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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
For the second time the local surgery were unable to extract any blood for my three month HBA1C check.
Two nurses - five attempts, quite a lot of pain in the end before they have reverted to using the BUPA report I had done just two weeks ago. Sad because I wanted to see the 12 week result. Previous test was the same - took three nurses six attempts. BUPA followed the instructions my nurse gave on where to find it - and eventually found it - but today no joy.
The point of my thread other than feeling sorry for myself is.
What experiences and solutions have you specifically had - if like me you suffer from difficult to blood.
Today before I went I drunk 4 pints of water and that didn't really help at all.
Two nurses - five attempts, quite a lot of pain in the end before they have reverted to using the BUPA report I had done just two weeks ago. Sad because I wanted to see the 12 week result. Previous test was the same - took three nurses six attempts. BUPA followed the instructions my nurse gave on where to find it - and eventually found it - but today no joy.
The point of my thread other than feeling sorry for myself is.
What experiences and solutions have you specifically had - if like me you suffer from difficult to blood.
Today before I went I drunk 4 pints of water and that didn't really help at all.