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hi because of all your replys yesterday that said most of you fast for blood t ests i thought i would ring back doc's as they said i don't need to, now guess what yes i do have to fast!! 14 hours from tonight. 😱
 
What are you being tested for?, if its jusst HbA1c then you should not need to!
 
pat1953 said:
hi because of all your replys yesterday that said most of you fast for blood t ests i thought i would ring back doc's as they said i don't need to, now guess what yes i do have to fast!! 14 hours from tonight. 😱
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It's usually for cholesterol tests that they ask you to fast. Hope the tests go well and you don't get too hungry! 🙂
 
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yes it's for cholesterol so because i need an early appointment i'm not going to be until 18th now thanks for support pat.
 
Make sure you do eat something 14 hours before the test time; drink water while fasting - they only mean don't eat or drink things with calories / caffeine etc; sleep as much as possible of the 14 hours to avoid hunger; but it's not that bad really 🙂
 
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