Hi. I'm not officially diagnosed yet, but watch this space!!
Routine blood test last Jan showed glucose intolerance, which I managed with diet / excercise. All was going well until I was put on statins, which increased my BG on a daily basis ( luckily my doc who could see I was pro-active put test strips on prescription for me ). With other side effects of these nasty little pills occurring and getting worse I sent them back with a thanks but no thanks message.
Over the last few months my Father has had 2 strokes, a spell in hospital through malnutrition (his own doing) and various other things. He has totally cut off the rest of the family and as he says, I am his only contact with the outside world.
Over this period my BG levels have increased significantly, and over the last few days I am showing an average of 25mmol fasting. I do have a good diet generally, my biggest problem being having lunch 3 or 4 times a week in my Dads retirement village as it's a "chips with everything" menu, unless you opt for the pasta, which is just as bad for me.
Anyhow, I dont want to write "war and peace", so I'll cut it short and get reading!!
Steve.
Routine blood test last Jan showed glucose intolerance, which I managed with diet / excercise. All was going well until I was put on statins, which increased my BG on a daily basis ( luckily my doc who could see I was pro-active put test strips on prescription for me ). With other side effects of these nasty little pills occurring and getting worse I sent them back with a thanks but no thanks message.
Over the last few months my Father has had 2 strokes, a spell in hospital through malnutrition (his own doing) and various other things. He has totally cut off the rest of the family and as he says, I am his only contact with the outside world.
Over this period my BG levels have increased significantly, and over the last few days I am showing an average of 25mmol fasting. I do have a good diet generally, my biggest problem being having lunch 3 or 4 times a week in my Dads retirement village as it's a "chips with everything" menu, unless you opt for the pasta, which is just as bad for me.
Anyhow, I dont want to write "war and peace", so I'll cut it short and get reading!!
Steve.
