SweetHeart
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This morning MH went for a full spectrum blood test. He had to fast for 12 hours prior to his 9.40am appointment.
When he got to the doctors, there was a mix up and they had him booked in for 9.40am tomorrow, not today, even though his appointment card said today. They sent him home and told him to go back at 10.30am. I went with him this time as we were planning to shop afterwards.
When the nurse took the bloods, MH fainted. Quite a long faint, eyeballs hit the back of his skull, skin was paper white. He was sitting in the chair up against a wall and I had to hold him upright whilst the nurse panicked and told me to fetch the doctor. We got the doctor who administered oral glucose (about 60ml) whilst the nurse did his bloods - 5.2mmol so it wasn't a hypo - when MH had come round enough we moved him to the examination couch so that we could raise his feet above his heart. All told this episode lasted about twenty minutes. We were told to go home, have tea & breakfast. By this time MH had been running on empty for 16 hours. Breakfast was three very small thin slices of brown spelt flour bread (heavily seeded) butter and a thin scraping of half sugar jam and a pint of unsweetened tea.
It's now nearly 14.30 and MH still feels ill, and getting worse. His bloods climbed steadily from 5.2 to 10.6 mmol half an hour ago. His pulse is about 60 per minute. He says he feels like he's been steamrollered, his legs are really achy and he's incredibly tired. I ought to add that he's no longer on any Metformin - took his last one yesterday morning.
Why is he still feeling ill?
Ju
When he got to the doctors, there was a mix up and they had him booked in for 9.40am tomorrow, not today, even though his appointment card said today. They sent him home and told him to go back at 10.30am. I went with him this time as we were planning to shop afterwards.
When the nurse took the bloods, MH fainted. Quite a long faint, eyeballs hit the back of his skull, skin was paper white. He was sitting in the chair up against a wall and I had to hold him upright whilst the nurse panicked and told me to fetch the doctor. We got the doctor who administered oral glucose (about 60ml) whilst the nurse did his bloods - 5.2mmol so it wasn't a hypo - when MH had come round enough we moved him to the examination couch so that we could raise his feet above his heart. All told this episode lasted about twenty minutes. We were told to go home, have tea & breakfast. By this time MH had been running on empty for 16 hours. Breakfast was three very small thin slices of brown spelt flour bread (heavily seeded) butter and a thin scraping of half sugar jam and a pint of unsweetened tea.
It's now nearly 14.30 and MH still feels ill, and getting worse. His bloods climbed steadily from 5.2 to 10.6 mmol half an hour ago. His pulse is about 60 per minute. He says he feels like he's been steamrollered, his legs are really achy and he's incredibly tired. I ought to add that he's no longer on any Metformin - took his last one yesterday morning.
Why is he still feeling ill?
Ju
