Blood test results

[peterb999]

Hi All,

I've had my 6 monthly blood test today. I was originally 110 in Jan 2023 and the test now shows 33 so I'm really really pleased. I've been wearing a Libre CGM as I went on an all inclusive to Turkey last week and that estimated that I was 29 so it's not too far off.

Many thanks to everyone on this forum as you have all really helped me over the last year and I've learnt such a lot. The DN told me I would be fine eating toast on a morning so long as it was brown bread, haha. I don't bother saying anything anymore as they don't ever listen anyway - I've told the same person before that my BG shoots up with most bread or flour.

 

[grantg]

awesome result well done

 

[Melgar]

Great result @peterb999

 

[Hopeful34]

Brilliant result. All your hard work has paid off!

 

[lovinglife]

Great results

 

[Rachox]

Very well done! Keep up the good work.

 

[Mark Rawlinson]

Excellent work well done, it isn't easy

 

[Outlier]

Well done - and also for not telling Nursie how mistaken she was.

 

[peterb999]

Thanks everyone for your support it is appreciated.

 

[AllieRainbow]

Absolutely brilliant - you have really made huge progress!

 

[peterb999]

I've had a phone call today. The person who took the blood isn't a diabetic nurse at all, just someone who takes blood and measures blood pressures of people. The person who phoned me today is actually a diabetic nurse. She said that the reading had gone down, and what exactly what I doing? She said it is so rare for her to speak to anyone who has gone down from 110 to 33. I explained about the very low carb I was following and that I had lost so many stones in weight. She was actually very nice and really made quite a big thing of how well I was doing and that it was quite an achievement. She has now told me to totally come off the metformin and they'd review it in 3 months and see if I go back up again.

 

[Hopeful34]

Fantastic, so good she recognised your achievement and was interested in how you'd done it. Wish there more people like her.

 

[shelley262]

Excellent results and wonderful that your results inspired your DN to ask about how you've done it. Just hope she uses your success story to support others who are looking at managing their numbers through lifestyle.

 

[lessci]

The DN told me I would be fine eating toast on a morning so long as it was brown bread, haha. I don't bother saying anything anymore as they don't ever listen anyway - I've told the same person before that my BG shoots up with most bread or flour.

My 1st DN was a bit like this, I used to smile, nod, and go my own sweet way

 

[Outlier]

Your real DN sounds very much on the ball. Glad you have that support.