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Cat1964 said:
...The sweeteners didnt taste too bad today, but I still didn't finish the coffee!! Just as well I hate tea!...
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You get used to it in the end. My father was diagnosed diabetic about 20 years ago and the first thing my mother did was to remove sugar from everything! The sweeteners in those days were pretty horrible so all us children just gave up on sugar in our drinks (and other things)

These days I couldn't bare sugar in my coffee or tea... well the exception is my Costa coffee, which I like the sugar free Hazlenut (sugar-alcohol! eeep)

But your palate does adjust and it doesn't take all that long.
 
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Cat1964 said:
o. Just thinking Wednesday shouldn't come quick enough. My worry is the nurse may not be a diabetic nurse and may not be able to tell me all I need to know or have time to answer whatever questions i need to ask. 🙂
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thats what we are here for 🙂 ask away and someone will be here to help or just listen ...RANTING is fine :D im off to bed now ...got a shop to open tomorrow but my fellow forum members will be here ..take care x 🙂
 
A quick suggestion re: nursie. Write down all your questions, and take the notepad with you (that's the bit I forgot). Write down the answers you get, then compare them to what you've read on this site. No two diabetics are exactly the same, much as the medical profession would like us to be to make their lives simple!
 
Cat1964 said:
...My FBC was normal but showed a fasting blood of 7.9. Just what I need huh...to be an anaemic diabetic!!!!:D
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Btw, at some point they might try to do a HbA1c test on you (another blood test). The technique is to count the glucose molecules that are attached to the iron on the red blood cells. But if you are anaemic then that test is impacted because you have less iron.

Might be worth you reading this: http://www.diabetes.org.uk/en/Guide-to-diabetes/Monitoring/Blood_Glucose/Glycated_haemoglobin_HbA1c_and_fructosamine/ and particularly the bottom paragraph about the Fructosamine test
 
Cat1964 said:
I am *whispers* 48.....ouch! :D I haven't been losing weight so it will be nice if by cutting out rubbish that I do lose weight. I initially went to my GP because I thought I was anaemic again. Last transfusion I got 6 units. So as I was displaying some of my anaemic symptoms I went to GP for a blood test. My FBC was normal but showed a fasting blood of 7.9. Just what I need huh...to be an anaemic diabetic!!!!:D
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are you generally anaemic ? get them to check your B12 levels ....the diabetic drugs can apparently cause problems with B12 ... Im not sure about this but somewhere i seem to remember a thread about this issue ...maybe someone will find it for you
 
Lee lee I thought the same and figured I really should take a notepad.
 
My FBC showed my haemoglobin sitting at 151, that's really good as I got as low as 51. But that's only sitting at normal because I take iron daily. Without the iron my blood would come down.
 
Northerner said:
You too! Sleep well and try not to worry, you've already made a great start 🙂
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i think Cat was referring to me going to bed northe ...im surprised you still be up with your trip to oxford tomorrow !! ( soz Cat to go off thread !! :D)
 
Cat1964 said:
My FBC showed my haemoglobin sitting at 151, that's really good as I got as low as 51. But that's only sitting at normal because I take iron daily. Without the iron my blood would come down.
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i was that low whilst pregnant many moons ago 😉 make sure your diabetic special nurse is aware of that x
 
Wish you had a 'like' button on here....lol. All your comments are so helpful x
 
hehheeeee LIKE button !! i MUSt go to bed take care and maybe we will catch up later in week 🙂
 
Yes am64 I was referring to you with the goodnight post. I just forgot your name.....that's another thing I don't like about this diabetes lark!! I can't remember diddly sometimes from minute to minute. Twice today I was asked for my home phone number and couldn't remember it!!! 😱
 
Okay going to get off this for now. Thank you for all of your input. I feel a lot calmer than I did. You're all superstars. I can sleep a lot better now without a million questions rattling through my brain as has been since Wednesday. Good night all and thank you once again xx 🙂 🙂 🙂
 
Good morning! Did you sleep?

Yes, it's correct, anaemia can affect the results of your blood tests AND Metformin, the number-one tablet for T2 diabetes taken over a period (ie it won't happen immediately but no-one can tell you exactly if it will or when it will) CAN reduce your B12 levels. So if they stick anybody on Metformin, they will need to test for B12 periodically. It's a different test to the normal FBC.
 
Good afternoon Trophywench 🙂. I did sleep. In fact when I got up at 10am I actually commented that was the best sleep I've had in ages. I never sleep well. Normally I wake on a Saturday and know how tired I feel and sometimes will go back to bed, but nope today I got up and watched my Saturday Kitchen and The Good Chef. All that lovely food.....why do I do it to myself?!! :D When I went for my blood test and was suspicious about being anaemic again, I asked my GP to check for B12 as lack of B12 is pernicious anaemia. The results came back and were fine for that. As I said last night my FBC was absolutely fine. The only abnormality was the BG one which was 7.9. Can I ask, being new to all this, is 7.9 high?
 
Hi Cat, assuming that the 7.9 is your HbA1c (the 3-month average), there have been worse ones posted on this forum. To put it into context though, under 6.0 is the non-diabetic range. There's more to it than that, so I'll leave a more complete answer to others.

Do bear in mind that if weight is a factor for you, like it is for me, just tackling that can be a big help. It doesn't happen overnight, but each small step in the right direction will start to show before long.
 
Thanks LeeLee, I was wondering. It's just with all this being new I don't know what's right and wrong. I know I need to get it all sorted and do things sensibly rather than my erratic ways. I've been up since 10am and haven't eaten yet....I know not good. Smacked wrists for me!! I am though in the middle of boiling an egg....what to have with it??? Lol. Yes LeeLee the weight is an issue for me. I have been 'good' this past few weeks as I said before and cut all the rubbish and junk food from my diet. As you say small steps but these matter too. :D
 
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