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michael1988

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Hi i was just wondering what your blood sugar readings were when you were diagnosed? I had a fasting test done and it came back as 4.4 and then on another day had one done 4 hours after eating and it came back as 5.1. Are these nowhere near the diabetic range? what were yours when yopu were diagnosed. thanks michael
 
Those figures suggest non diabetic levels but the only expert to ask here is your doctor to explain this to you.
 
when i was diagnosed my reading was 28mmol and plus 4 ketones
 
was that fasting? so under 7 before meals is typically normal? how high is your blood sugar before symptoms show?
 
michael1988 said:
the 5.3 was before tea. thanks for the congratulations i wonder why im so thirsty then?
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Check the numbers again an hour after eating something carby and washing it down with some orange juice.

In many cases the postprandials go south long before the fasting numbers.
 
Michael 1988
those numbers in your first post are not diabetic levels.
What makes you think you might be diabetic?
That is why you stumbled on this site I assume.UNLESS thes are the numbers of aperson who is a well controlled diabetic. Who knows what he/she is doing.
 
mine was over 33.3 i know that much! lol The meter they took my sugar level on just basically waved at me and said HI! lol. It's relatives have been with me ever since!

those are definatly non-diabetic readings 8)
 
No idea what my level was (was years before fingerprick tests) but they said I'd have been in a coma very soon. It was b****y obvious I was ill, except to my GP who despite my symptoms (the typical ones) said I was fine and my mum was just being fussy!
 
the Dr's also told me that if i hadn't have taken myself down to the walk-in clinic that day i probably would have collapsed later that day!!! Scarey!
 

Either this guy gets around a lot and works all over the country, or he's breeding
 
Yep, I saw that guy too! Went to docs with blurred vision, thirst and peeing for Scotland. Doc had me read the eye chart and said my vision was good. Told him I could read the chart but everything was blurred. He sent me to optician. Optician wrote letter to doc and sent me back same day! Urine test showed +++ keytones. BG was 23.1. When I asked him if there was a possibility that it might not be diabetes his answer was and I quote "not a snowballs chance in hell". He had me admitted to hospital.

caitycakes x
 
BS was 27. Went to doc with thirst/night time toilet visits for about a week or so but no other symptoms. She didnt think it would be diabetes but called home 2x that day to ask me to get to hospital. Keytones +++ and bs of 27.

Sensible enough to know then that there was no other explanation and was confirmed by horrible triage nurse at A and E who after my telling him about medication I was on said 'No, what Diabetic medication are you on'? When I advised that I wasnt on diabetic medication he said 'wooh, bs very very very high, tutted and raised eyes'. Took me to a trolley, threw me a gown and said put your things in a bag. When I (stupidly) said how do you know I am staying in, Doc not seem me yet eyes were again raised and message re high bs reiterated. Welcome to the NHS treatment of new diabetics.

Was left on trolley for hour for a Doc to come, who then took blood and then said - we are just going to check your blood acids (obv for DKA) and make sure your kidneys arent going to fail but not to worry I was only staying in because it was Friday and if I had been diagnosed on a Tuesday I would likely have been seen as an outpatient :!: :!:

My own GP was horrified and moreso cause they had called Diabetic clinic that day who said they couldnt help and bs and keytones were such I would have needed admitted. Gp then phoned A and E, faxed a letter to them and were very clear this was a new diagnosis. GP said I should complain and I may well still do so. As it was weekend, Docs changes 4 times, all different approaches etc but little or no reassurance given (except by nurses).

Am convinced this contributed to by mental breakdown in first 3 days

L
 
I have to admit that although my doc was a buffoon, the hospital (St Johns) were ab fab. Very reasuring and told me my doc shouldn't have had me admitted. I was treated and left hospital within three hours. I wasn't put on a drip, I was handed a syringe with insulin in it and told that I must do it myself so I might as well start now. They were very firm and no nonsense about it but very reassuring. This happened to me on a Thursday and I went back to work on the Monday. I think because the hospital handled it the way they did I just got on with it. Mind you, it took a couple of weeks for it to sink in but by then I had returned to normal routine so it was easier to just carry on as was.

If medical staff only realised that what may be routine for them is devastating for the patient things would be better. They have the knowledge to start with that we don't. They need to remember that. As soon as you find this forum, though, you then have better knowledge than they do!!!!!

caitycakes x
 

Yeah I met him in January at my local GP's surgery, he said there was "nothing wrong" with me, got diagnosed by someone else in March, had an hba1c of 12.8% so there you go. It transpires he is in fact the diabetes specialist doctor at my GP practice!! :shock: One day, I'll make an appointment with him... I should very much like to see what he has to say now. I know he's had to sign one of my repeat prescriptions for insulin and needles - wonder if he had a moment of recognition and shame at seeing my very unique name??

And to the man who originally posted, no, you are absolutely not diabetic. I had fasting sugars of 19 and 21 before diagnosis and was +1 ketones.
 
moonstone said:
Yeah I met him in January at my local GP's surgery,<snip> It transpires he is in fact the diabetes specialist doctor at my GP practice!! .
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That's really scary. Sad that things don't seem to have improved over the years.
 

A friend was a graphic designer. He wanted to take a college course. To take the graphic design course he first had to apply for an introductory course. he was turned down for the introductory course because his work was "too graphic".

Several years later he sold one of his paintings for several hundred pounds to the academic who refused him entry to the college.

Sometimes revenge is a dish best served cold . . .
 
Yeeees, I am planning what to say at my sometime-in-the-future appointment as we speak....!! Don't know whether to go in with v low sugars and be an idiot at him and force him to sort me out whilst I scream "jelly babies!" at the top of my voice, or eat loads of chocolate beforehand and show him what an italian is like when made angry with high blood sugars :twisted: mwuahahahahaaaaaaaa

Or, much more likely, none of the above, and go in all sweetness and light one day for some 'advice' on my diabetes management. That's probably the 'dish best served cold' option eh!! And yes, it is scary, very scary, and I had to apologise to the poor stop-smoking nurse who randomly mentioned it the next time I saw her, because I left her office that day being fairly scary myself! Dr *******???! What??! He's... the.. wh.. do you KNOW... he SAID... but I was... WHAT??! Etc.
 
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