Hi there,
My husband recently had a medical for his pilots licence and his sugar was up to 8.1 on a non fasting test. He was referred to our GP who did a fasting test. Now, my husband has a complete needle phobia and so got himself into such a state over this fasting blood test that his body shut down and the doc couldn't find a vein. Eventually after a very traumatic 20 mins, the doc managed to get a small amount of blood out (enough for the test) When we went for the results, the doc said it was 'bad news' and that he could consider himself diabetic now. His level was 8.9 on the fasting test. I asked the doc if the fact that his body had gone into an adrenalin overload to cope with this phobia could have anything to do with the reading being higher on a fasting test. The doc said that yes it could. So, we have now have a home monitor which my husband can check his levels with a pin prick (he can cope wth that!) But the problem is that the levels are all over the place. One day 5.8 the next 9.8 and it doesn't seem to relate to what he eats. He can have a long walk, eat a very healthy meal, drink lots of water and his level can be high. Next day he can drink a couple of beers, eat fish and chips and a pudding and his level can be lower? Can anyone shed any light on this because we just don't understand what is going on. He has to go back for more blood tests in a few weeks.
My husband recently had a medical for his pilots licence and his sugar was up to 8.1 on a non fasting test. He was referred to our GP who did a fasting test. Now, my husband has a complete needle phobia and so got himself into such a state over this fasting blood test that his body shut down and the doc couldn't find a vein. Eventually after a very traumatic 20 mins, the doc managed to get a small amount of blood out (enough for the test) When we went for the results, the doc said it was 'bad news' and that he could consider himself diabetic now. His level was 8.9 on the fasting test. I asked the doc if the fact that his body had gone into an adrenalin overload to cope with this phobia could have anything to do with the reading being higher on a fasting test. The doc said that yes it could. So, we have now have a home monitor which my husband can check his levels with a pin prick (he can cope wth that!) But the problem is that the levels are all over the place. One day 5.8 the next 9.8 and it doesn't seem to relate to what he eats. He can have a long walk, eat a very healthy meal, drink lots of water and his level can be high. Next day he can drink a couple of beers, eat fish and chips and a pudding and his level can be lower? Can anyone shed any light on this because we just don't understand what is going on. He has to go back for more blood tests in a few weeks.
