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What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

Ladynijo said:
Good morning all, this morning another FBG of 5.4, which is fine for me and I’m not complaining
The Thai massage for my achy back muscles did wonders, and I was zenned out for the rest of the day.

The session with the GP was less satisfying, the recent HbA1c was 41, which he said was into non-diabetic levels but obviously on medication. He said the Feb test was 45, but I don’t think that can be right because that is below the diagnostic trigger of 48 or 6.5% and the nurse told me it was borderline & only just on 48. Either way, its only come down marginally over the six months. He said the cholesterol levels were ‘perfect’ but didn’t give me any figures. The trouble is in 10 mins there is a limit to what I can ask.

What is it with these doctors and not giving the patient the precise information about their condition? Are they worried we’ll look it up and question them? I cannot access the numbers because here we don’t have automatic access to the records and I would need to do a specific subject access request for the data. And in other respects the medical practice is a good one, in my experience.

I guess I’m just disappointed it wasn’t lower, although the morning FBG are consistent with that kind of A1c.
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Can you not access your results online where do you live? At least then you can get more info without asking the GP. Always feels like I am wasting "their" time when I have questions regarding my own health. Even to the point of a "huff" to which I raised my eyebrows and myself tutted, literally!
 
Lainie71 said:
Can you not access your results online where do you live? At least then you can get more info without asking the GP. Always feels like I am wasting "their" time when I have questions regarding my own health. Even to the point of a "huff" to which I raised my eyebrows and myself tutted, literally!
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Nope, no online access to anything from any of the local GP practices. I find it irritating but there’s not a lot I can do about it. I don’t care whether they’re vexed or pleased if I ask questions, my health is important to me and my treatment should be accompanied by informed dialogue. It’s not very professional to ‘huff’ when a patient asks you a question! My father was a doctor, & he was always pleased when patients asked questions because he said that way he knew they were listening to what he said!
 
Ladynijo said:
Good morning all, this morning another FBG of 5.4, which is fine for me and I’m not complaining
The Thai massage for my achy back muscles did wonders, and I was zenned out for the rest of the day.

The session with the GP was less satisfying, the recent HbA1c was 41, which he said was into non-diabetic levels but obviously on medication. He said the Feb test was 45, but I don’t think that can be right because that is below the diagnostic trigger of 48 or 6.5% and the nurse told me it was borderline & only just on 48. Either way, its only come down marginally over the six months. He said the cholesterol levels were ‘perfect’ but didn’t give me any figures. The trouble is in 10 mins there is a limit to what I can ask.

What is it with these doctors and not giving the patient the precise information about their condition? Are they worried we’ll look it up and question them? I cannot access the numbers because here we don’t have automatic access to the records and I would need to do a specific subject access request for the data. And in other respects the medical practice is a good one, in my experience.

I guess I’m just disappointed it wasn’t lower, although the morning FBG are consistent with that kind of A1c.
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I am not sure as I have never been on meds but I don't think meds like metformin really make a big difference. Some of the others like the "gliptins" might. With regard to seeing blood results, my surgery does not buy into online results either but after I insisted they now print a copy out for me. Receptionists were a pain initially but we are entitled to a copy of the results and once I let them know that I knew that, they finally, grudgingly, printed a copy for me. I did say that I would be prepared to pay for a subject access request if needs be. It was a bit of an unusual request for them, I think, as patients do not normally ask for results and I actually think they thought I was wasting their time as I wouldn't understand them however that was not the case subsequently, as my lovely GP sat with me one day and went through each of the results step by step explaining everything.

I now circumvent the receptionist and just ask my DN for a copy and there is no problem. So you might try that. One issue I had initially was that the HCP I was seeing was not computer literate and did not know how to print out a copy of the results but then had a go for me and was quite pleased with herself when the results printed out. Just a question, does your surgery have a PPG group. Might be worthwhile joining as an influencer.

Finally, I really admire those people who can achieve blood results in the 30s, However I can't and probably never will, no matter how hard I try, and believe me I do try. My self testing usually indicates an A1c of mid 30s but actual is around the 40 mark and have learned to be content with that. I definitely give myself a bit of angst though, when I near my yearly A1c check, which is actually on Wednesday. Usually I can guesstimate what my results will be but this year has been a bad year for me as .I have had other things going on which I am pretty sure have negatively impacted things. Anyway too late to worry about that now I will just have to wait and see and hope.

Edited to add: Looks like I have come across a bit negative, I didn't mean for that to happen. I really wanted to say well done for achieving an A1c of 41 you should be really proud of yourself meds or no meds.
 
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Yesterday 6.8, today 7.6 (!). The next week and a half will be rough food-wise, as I’m at my parents, and while they try to accomodate me, I can’t truly eat the way I need to eat. And the coming week we’ll do a long weekend in Paris, with my teenaged niblings. That will be very carb- heavy, if I’m not much mistaken. Just have to get back on track in August.
 
Finger prick tests were 5.1 last night and 5.2 this morning, but CGM giving very random values. Is it just me, my last 2 dexcom changes have been really unstable for the first 24hrs, something I’ve never had before. I’m meant to be going on the Omnipod 5 that uses the G6 sensor for automated corrections etc etc. This is freaking me out atm. In about 3 hrs time I’m off to Switzerland with work so debating to change it out .
 
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