Hi,I am a 63 year old woman, due to a problem with losing my hair which began about 7 years ago, I have been diagnosed with a type of alopecia which means it will never grow back. I now wear a wig whenever outside of my house as this was making my confidence dip lower and lower. When I have to go to the local hospital where they are trying to treat me in the hope of stopping what hair is left from also going, I have to have a blood test done before the appointments so that the consultant has the result at each appointment. Two years ago she started saying my blood sugar result was a "bit high", then last year told me to go to see my GP. When I did this I was told there is nothing wrong with the levels and no I'm not diabetic. But they didn't tell me what the results were. I work in a nursing setting so I have begun to do my BM when at work. These have been readings like 5.5, 5.8, 6.3, 4.9, the highest just after having something to eat was 7.1 ???
Recently I had a problem with my ankle and had to have time off work as I couldn't walk properly for several days. I went to my GP for some more pain killers and she decided to do more blood tests and then began again about my "abnormal" blood results!! I then had a test done which was to see what my levels were for the last 12 weeks. Now they are trying to say I am type 11 diabetic and want to put me straight on metformin !!!!! NO WAY!!!, when I asked what the result was I was told it averaged at about 7.0 over the 12 weeks. I have no symptoms - no excess drinking or going to the toilet. My weight even though I think is a bit up, by all the weight charts for my age and height is OK ?? The only tiredness i have is when I don't get enough sleep and also my thyroid is dying so I am taking levothyroxine to regulate it. The only other medication I take is provastatin because the medication I take for my hair loss is effecting my cholesterol. I am vegetarian, stopped having sugar in drinks about 25 years ago and only have sweets or cakes occasionally as a treat. I have talked about what I eat with several doctors and they say I'm not eating enough. If I cut anything from my diet I'll be on hunger strike!!
They can't possibly be right, and I think its more likely that its all the extra medication I have to swallow which is causing the problems as they aren't helping anyway, and the nurse I saw today was nasty, snappy and unsupportive, almost angry that I wasn't submissive and agreeing with her, she said their results couldn't possibly be wrong so why am i arguing ?? I feel fine apart from the illnesses I've mentioned but all this is just causing me more and more stress, can someone help or come up with any suggestions please ???
Recently I had a problem with my ankle and had to have time off work as I couldn't walk properly for several days. I went to my GP for some more pain killers and she decided to do more blood tests and then began again about my "abnormal" blood results!! I then had a test done which was to see what my levels were for the last 12 weeks. Now they are trying to say I am type 11 diabetic and want to put me straight on metformin !!!!! NO WAY!!!, when I asked what the result was I was told it averaged at about 7.0 over the 12 weeks. I have no symptoms - no excess drinking or going to the toilet. My weight even though I think is a bit up, by all the weight charts for my age and height is OK ?? The only tiredness i have is when I don't get enough sleep and also my thyroid is dying so I am taking levothyroxine to regulate it. The only other medication I take is provastatin because the medication I take for my hair loss is effecting my cholesterol. I am vegetarian, stopped having sugar in drinks about 25 years ago and only have sweets or cakes occasionally as a treat. I have talked about what I eat with several doctors and they say I'm not eating enough. If I cut anything from my diet I'll be on hunger strike!!
They can't possibly be right, and I think its more likely that its all the extra medication I have to swallow which is causing the problems as they aren't helping anyway, and the nurse I saw today was nasty, snappy and unsupportive, almost angry that I wasn't submissive and agreeing with her, she said their results couldn't possibly be wrong so why am i arguing ?? I feel fine apart from the illnesses I've mentioned but all this is just causing me more and more stress, can someone help or come up with any suggestions please ???