I had my diabetic review, not good

Blood sugars high on last weeks test, i go for the full bloods on Monday

Nurse couldn’t find a pulse in my left foot? Yikes so is referring me to somebody ( i do get cramps and tingling in legs )

Has this happened to anyone else? @Bowens

( read it could be blocking of arteries, scary stuff )

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Yes, I had cramps pretty bad when blood sugar was not controlled well. Both my legs and my sides would cramp up bad. Mostly when first waking up.

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Yeah cramps are a sign of an issue i think

The nurse didn’t give any advice she was crap really, i feel disappointed i had been waiting ages for this review

Im buying my accu blood monitor this week @Bowens and taking charge myself, i need to get a grip of this!

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Good. Letting blood sugar go unchecked for too long can be a risk factor for lots of things. Including dementia later in life. A good idea to keep a eye on. I watch mine very closely these days.

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I am diabetic also @anon29983254
My blood sugar levels are pretty well controlled

I’m on the medications Metformin and Mounjaro

Are you on diabetes meds?

Which medications are you on?

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Hi @Wave

Im on 500mg or 1 x metformin a day with food

Apparently my weight is 3kg less than a year ago but my diet needs work! Im 18 stone thanks to ap , just can’t starve ive tried and crash diets don’t work anyway.

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Reckon they’ll put the metformin up next week

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Yeah I’m not a doctor but 500mg of Metformin once a day is a low dose.
Maybe they will up the dose, you are right

I’m on 2000mg of Metformin

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I don’t want you to take this as fact, but I think metformin is mostly for decreasing insulin resistance? I think I read that before. It doesnt directly affect insulin production like a glipizide or something? If they only have you on 500mg of Metformin, your diabetes must not have progressed too far yet. You probably have time to reverse it with weight loss and exercise if you wanted to try.

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I was in psych hospital for 20 months, 5 years ago and lost weight and reversed it

Its came back, had it a year since its back

It just annoys me that the nurses never give me any advice, nothing and in the waiting room i was sat near these two giggling teenagers who i thought were looking at me and laughing. Then the nurse was super thin and judgemental. She put a large cuff on to take blood pressure, i was so embarrassed because a normal size cuff always is big enough lol

Idk fed up

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@Bowens

Thanks it puts my mind at ease a bit you saying its probably not that advanced

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Well, let the doctors tell you for sure. I’m just saying that if thats all they are putting you on atm, it doesnt sound ridiculously bad. Maybe they will increase meds after your blood tests, IDK.

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I’m on 2000 of metformin, High dose glipizide and Jardiance to control mine.

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Thanks @Bowens i appreciate your advice.

Im off out to get some exercise now, walking.

Take care :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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My dr told me a lot of my physical problems would make sense if i had full blown diabetes, but i dont. My a1c has never gone above 5.9. Its at 5.8 last time i checked and i just cut out a lot of sugar from my diet. Diabetes is not a fun one, requires so much dedication to lifestyle changes

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