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Hi @ColinUK - you carry on doing what you're, im very impressed with your achievements in such a short time frame, and i know you will keep it up, you seems very informed and tenacious. Good for you. I have today just returned from the nurse about my blood pressure, as it was on the high last week (It does this occasionally) on my annual asthma review check and she gave me a BP monitor to use twice a day at home for a week. I told her i already have one and monitor myself regularly and knew it was a little up. She looked down her nose (which was easy because they sat me on a very low chair!!) and abruptly said "Well its not calibrated" I replied whenever i get my BP checked officially i come home use my machine and its pretty much the same reading so its good enough for me to monitor myself with it. I told her i was pretty sure this spike in my BP reading was just down to a little too much coffee lately ( i get these spike in Blood pressure if i indulge in too much salt or coffee, so its no news to me) .....She ignored me. Anyhow just got the results back this morning, and as i thought, my BP is absolutely normal for the last 6 1/2 day - since i weakened down my coffee and quit using a giant mug for it LOL....... So much for her calibrated machine! 😛
 
Got my appointment for the eye check through for the end of the month and an invite for a flu jab.
I’ll pop into the surgery and book that because annoyingly you can’t book nurse appointments via the website.
 
What a plonker - which bit of 'BG meters are allowed to have a tolerance of about 10%' is he not aware of? And does he use a pristine brand new one every time he needs to check a BG? LOL Might ask him to tell you when the machines used at the lab had their last QA certification?

Big Grin!
 
Colin I came across your story I cannot believe you were so neglected I would have been tempted to change Dr. I am nearly 80 and have been on thyroxine since I was 29 and have never paid for prescriptions since then.
You have done great

Tirnanog
 
you can get a flu jab at some local chemists too. I got nabbed in there when i was buying some plasters LOL
 
I'm a bit puzzled as to why they've requested an Hba1c so soon after the previous one? (especially after the hideous neglect you were subjected too) I was diagnosed in mid-December, and I'm due another test beginning March. I'm trying to push it back to the end of the month, to give Christmas a damn good chance to get out of my system 😉 (not that I ate/drank particularly badly) The fact that it's come down, whilst still having the "undiagnosed" months in your system is a mark of hard work.

My average reading is about 6.5 over 200ish tests since December, and if you take the monthly average separately it is dropping too (5.9 in Feb) - so I hope to see an improvement from my 97 Hba1c in December.
 
@ColinUK just wondering... you have had 2x HbA1c tests in as many months... what results are they expecting if these are supposed to be 3 months apart? Are they meant to be 3 months apart? That's what I understood - my 2nd one is next month and my 1st was 4th Dec.
 
Mephistophlillie said:
I'm a bit puzzled as to why they've requested an Hba1c so soon after the previous one? (especially after the hideous neglect you were subjected too) I was diagnosed in mid-December, and I'm due another test beginning March. I'm trying to push it back to the end of the month, to give Christmas a damn good chance to get out of my system 😉 (not that I ate/drank particularly badly) The fact that it's come down, whilst still having the "undiagnosed" months in your system is a mark of hard work.

My average reading is about 6.5 over 200ish tests since December, and if you take the monthly average separately it is dropping too (5.9 in Feb) - so I hope to see an improvement from my 97 Hba1c in December.
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Sorry - we posted almost the same question - I was on page 4 of this thread and didn't see your message until after.
I am with you on having 2nd HbA1c test after Christmas/ NY/ Valentine's... I pushed it back 1 week but only because they need the blood test first! 😉
 
Neens said:
what results are they expecting if these are supposed to be 3 months apart? Are they meant to be 3 months apart?
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Generally they're supposed to be at least 3 months apart. It's possible medical people want to check results.
 
Neens said:
@ColinUK just wondering... you have had 2x HbA1c tests in as many months... what results are they expecting if these are supposed to be 3 months apart? Are they meant to be 3 months apart? That's what I understood - my 2nd one is next month and my 1st was 4th Dec.
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Does it matter what they were expecting? I’d rather have the test more often than not as it gives a direction of travel for my BG levels.
The DN was quite happy with the drop that was showing after a month (73 to 63).
 
ColinUK said:
Does it matter what they were expecting? I’d rather have the test more often than not as it gives a direction of travel for my BG levels.
The DN was quite happy with the drop that was showing after a month (73 to 63).
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Colin, I was using it as figure of speech... and referring to an older post here
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Feb 10, 2020

Diagnosis: Jan 2020 73
Feb 2020: 63

First appointment with the diabetes nurse and she was really pleased. GP said “Your HbA1C is really high” no acknowledgment of the improvement since diagnosis a month ago just criticism - I said it’s come down a long way in a month and he just shrugged. The lifestyle changes I’ve made run counter to his advice too. He again said it was pointless to track my BG levels and that my BP monitor “won’t be accurate because it’s not for doctors”.

The diabetes nurse thought it great that I was tracking BG, BP and weight. She found the tracked results useful. All of my readings were very close to those she got using her equipment.

All he wanted was to double my metformin. I won’t be seeing him again but will make sure I see a GP with a better bedside manner.

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In reference to the unsympathetic GP - who should had acknowledged the amazing changes/difference you have achieved in such a short time - and if he wasn't happy with -10 mmol/L he should bear in mind that this is just 1 month....

Glad the DN is being more supportive they should be proud of what you have achieved. It is amazing and I am sure it will continue to drop.

We may have got crossed wires. I didn't mean you should consider what they think.
 
Cool 🙂
 
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