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Group 7-day waking average?

And it's a happy 5.1 for me on a cold (4.1c) morning.

Have a good day everyone and stay warm.
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For those who want to see my balcony elephant here you go…
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Mbabazi said:
I have not tested in a while as I was following the doctor's advice that they usually give type 2s. I did randomly last night and this morning at 11.8 this morning. My Last meal was 4pm yesterday as I am trying to do the 18:6 fasting. I had fish but threw in some oven baked potatoes so that must be why numbers after the meal were 16.9. I am still taking the metformin, 500mg per day so I expected that should have even out after an 18-hour fast this morning. I have an appointment with the diabetic specialist later today to renew my metformin.

I am also still waiting on my GAD and C peptide results. It is now nearly a month.
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Completely agree with everything @Leadinglights says above. I cannot understand why they have advised you not to test when they must suspect that you may be T1 (hence the tests they have done). Is this "the GP at the surgery who specialises in diabetes"? Or is it a proper specialist at a hospital clinic? In addition I recall being told by a Consultant that the minimum effective dose of metformin is 1500mg.
 
Morning all on another beautiful day. Unusually for us we had a frost first thing and the garden thermometer said -2c. Frost now gone.

9.3 after a terrible night tossing and turning - we were both awake before 4am and that was it until gone 7am. At 6:30 I persuaded Julian to take a painkiller for the back pain that was keeping him awake and I changed my pjs for thinner ones as I was too hot swathed in fleece! Then we overslept until 9:30.

The roast chicken with vermouth and roast grapes was brilliant. A definite repeater. Lovely moist chicken (I think due to it effectively being steamed) with sweet notes from the grapes and a delicious creamy sauce. @freesia sorry I didn't give you a time, but there's plenty left if you still want some!

However, I was absolutely horrified to read the article glorifying carbs in the magazine, saying encouraging people to eat them, saying they are good for you... and giving recipes for extreme carbs like mac and cheese sandwich on thick cut bread and potato risotto and the like. Horrible! Don't they know there's a diabetes epidemic going on?

May get out for that walk today! Didn't yesterday but at least got the ironing done and dusted.

Love all the wildlife tales... and particularly @ColinUK 's elephant!

Have a good day all
 
Pattidevans said:
Completely agree with everything @Leadinglights says above. I cannot understand why they have advised you not to test when they must suspect that you may be T1 (hence the tests they have done). Is this "the GP at the surgery who specialises in diabetes"? Or is it a proper specialist at a hospital clinic? In addition I recall being told by a Consultant that the minimum effective dose of metformin is 1500mg.
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Hey. I'm just about to do a thread on this. I just got off the phone with the diabetic specialist who says my results are back and while she thinks I may be a type 1 she has to refer to the diabetic association or some such group which will advise on how.to treat me. She says that I am.likely in the honeymoon phase because my c peptide is low but shows I'm still making some insulin. Also she said that my GAD antibody test was positive. She says the people from the diabetes something ( I forgot the exact name) respond quickly and so she will come back to me soon with a treatment plan. I am not able to view the actual numbers on the c peptide
 
Leadinglights said:
I am gobsmacked that if there is a possibility that you may be Type 1 or LADA that they did not advise regular blood glucose testing as things could change very quickly and you could become seriously unwell.
Fasting may not be the best regime as it might make diagnosis harder but also when you don't eat the liver will release glucose to give you energy and for your organs to function. That low dose of metformin won't have much impact and is a medication which works in the background helping the body use the insulin it is producing, if it is, better and helping reduce output of glucose by the liver but that may only happen on a much larger dose.
Do you have a means of testing for ketones as with blood glucose in the high teens that is worth keeping an eye on, urine dip sticks can be bought from the pharmacy.
You should be doing more regular testing.
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I just posted a little update on my call with the doctor just now. I feel a bit overwhelmed because I wasn't even able to ask about testing kits and such. The doctor just told me my GAD was positive for antibodies and that my c peptide was low but that I was still making some insulin. These calls always feel so rushed with doctors with little room to ask questions or discuss
 
5.1 on waking, really pleased with that. Seems like things are getting back to normal now.

Had a telephone appointment with my DSN at the hospital diabetes team today which was really useful in terms of reassuring me on how my control is going plus also some very useful advice for our upcoming trip to Australia and how to deal with Levemir doses, carrying supplies of insulin, ketone testing, recent prescription, etc. They are also going to send me an updated travel letter so I’ll have that as well. I also asked about HCL plans and she told me that the ICB currently don’t have enough funding, so initially they are being very strict with who is eligible but their aim is to offer to all T1s eventually (no timescales on that yet). But at least my diabetes hospital team are very much in favour of offering it to everyone, so sounds hopefully for the near-ish future!

@ColinUK - sorry to hear you are getting flashbacks, it must be awful. But at least you’ve got an elephant to distract you!

Take care everyone!
 
Leadinglights said:
I am gobsmacked that if there is a possibility that you may be Type 1 or LADA that they did not advise regular blood glucose testing as things could change very quickly and you could become seriously unwell.
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Me too, especially when you consider that I was diagnosed as T2, prescribed 1 x 500mg Metformin daily and told by my DN to pick up a test kit from Reception on my way out. Having said that, I do suspect that I was told to test as a precaution in case she'd got the diagnosis wrong, with my HbA1c being 114.
 
Pattidevans said:
Completely agree with everything @Leadinglights says above. I cannot understand why they have advised you not to test when they must suspect that you may be T1 (hence the tests they have done). Is this "the GP at the surgery who specialises in diabetes"? Or is it a proper specialist at a hospital clinic? In addition I recall being told by a Consultant that the minimum effective dose of metformin is 1500
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So now that I think about it, this must be the GP who specialises in diabetes and that is why she has told me she has to refer to someone else before deciding my treatment plan
 
Mbabazi said:
So now that I think about it, this must be the GP who specialises in diabetes and that is why she has told me she has to refer to someone else before deciding my treatment plan
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Yes it will be and I suspect the people she is referring you to are the team at the DiabeteClinic at the local hospital (they may call it all sorts of things, but it is the specialist team). T1s or LADA should be looked after by a Diabetes Specialist Nurse and a consultant, though there will likely be a team. Normally you will be put onto Insulin sooner or later (I suspect sooner) and given a testing kit at the very least, but hopefully a Continuous Glucose Monitor such as the Libre 2 or Dexcom 1.

I notice elsewhere you mentioned tingling in your feet (and hands?). That would be the start of nerve damage from high BGs, but once you are on insulin and reduce your numbers that will most likely reverse itself. I had it at diagnosis but it quickly reversed itself (with a little nerve pain meanwhile). I wish you good luck in your journey. It's not what anyone wants, but you do get used to it and it becomes just a part of life and we're all here to help and support you.
 
Pattidevans said:
Yes it will be and I suspect the people she is referring you to are the team at the DiabeteClinic at the local hospital (they may call it all sorts of things, but it is the specialist team). T1s or LADA should be looked after by a Diabetes Specialist Nurse and a consultant, though there will likely be a team. Normally you will be put onto Insulin sooner or later (I suspect sooner) and given a testing kit at the very least, but hopefully a Continuous Glucose Monitor such as the Libre 2 or Dexcom 1.

I notice elsewhere you mentioned tingling in your feet (and hands?). That would be the start of nerve damage from high BGs, but once you are on insulin and reduce your numbers that will most likely reverse itself. I had it at diagnosis but it quickly reversed itself (with a little nerve pain meanwhile). I wish you good luck in your journey. It's not what anyone wants, but you do get used to it and it becomes just a part of life and we're all here to help and support you.
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Thank you for the helpful advice and support. I think that is what she called it - the diabetic clinic so now I wait for her to hear back from them on a treatment plan and tell me.
 
If you are T1 it should be the Diabetes Clinic who look after you and your treatment, not the GP. So you should be sent to see them.
 
Further to my post this morning the weather forecast was right, it's snowing here and it's settling.
 
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