Rosie1953
Well-Known Member
My story.
I was sent for my annual blood tests for full blood count, thyroid, liver or kidney, diabetes fasting test. I had not had anything to eat or drink apart from water for 15hrs. I received a phone call from a GP the next morning saying from my fasting test she was sorry to tell me I was a diabetic.
She said she wanted another fasting blood test and a HbA1c test done in two weeks. I had that done and a couple of days later I called my Drs surgery I was told it was bloods was alright and they would retest in a year.
I I had been feeling dry and drinking up to 4-5 litres of fluid a day for the last couple of months, and also feeling tired and light headed all the time.
A week after I made an appointment to see a Dr she was a stand in one for the surgery. I explained my symptoms to her and she looked at my results and said she could not understand why they was leaving me a year with the results I had had. She said she wanted me to have another HbA1c test done in six weeks.
I went for the blood test a different Dr left a message on my mobile to say I needed to contact the surgery to make an appointment about my blood test and sort out treatment.
I got an appointment with that Dr the next day. She then said she not too concerned about the result and would retest in 3 months, I said I still have the symptoms that I had been to the Dr with a few weeks ago. She then said as you have the symptoms of diabetes and your last HbA1c was 50 she would class me as being labeled a Type 2 Diabetic and would start me on 500g Metformin daily and make a appointment to see DN.
The DN was on holiday for two weeks so they made me an appointment a week after seeing Dr for another nurse at the practice. I decided to search the net for NHS guilds on diabetes to get a guide line on what to eat. I kept a food diary to show her to see if I was on the right tracks.
September 24th
When I went for that appointment the nurse weighed me, took blood pressure, measured my waist, she already had my high as she is my asthma nurse, she checked my feet. She gave me a diabetic record book that she recorded the above details, she told me she would book me into a 2 type 2 diabetic awareness course if I wished, I said yes, and she would also get me booked in for a eye scan at the diabetic clinic at the hospital. I'm having the eye scan on November 8th and going on the course on 12th November. I said I had a food diary and she just replied they will explain and talk about on the course as we don't have enough time to do things like that.
The details she recorded was
weight 83kg. BMI 31.24 BP 130/70 HbA1c 50 Cholesterol 6.1
She didn't say anything about trying to loss weight, she asked if my BP was alway a bit high and said about speaking to the Dr about putting me on meds for the cholesterol I told her I was not going to take Satins as they put me on them a tear and half ago and I ended up in hospital with pain and pins and needles going down my left arm. She asked weather it was the Dr or hospital that told me to stop them I said neither I had stopped them myself and had not had any problems since, she said I will speak to your Dr about it, I have not heard anymore about it.
I have managed to loss a stone in weight so far and about a couple of weeks age joined this forum, and brought myself a blood glucose monitor, and started on the low carb diet, which I still find out what I can and can't eat.
I should have another HbA1c test sometime in November.
So I have not received much I for at all form my Dr surgery. So I'm glad I came across and decided to join the forum.
I was sent for my annual blood tests for full blood count, thyroid, liver or kidney, diabetes fasting test. I had not had anything to eat or drink apart from water for 15hrs. I received a phone call from a GP the next morning saying from my fasting test she was sorry to tell me I was a diabetic.
She said she wanted another fasting blood test and a HbA1c test done in two weeks. I had that done and a couple of days later I called my Drs surgery I was told it was bloods was alright and they would retest in a year.
I I had been feeling dry and drinking up to 4-5 litres of fluid a day for the last couple of months, and also feeling tired and light headed all the time.
A week after I made an appointment to see a Dr she was a stand in one for the surgery. I explained my symptoms to her and she looked at my results and said she could not understand why they was leaving me a year with the results I had had. She said she wanted me to have another HbA1c test done in six weeks.
I went for the blood test a different Dr left a message on my mobile to say I needed to contact the surgery to make an appointment about my blood test and sort out treatment.
I got an appointment with that Dr the next day. She then said she not too concerned about the result and would retest in 3 months, I said I still have the symptoms that I had been to the Dr with a few weeks ago. She then said as you have the symptoms of diabetes and your last HbA1c was 50 she would class me as being labeled a Type 2 Diabetic and would start me on 500g Metformin daily and make a appointment to see DN.
The DN was on holiday for two weeks so they made me an appointment a week after seeing Dr for another nurse at the practice. I decided to search the net for NHS guilds on diabetes to get a guide line on what to eat. I kept a food diary to show her to see if I was on the right tracks.
September 24th
When I went for that appointment the nurse weighed me, took blood pressure, measured my waist, she already had my high as she is my asthma nurse, she checked my feet. She gave me a diabetic record book that she recorded the above details, she told me she would book me into a 2 type 2 diabetic awareness course if I wished, I said yes, and she would also get me booked in for a eye scan at the diabetic clinic at the hospital. I'm having the eye scan on November 8th and going on the course on 12th November. I said I had a food diary and she just replied they will explain and talk about on the course as we don't have enough time to do things like that.
The details she recorded was
weight 83kg. BMI 31.24 BP 130/70 HbA1c 50 Cholesterol 6.1
She didn't say anything about trying to loss weight, she asked if my BP was alway a bit high and said about speaking to the Dr about putting me on meds for the cholesterol I told her I was not going to take Satins as they put me on them a tear and half ago and I ended up in hospital with pain and pins and needles going down my left arm. She asked weather it was the Dr or hospital that told me to stop them I said neither I had stopped them myself and had not had any problems since, she said I will speak to your Dr about it, I have not heard anymore about it.
I have managed to loss a stone in weight so far and about a couple of weeks age joined this forum, and brought myself a blood glucose monitor, and started on the low carb diet, which I still find out what I can and can't eat.
I should have another HbA1c test sometime in November.
So I have not received much I for at all form my Dr surgery. So I'm glad I came across and decided to join the forum.
