some posts I have read on here. Maybe it's just that I am falling apart at the seams now that I've hit the big four-0 !!!!
Many thanks for any help anybody is able to offer, and apologies for rambling on!
I think I'm going a bit bonkers - can anyone reassure me?
Following two fasting glucose tests over the last couple of weeks, I have been told by the practice nurse that I 'definitely' have type 2 (first result was 11.9, second came back at 13.2). I am awaiting a call from the surgery to go and see my GP to discuss what happens next.
However, I'm just a bit anxious about a particular symptom I have had for some months now, and which seems to be getting worse. I do have a rather low blood pressure and frequently suffer dizzy spells on standing (especially if I have not had much to eat or drink). These incidents usual resolve if I sit still for a couple of minutes, and I have always attributed these to a low BP. Over the last few weeks, I seem to feel almost permanently light headed and "out of it". This morning at work, I was walking down the corridor and suddenly came over very peculiar, I stopped dead and just sat on the floor!! I then apparently (I have no recollection of anything from this point on) listed over to one side and fainted - very elegantly, I am told! I woke up a few seconds later and didn't realise anything had happened and couldn't figure out why I was laying on a grubby floor! I sat up and promptly went again and this time was "out" for a few minutes. After a glass of water and a few sips of Coke, I got up and walked slowly back to my desk. This was about 3 hours ago and I still feel really really odd - very light headed and vacant. I have eaten some chicken pasta and fruit for lunch, which has made me feel no worse but no better either.
Is anyone able to tell me if this could be due to a glucose level thing - I'm reluctant to think so, as it would seem my blood test results aren't particularly high compared to those of some posts I have read on here. Maybe it's just that I am falling apart at the seams now that I've hit the big four-0 !!!!
Many thanks for any help anybody is able to offer, and apologies for rambling on!