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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1925674" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Hi and welcome to the forum!</p><p></p><p>I would say that the test didn't go on for long enough.</p><p>It needs to continue for a minimum of 5 hours to spot RH, not 2 hrs.</p><p>And it most certainly needs to continue until after you have experienced 'a crash'.</p><p></p><p>Can you go back to your doc and explain that the test for RH is a longer glucose tolerance test than they ran, in order to pick up the symptoms<strong><em> as they happen</em></strong>, and you would therefore like it run again, properly?</p><p></p><p>To be fair to your doc, here in the UK very few docs have even heard of RH, and unless they are willing to take the time and effort to research the testing protocols, they wouldn't know that the tests are usually done with longer tests, and often with stays in hospital and 72 hr fasts, to eliminate other conditions.</p><p></p><p>I am afraid I can't help you with coming up with a diplomatic way of kicking your doc up the backside to broaden their horizon. I have always been stunningly unsuccessful in managing it with mine! I even took in a series of home testing results, but he refused to look at them.</p><p></p><p>On the bright side, many <strong><em>more </em></strong>docs have heard of RH nowadays, so times are changing, and there must be a lot more info out there for them, if they are willing to look it up. The fact that we get more and more people turning up at the forum with official diagnoses, suggests that the word is getting out.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p><p></p><p>You could always get yourself a home test meter and measure your own blood glucose through 'the crash'. Then take them in to show the doc. I hope you have better luck than I did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 1925674, member: 41816"] Hi and welcome to the forum! I would say that the test didn't go on for long enough. It needs to continue for a minimum of 5 hours to spot RH, not 2 hrs. And it most certainly needs to continue until after you have experienced 'a crash'. Can you go back to your doc and explain that the test for RH is a longer glucose tolerance test than they ran, in order to pick up the symptoms[B][I] as they happen[/I][/B], and you would therefore like it run again, properly? To be fair to your doc, here in the UK very few docs have even heard of RH, and unless they are willing to take the time and effort to research the testing protocols, they wouldn't know that the tests are usually done with longer tests, and often with stays in hospital and 72 hr fasts, to eliminate other conditions. I am afraid I can't help you with coming up with a diplomatic way of kicking your doc up the backside to broaden their horizon. I have always been stunningly unsuccessful in managing it with mine! I even took in a series of home testing results, but he refused to look at them. On the bright side, many [B][I]more [/I][/B]docs have heard of RH nowadays, so times are changing, and there must be a lot more info out there for them, if they are willing to look it up. The fact that we get more and more people turning up at the forum with official diagnoses, suggests that the word is getting out. Good luck. You could always get yourself a home test meter and measure your own blood glucose through 'the crash'. Then take them in to show the doc. I hope you have better luck than I did. [/QUOTE]
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