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<blockquote data-quote="Mommayorkie" data-source="post: 921119" data-attributes="member: 37348"><p>These have been my results since all this started.the very low Hb1Ac i am sure is down to being on the 2 Metformin for that month plus i was still testing on a morning at that time. but with stress caused by a certain close member of my family not wanting to know anything about whats going on with me. other 3 have their own problems, i have only internet friends otherwise who frankly although seem like lovely people, don't exactly make me think they want to listen to this creaking gate. the one stressing me is insistent i don't need to test (because our doctors don't believe we need to as type 2 non insulin dependent. i feel im getting no support at all from those i should be getting it from/ i gave up.i stopped watching what i ate (still losing weight tho)stopped testing,(cant afford the strips anymore anyway.my priorities have to go to buying in mepore and other medical dressings as ive terribly thin skin and forever knocking myself.causing 3 corner tears which bleed like a stuck pig and which take from 1-3/4 weeks to heal. ask the docs for any i get 3 single mepore pads. neither use nor ornament to me.now told that unless i go to the drs with every single tear i get i wont get any dressings at all. brilliant.can see me trying to get in a taxi with blood dripping all over his seat n me. so i buy my own)</p><p>23/05/2 ..Hb1Ac = 65 BMI =29 WEIGHT =13.1 BP= 148/80 CHOLESTEROL=4.9</p><p>FEB 2013 =55 (TOLD THIS OVER THE PHONE. NO APPOINTMENT)</p><p>28/06/2013 " =61..... " =28......."=12.6(80Kg).."..=136/70..........".................=4.6</p><p>27/1/2014 " = 81....." =27.1 ..." =12.4..(79Kg). " =NOT DONE.." ...............=NOT DONE</p><p>ABOVE RESULT WAS AFTER 4 COURSES OF STEROIDS IN 4 MONTHS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. NOT ALL INFECTIONS</p><p>even though i got my bloods back down to 7 i was still PUT ON 1 METFORMIN . 2 MONTHS LATER PUT ON A 2ND METFORMIN... THIS LAST SET MY IBS OFF.SO I CAME OFF THAT AFTER 1 MONTH.WITH THE DIABETIC NURSES CONSENT</p><p>18/7/2014 Hb1Ac = 49,,,BMI=28...WEIGHT = 79Kg....BP=128/64....CHOLESTEROL=4.8</p><p>29/7.15 " = 75 " =27 " = 76........ " =138/64 " =4.6</p><p>saw an article other day taken from a book about self help for diabetics . it said the one thing new diabetics need is someone to confide in to talk to etc....from the beginning. because things,thoughts etc not addressed then can cause problems later......... well yes i agree with that. cos 3 years down the line i gave up for a few months and now i am facing seeing the diabetic nurse practitioner (who i do not like at best of times)who i know is going to not only try putting me back on metformin but also possibly steroids which i refuse point blank to take. may have to sort out a different water tablet as well if thats causing it to go up.this is because although i am not eating like i should (again this relative is told 1 meal a day is fine as long as she has a piece of toast b4 taking her first metformin. (not sure shes even doing that now) i eat 4 meals a day most days. tho my sleep pattern is erratic more so than before. up several times with cramp or to go to the loo. more nights than not. or not getting to sleep till between 4-7am then sleeping so deep i feel rotten when i do get up. missing half the day now because im not getting up before 10.30-11am.. except on the days my dog walkers come to take my dog out and some days falling asleep at odd times over my keyboard.. sometimes, if IBS isnt playing up ill have normal coffee other times ill go have a nap. though they go beyond the 40minute power naps i intend n often last 2hours.this is no new thing (the falling asleep) its been going on for ages.years. but not every day.</p><p>i can see a row coming up. i dont have much patience, plus i get very emotional very easily these days. used to get out every 2-3 weeks with my nephew seeing places i had never seen before but he has got very mercenary this year. i paid petrol no matter how far we went. but i found out he was charging a lot more than the petrol cost so i dont go out with him now. public transport is ok. but leaves me too exhausted to enjoy an outing so all i have is a trip to the shops once a fortnight.live on a hill too disabled to walk either way up or down as got the opposite coming back a hill either way,. so have to use taxis, at lest i feel more able to walk a bit then luckily plenty of seats in our town. not much good if it rains mind. and cafes have got so costly now.like everything else.. oh.. forgot to mention i live on my own.i gt visit from my daughter. once a week. see her if i get taxi to hers. when i can. go town with her alternate mondays providing nothing happens to stop it. no other visitors except 3 dog walkers here a few mins while putting lead etc on dog n same in reverse end of walk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mommayorkie, post: 921119, member: 37348"] These have been my results since all this started.the very low Hb1Ac i am sure is down to being on the 2 Metformin for that month plus i was still testing on a morning at that time. but with stress caused by a certain close member of my family not wanting to know anything about whats going on with me. other 3 have their own problems, i have only internet friends otherwise who frankly although seem like lovely people, don't exactly make me think they want to listen to this creaking gate. the one stressing me is insistent i don't need to test (because our doctors don't believe we need to as type 2 non insulin dependent. i feel im getting no support at all from those i should be getting it from/ i gave up.i stopped watching what i ate (still losing weight tho)stopped testing,(cant afford the strips anymore anyway.my priorities have to go to buying in mepore and other medical dressings as ive terribly thin skin and forever knocking myself.causing 3 corner tears which bleed like a stuck pig and which take from 1-3/4 weeks to heal. ask the docs for any i get 3 single mepore pads. neither use nor ornament to me.now told that unless i go to the drs with every single tear i get i wont get any dressings at all. brilliant.can see me trying to get in a taxi with blood dripping all over his seat n me. so i buy my own) 23/05/2 ..Hb1Ac = 65 BMI =29 WEIGHT =13.1 BP= 148/80 CHOLESTEROL=4.9 FEB 2013 =55 (TOLD THIS OVER THE PHONE. NO APPOINTMENT) 28/06/2013 " =61..... " =28......."=12.6(80Kg).."..=136/70..........".................=4.6 27/1/2014 " = 81....." =27.1 ..." =12.4..(79Kg). " =NOT DONE.." ...............=NOT DONE ABOVE RESULT WAS AFTER 4 COURSES OF STEROIDS IN 4 MONTHS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. NOT ALL INFECTIONS even though i got my bloods back down to 7 i was still PUT ON 1 METFORMIN . 2 MONTHS LATER PUT ON A 2ND METFORMIN... THIS LAST SET MY IBS OFF.SO I CAME OFF THAT AFTER 1 MONTH.WITH THE DIABETIC NURSES CONSENT 18/7/2014 Hb1Ac = 49,,,BMI=28...WEIGHT = 79Kg....BP=128/64....CHOLESTEROL=4.8 29/7.15 " = 75 " =27 " = 76........ " =138/64 " =4.6 saw an article other day taken from a book about self help for diabetics . it said the one thing new diabetics need is someone to confide in to talk to etc....from the beginning. because things,thoughts etc not addressed then can cause problems later......... well yes i agree with that. cos 3 years down the line i gave up for a few months and now i am facing seeing the diabetic nurse practitioner (who i do not like at best of times)who i know is going to not only try putting me back on metformin but also possibly steroids which i refuse point blank to take. may have to sort out a different water tablet as well if thats causing it to go up.this is because although i am not eating like i should (again this relative is told 1 meal a day is fine as long as she has a piece of toast b4 taking her first metformin. (not sure shes even doing that now) i eat 4 meals a day most days. tho my sleep pattern is erratic more so than before. up several times with cramp or to go to the loo. more nights than not. or not getting to sleep till between 4-7am then sleeping so deep i feel rotten when i do get up. missing half the day now because im not getting up before 10.30-11am.. except on the days my dog walkers come to take my dog out and some days falling asleep at odd times over my keyboard.. sometimes, if IBS isnt playing up ill have normal coffee other times ill go have a nap. though they go beyond the 40minute power naps i intend n often last 2hours.this is no new thing (the falling asleep) its been going on for ages.years. but not every day. i can see a row coming up. i dont have much patience, plus i get very emotional very easily these days. used to get out every 2-3 weeks with my nephew seeing places i had never seen before but he has got very mercenary this year. i paid petrol no matter how far we went. but i found out he was charging a lot more than the petrol cost so i dont go out with him now. public transport is ok. but leaves me too exhausted to enjoy an outing so all i have is a trip to the shops once a fortnight.live on a hill too disabled to walk either way up or down as got the opposite coming back a hill either way,. so have to use taxis, at lest i feel more able to walk a bit then luckily plenty of seats in our town. not much good if it rains mind. and cafes have got so costly now.like everything else.. oh.. forgot to mention i live on my own.i gt visit from my daughter. once a week. see her if i get taxi to hers. when i can. go town with her alternate mondays providing nothing happens to stop it. no other visitors except 3 dog walkers here a few mins while putting lead etc on dog n same in reverse end of walk. [/QUOTE]
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