recently had some blood tests for liver function, kidney function and blood glucose. rang gp today some are inconclucsive so gotta be tested yet again !!!!! seeing the diabetic nurse on tuesday for more tests !!!!
is this what living with diabetes means test after test after test !!!!!!!!!!
sometimes i wish i was dead instead
Drewster, I'm sorry you're feeling so down at the moment, but things do get easier. Honestly!
When I was diagnosed, I was about to go overseas for a few months, so for me, all these additional tests and annual tests were crammed into less than 3 week. At times I felt I just wanted "them" to leave me alone! However, moving forward, things did get better quickly.
To be honest, what's probably going on is they are "baselining" you and all the things they like to measure, so that they know your starting point, and can make assessments along the way whether things are getting better or going in the wrong direction for you.
Once I got that raft of stuff out of the way, and I began to get the hang of how to take this diabetes lark by the throat, I now only have my bloods done once a year (unless I need some for something else, and that's rare). I have my eyes checked, which takes all of about 15 minutes, and that's about my lot.
I don't know if you have any other conditions to contend with, but many of us have done pretty well and managed to get our diabetes under decent control, so we see our Medics, just once in a while.
So, my suggestion to you would be to just get this phase over and done with, look after yourself sensibly, and you won't be too troubled by all these medical interventions.
Good luck with it all.
