I'm hoping the fact that the nurse struck gold first time with my elusive veins and got two tubes in the blink of an eye was a good omenGood luck with blood tests
I suffer from that too. There's only one nurse that seems to strike gold with me - the others have to go vein diving. Ours are only allowed 3 attempts then you have to go and return another day. I got so bad they used the paediatric butterfly in the back of the hand to draw blood.I'm hoping the fact that the nurse struck gold first time with my elusive veins and got two tubes in the blink of an eye was a good omen
I don't give my blood up readily and have had as many as 11 punctures in the past. I had drunk gallons of water which apparently makes it easier - the side effect of which (rather obviously) was not being able to do much shopping before I needed the loo
planning to do cheese scones again tomorrow.
Hi all
@Goonergal hope Pilates goes well. I’m struggling to do much exercise with mum here as she can’t walk very far or fast.
I suffer from that too. There's only one nurse that seems to strike gold with me - the others have to go vein diving. Ours are only allowed 3 attempts then you have to go and return another day. I got so bad they used the paediatric butterfly in the back of the hand to draw blood.
My crazy mother hadMine are like the Channel Tunnel. I swear the phlebotomist could throw the vacuvial frrom about 10m, and still strike gold.
They're a bit like this.....
My crazy mother hadvaricoseveins like that on her legs.
So sorry to hear about you mother's problems. Hope she is soon in a better place and your results are where you want them to be.Strange couple of days with eating to match.
Yesterday my mum was very under the weather and we thought she was probably brewing a UTI so we called GP ii. The Gp at first thought she’d had another stroke, and called an ambulance, but after taking a urine sample agreedcwith us that it was UTI and he cancelled the ambulance and prescribed anribiotics. Within 10 mins of taking the frat dose, my mum had an allergic type reaction to the antibiotic, which the hospital doctors think had interacted badly with another of her meds
Much of yesterday was taken up with things around those events so food took rather a backseat, and my menu consisted of
1 bowl of heba pap porridge, some smoked salmon, 1 Adonis cocoanu bar and a couple of soya milk cappuccinos for a grand total of 552 cals 12g carbs, 21g fibre
As I may well have to go up to mums once shes out of hospital, I had to bring my fasting blood tests forward ( Diabetic review beginning of Jan) so went to bd hungry and a little low ( for a gliclazide user) - 4 6 , woke up several times hungry but not hypo and 4.5 this morning - fine but too low to drive to hospital so had to take the bus only to find Id left the forms at home so had to go back( luckily hospital is v near)
Todays menu so far has been a case of “grab what seems ok” so over the last couple of hours has involved amoked salmon, smoked almons, dark chocolate, blacberries, coconut yogurt and some grilled artichokes - not together and nothing resembling a meal, but at least Im not starving hungry anymore
The most annoying bit is that even having eaten nothing and taken my meds before going for the blood tests, my nice 4.5 had changed into a not so nice 6.6 by the time I had the blood draw done
Hi @Boo1979, hope you're mum's doing OK. You are doing brilliantly.Strange couple of days with eating to match.
Yesterday my mum was very under the weather and we thought she was probably brewing a UTI so we called GP ii. The Gp at first thought she’d had another stroke, and called an ambulance, but after taking a urine sample agreedcwith us that it was UTI and he cancelled the ambulance and prescribed anribiotics. Within 10 mins of taking the frat dose, my mum had an allergic type reaction to the antibiotic, which the hospital doctors think had interacted badly with another of her meds
Much of yesterday was taken up with things around those events so food took rather a backseat, and my menu consisted of
1 bowl of heba pap porridge, some smoked salmon, 1 Adonis cocoanu bar and a couple of soya milk cappuccinos for a grand total of 552 cals 12g carbs, 21g fibre
As I may well have to go up to mums once shes out of hospital, I had to bring my fasting blood tests forward ( Diabetic review beginning of Jan) so went to bd hungry and a little low ( for a gliclazide user) - 4 6 , woke up several times hungry but not hypo and 4.5 this morning - fine but too low to drive to hospital so had to take the bus only to find Id left the forms at home so had to go back( luckily hospital is v near)
Todays menu so far has been a case of “grab what seems ok” so over the last couple of hours has involved amoked salmon, smoked almons, dark chocolate, blacberries, coconut yogurt and some grilled artichokes - not together and nothing resembling a meal, but at least Im not starving hungry anymore
The most annoying bit is that even having eaten nothing and taken my meds before going for the blood tests, my nice 4.5 had changed into a not so nice 6.6 by the time I had the blood draw done
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