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Hi there.
I have a male relative with type 1 diabetes. He's struggled massively getting it under control and has peripheral health problems (arthritis and depression). The doctors are absolutely fixated on his diabetes and are refusing to acknowledge his other problems until he takes a fasting blood test. He doesn't feel that he can go 12 hours without food without falling into severe hypo. The GP is completely intransigent and isn't offering any advice to him. Does anybody here have any experience of this, and how they handle having fasting bloods taken?
I'm really worried about him.
I have a male relative with type 1 diabetes. He's struggled massively getting it under control and has peripheral health problems (arthritis and depression). The doctors are absolutely fixated on his diabetes and are refusing to acknowledge his other problems until he takes a fasting blood test. He doesn't feel that he can go 12 hours without food without falling into severe hypo. The GP is completely intransigent and isn't offering any advice to him. Does anybody here have any experience of this, and how they handle having fasting bloods taken?
I'm really worried about him.