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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jal16" data-source="post: 1100612" data-attributes="member: 253664"><p>Hello, funnily enough I had to go and see the same nurse yesterday for fitting of a blood pressure monitor.  It was the first time I had met her face to face, previously was just on the telephone.   She was quite nice to be honest but did lack some knowledge. My thyroid tests came back labelled "normal" (they are borderline) but when I told her I am finding it very difficult to lose any weight at all, she still said it must be linked to my thyroid.  Also, I told her I'm not taking my Metformin yet as I do like to go out for a few drinks at the weekends and it says it can be dangerous, she just said "well we really need you to take them as we do need to get your blood sugars down", she then asked me how much of a diabetic I am? Am I pre or am I a diabetic?  I thought she should really know that as my notes were on the screen.  Anyway, she is a nice woman and I didn't want to mock but I did tell her I am on a low carb diet and Metformin doesn't necessarily bring your BG level down, but protects the organs and I'm due to go to see a Dr to see if there is a different tablet I can take. I think I saw a kind of patronising little smirk emerging, like Im wasting my time.   I myself would prefer to do it without  tablets to be honest.  My HBA1 reading was 100 last August, 70 this January and now I test my blood every other day, normally when I'm not at work and yesterday it was 8.1 (fasting) which compared to some readings in the 16 region a few weeks ago is in the right direction and that's without medication <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

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