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chodron

chodron

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
I'm t2 controlled very well for past 10 years but now spiking up very high all the time even if I've not eaten.I haven't had a normal reading for near a year.diabetic nurse has tried every tablet available and they are still climbing.Being referred to a specialist but there is A waiting list for up too 3 months.Living on boiled eggs to keep them as low as possible.Any suggestions too get me through food wise other than eating eggs till I see consultant.
 
May I ask if diet was a part of your good control? What have your HbA1c results been like and what was your latest result? Finally, sorry for all the questions, what medications are you on currently?

The more info you give the more tailored advice members can offer.
 
I eat very sensibly diet hasn't changed.Was I'm metformin for years then they put me on slow release metformin.Damaging my insides as have acid reflux as it is and diverticulitus.months later sugars are still in 12 to 17 never lower than 12 in months.Put on gliclazide one twice a day got bloods done months later said they are still climbing high so put me on something else sorry forgot it's name but you had to drink load with it.I though I was dying after 2 days on it I became dreadfully ill and hope I never feel like that again.Then put on alogliptin.Not working either so referring me too a doctor in hospital which has a 3 month waiting list.Generally been very unwell for a year.I am on lots of other medz too for different things but I've been on same medz for years and hypothyroid which does go with type 2.I never get told what results say as HbA1c I get told they are too high and climbing eeek.hence boiled eggs most of the time yuk.we haven't got very good health service here I moved here 3 years ago from Dundee it's been really bad.
 
Could you give us an idea of what you were eating before the all egg diet you find yourself on now, a typical day's menu.

It would help you to know your blood test results. You can ask to be put on the register for online access to your results at your surgery, this is a service that all GP Practices should be providing now. If not, you are entitled to a print out of your results at no charge. Do not let a receptionist fob you off by saying 'we don't do that here' or, as was said to me 'what do you need to know for?'.
 
Guzzler said:
Could you give us an idea of what you were eating before the all egg diet you find yourself on now, a typical day's menu.

It would help you to know your blood test results. You can ask to be put on the register for online access to your results at your surgery, this is a service that all GP Practices should be providing now. If not, you are entitled to a print out of your results at no charge. Do not let a receptionist fob you off by saying 'we don't do that here' or, as was said to me 'what do you need to know for?'.
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Sorry for taking so long to reply.I couldn't get back onto the site forgot password been diabetic for over ten years I did not know you can ask for access to your blood results for glucose levels.To be honest you really cannot communicate with anyone at brechin health centre.Its in such a dire way that Tayside nhs have taken over managing it.Its worse.They make you feel a nuisance more than a patient.If you get the dreaded there is no agents to take your call that's peculiar.Im thinking of changing docs going elsewhere.So I'm still no further forward my diet before eggs which are making me like now was low carb diet no bread pastas or anything that would make my sugars rise I'm sitting at 12 to 18 I can wake up next morning sugars are 15 that is nothing to eat from the night before which is around t time.im on glizomide 2 times a day and one alogliptin and it's not made a jot of difference.Nurse said waiting list is 3 months for specialist been like this for near a year.
 
chodron said:
Sorry for taking so long to reply.I couldn't get back onto the site forgot password been diabetic for over ten years I did not know you can ask for access to your blood results for glucose levels.To be honest you really cannot communicate with anyone at brechin health centre.Its in such a dire way that Tayside nhs have taken over managing it.Its worse.They make you feel a nuisance more than a patient.If you get the dreaded there is no agents to take your call that's peculiar.Im thinking of changing docs going elsewhere.So I'm still no further forward my diet before eggs which are making me like now was low carb diet no bread pastas or anything that would make my sugars rise I'm sitting at 12 to 18 I can wake up next morning sugars are 15 that is nothing to eat from the night before which is around t time.im on glizomide 2 times a day and one alogliptin and it's not made a jot of difference.Nurse said waiting list is 3 months for specialist been like this for near a year.
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That really is a terrible situation to be in. All I can suggest is that you either change Practices or just keep plugging away at your GP telling him of your readings and asking for the tests for LADA.

The access to results is actually a required service brought in by the government, this is not a choice that Practices can opt out of. Ask your GP for your most recent result and ask that he takes note of any trend upwards. Best of luck.
 
Thanks for the info ill be on phone tomorrow to the Diabetic walk in clinic in Dundee tomorrow too ask for results over the phone you just can't get too speak or see a doctor here in Brechin.Last time I had to phone Dundee main diabetic place as hasn't been seen here for 16 months.NHS is in a bit of a mess isn't it.
 
chodron said:
Thanks for the info ill be on phone tomorrow to the Diabetic walk in clinic in Dundee tomorrow too ask for results over the phone you just can't get too speak or see a doctor here in Brechin.Last time I had to phone Dundee main diabetic place as hasn't been seen here for 16 months.NHS is in a bit of a mess isn't it.
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Aye, lass. The cuts have really bitten and services are just so overstretched. Good idea to go to a walk in centre, we do not have one in my small town. You can ask for a printout of all your last results, they are obliged to let you have a print out if the on line service is something you have no access to. Fingers crossed that you get some positive action.
 
We are same here in this wee town I would have to travel an hour into Dundee walk in but can fone them.Phone them in morning and ask for advice and ask for email with my results.Tbh I have been diabetic over ten years and never knew I could ask for results.Doc said I am being referred to a secondary doctor at the hospital which could take over 3 months.Gosh it's a worry as how much damage is being done when sugar readings have never been under 12 in months.Its great shame the way the NHS has gone.thanks for advice and I feel a bit daft really not knowing I could have asked for results but I kept my diabeties under control over ten years and never let it bother me till now.Must be my old age brain lol
 
chodron said:
We are same here in this wee town I would have to travel an hour into Dundee walk in but can fone them.Phone them in morning and ask for advice and ask for email with my results.Tbh I have been diabetic over ten years and never knew I could ask for results.Doc said I am being referred to a secondary doctor at the hospital which could take over 3 months.Gosh it's a worry as how much damage is being done when sugar readings have never been under 12 in months.Its great shame the way the NHS has gone.thanks for advice and I feel a bit daft really not knowing I could have asked for results but I kept my diabeties under control over ten years and never let it bother me till now.Must be my old age brain lol
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Not daft at all. I had no idea of this before I joined this forum. The thing that is important about the numbers is that you can learn to look for trends going the wrong way and do something about it and you can work to a target range but only if you know where you are starting from.

I have learned so much from the members here about all kinds of blood tests and numbers to aim for, this place is a gold mine.
We do hear of new members actually being advised to join this forum by GPs and Diabetic Specialist Nurses, not often but happening more and more.
 
Guzzler said:
Not daft at all. I had no idea of this before I joined this forum. The thing that is important about the numbers is that you can learn to look for trends going the wrong way and do something about it and you can work to a target range but only if you know where you are starting from.

I have learned so much from the members here about all kinds of blood tests and numbers to aim for, this place is a gold mine.
We do hear of new members actually being advised to join this forum by GPs and Diabetic Specialist Nurses, not often but happening more and more.
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When I mentioned to gp over phone about my doubt about a diabetic medz they gave me which made me ill and that I was going too join Diabeties UK she was very dismissive and told me haven't I got better things to do than that Really not very supportive.Quite shocking as I've learnt more on here than anywhere else so thanku all
 
chodron said:
When I mentioned to gp over phone about my doubt about a diabetic medz they gave me which made me ill and that I was going too join Diabeties UK she was very dismissive and told me haven't I got better things to do than that Really not very supportive.Quite shocking as I've learnt more on here than anywhere else so thanku all
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Let us know what happens tomorrow. And by the way, your GP is a twerp!
 
Are you getting your annual eye checks for retinopathy? You need to make sure you get these as running high for a while can impact on your eyes...
 
The concern is low carving and levels high. Has nurse looked at any medication that you started approx a year ago that could be giving high levels on going and could be changed??
 
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