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What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)


I hate the way the NHS has become and the GP practices.
It is impossible when you get new people who do not know your records or haven’t even bothered to read them.
I really don’t want to go to the surgery now.
It is so unnerving. Like you have to fight your corner each time. And it becomes inadequate inaccessible health care.
If you have to see a different doctor because that is the way it works out, then write down a numbered list of all your issues and concerns. In that way you know you have the ability to get them all over to the doc.

I won’t say what the last gp Locum said when he saw my piece of paper with my list (I need that list because I cannot lipread what they say when they turn away etc), but tough....

Hope it works out x

>^..^<
 

Thank you

Good luck for the optician’s. Hope you get a good result x

>^..^<
 

I felt like that yesterday. I had a sudden craving for chocolate milk. So I bought some.

It was way too sweet. After a year of eating only dark chocolate and drinking only Atkins low-carb protein shakes, the chocolate milk that used to be my favorite drink -- and an infrequent treat -- didn't taste as good as it used to.

Nice!
 
ianpspurs said:
Probably like many of us best to leave such items as a beautiful memory
What the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth – whether it existed before or not
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I will never eat pizza again it was only an occasional trip to PE maybe 4/5 times a year but it was special. Everything that was bad about it was everything I probably liked about it hence no “pretend” pizzas will cut it. And anyway I got about a 40 year window of opportunity so can afford to remember with fondness.
 
Happy Monday team
Thank you all for your well wishes. My nose is not so sore and my eye is blacker, that said my pride is well bruised (being a Leo us lions don't take kindly to bashing ourselves)

SO... Down to business Forgot to test first thing, went in the shower had brekkies (eggy bread with bacon and 3 cherries... Mmmm! Coffee and double cream) stabbed my finger watched the blood sucked up the strip and saw the screen flash up 5.8

Now today Mon 20th I start my 7th week on insulin and am off to see, for the first time, my diabetes specialist at the hospital.
I am unsure what he will think about my 30% reduction in insulin and my 50% reduction in Glicaside in 7 weeks!

I know what I think he should say.... (My daily average is 6.0) However that might differ hugely from what he actually does say.

Watch this space as 'they' say!
Have a great day Ya all
Po

UPDATE: I have just returned from my hospital appointment.

Quote from 'The diabetic specialist' after downloading my reader readings...

"In my twelve years of working in this field this is the best set of figures I have seen. I have only seen two or three other sets of readings that come anywhere close to this in all that time!"

He went on to say... "I want you to stop taking insulin with immediate effect!"

O M G!
 
Absolutely amazing outcome. Superstar. You must be delighted as am I on your behalf.
 

That's a fantastic result for you Po, you must be chuffed to bits.
 
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