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Dominic Harper
14-02-2012, 21:23
I am having one of those fasting blood tests tomorrow at 8.30 in the morning. I can't have anything to eat or drink, but do you think it would make that much of a difference if I had one more cup of tea? Anyway, I need to be reading lots of jokes and funnies so I'm not thinking about cups of tea:)
Natalie;)
I am having one of those fasting blood tests tomorrow at 8.30 in the morning. I can't have anything to eat or drink, but do you think it would make that much of a difference if I had one more cup of tea? Anyway, I need to be reading lots of jokes and funnies so I'm not thinking about cups of tea:)
Natalie;)
natalie I think you can have water;)
jon
snuffbox
14-02-2012, 21:33
Depends what theyre testing for, a small cup shouldn't go amiss.I've had to have loads of tests recently.I always book my tests for as early in the morning as poss so I can get a cuppa soon after.
I am having one of those fasting blood tests tomorrow at 8.30 in the morning. I can't have anything to eat or drink, but do you think it would make that much of a difference if I had one more cup of tea? Anyway, I need to be reading lots of jokes and funnies so I'm not thinking about cups of tea:)
Natalie;)
Strictly speaking you shouldn't consume anything (apart from water) for 12 hours before your test Natalie. Your test is at 8:30 tomorrow, so as it's past 20:30 - sorry! :(
These fasting blood tests can be a bit of a pain. Fortunately, you have an early appointment so can have a good "slap-up breakfast" soon afterwards. :)
Regards
snuffbox
14-02-2012, 21:42
New joke awaiting your perusal.
Covenant
15-02-2012, 14:11
I know what you mean though, not having a cuppa before you go out is awful. I have a fasting blood test every year for diabetes and its not having the cup of tea that I hate.
Rare Bird
15-02-2012, 14:46
Natalie:
Good luck with the test, hope everythings clear.
There's too many people coming out with diabetes these days for my liking.
My Diabetic tests are twice-yearly at the moment, but what I found the worst is the "first urine sample" the nurse requests. I'm bursting when I have to do it and "moderating the flow" doesn't get easier with age :lol: As for being stabbed with needles - got past that long ago when I was in hospital and had canulars and various blood tests done at different times of the day.....
I used to hate canulas in the hand when I went through chemotherapy. Nasty. Diabetic needles are virtually pain-free compared with them.
Natalie - Barry is right, you can only have water.
Covenant
15-02-2012, 16:31
I tell you what though, I would MUCH rather have diabetes than piles....
Hmm, to my knowledge piles are not life threatening.
Hmm, to my knowledge piles are not life threatening.
Depends - Judge Jeffries was supposed to have suffered from piles. It made him so irritable that if he was having a bad day, he was as likely to sentence any miscreant that came before him to be hung. Now that is life threatening!
hung. Now that is life threatening!
Could be, Barry, but it would take a while and get smelly.
I think you mean 'hanged' ;)
Covenant
15-02-2012, 17:06
If your in M&S and you feel bad with diabetes you can pop a pill. Try slapping some Preparation H on your jacksie and see what happens!
If your in M&S and you feel bad with diabetes you can pop a pill. Try slapping some Preparation H on your jacksie and see what happens!
:lol: True enough Jerry, the Grapes Of Wrath really are a pain in the ass... :D
I am regularly tested for diabetes because I exhibit some of the symptoms but they've all returned as negative so far... :cool:
Covenant
15-02-2012, 17:20
I am marginal Type 2 diabetic so take two pills a day, one for blood pressure and one for cholesterol. My cholesterol level is normal but the doctor wants diabetics to have a lower than normal level. I eat fairly sensibly and have more or less given up alcohol. Need to do more exercise though.
That's about where I am then Jerry although my doc failed to explain this to me :eyebrows:
Covenant
15-02-2012, 18:34
The annoying thing is I have to pay £14 for tablets but diabetics are exempt. My tablets don't treat the diabetes.
Ah ok, that's probably why my doc didn't mention it then... :lol:
The annoying thing is I have to pay £14 for tablets but diabetics are exempt. My tablets don't treat the diabetes.
As far as I'm aware all medications diabetics take even those not to treat it should be free..of course you could move up here in Ecosse all prescriptions are free.
How's the nicotine withdrawal going John?
Covenant
15-02-2012, 21:25
As far as I'm aware all medications diabetics take even those not to treat it should be free..of course you could move up here in Ecosse all prescriptions are free.
Double checked with the Pharmacist and the surgery. Next you will be mentioning free university course fees :doh:
How's the nicotine withdrawal going John?
I'm smoking again Dave....:doh:
And how much per week does that cost you?
Dominic Harper
16-02-2012, 22:27
Just to let you know, when my dad passed away his death certificate stated he Diabetes amoungst other things. The doctor asked if I had had a fasting blood test because my meds that I take make me feel dizzy and sweaty. Typical diabetes symptoms. Anyway, I have had the test, for both diabetes and cholestrol, I don't have the result yet, so i will have to wait and see? Hopefully, it will be good news. Have any of you ever heard of Champex? they are a pill designed to put you off smoking and I am going to ask my doctor about them. My sister was on them and they worked for her, but I have feeling if I have diabetes whatever type or high cholestrol the doctor may say no? I gave up smoking for 7 years, but when my dad became seriously ill, I started to smoke again:doh:. I am now finding it impossile to just give up like I did in the past. I would like to know some of your opinions on this.
Natalie;)
Hi Natalie,
I gave up smoking after 25 years (20+ a day) 01.01.2008 using Champix, and it was a doddle. HOWEVER - I'm not convinced that Champix didn't mess up other bits of my mind not just the nicotine receptors, 'cos I felt seriously low for months, for no reason, and I don't think I was the only one to feel like that from the Googling I did at the time. Also, because it was so easy, after a couple of years I thought I could control smoking, and have the odd ciggie, which became a few every weekend, which became a few every night, and then after 3 years, back to square one again. :doh:
Back in December I decided to quit again - did a couple of weeks on patches to "take the edge off" and then went cold turkey - not had one since, and after a couple of days it does get easier. I'm sure I'll smoke again (I'm that sort of addictive personality) but for the moment I'm in a non-smoking mindset, and I think that is what is needed, really. Good luck however you go for it. :)
Dominic Harper
16-02-2012, 23:27
Hi Alex, I am currently on anti depressants, so now you have mentioned feeling low, my doc probably wont give me them to try? I will have to just wait and see, but thanks for the advice on them.
Natalie;)
My best friend got very depressed quite a few years ago. Her doctor prescribed anti depressants pretty much on her first visit; a bit like the way they tell you take a few paracetamol and come back in a month if things haven't got better.
4 years on and she must have had the entire available range and still gets depressed.
Dominic Harper
16-02-2012, 23:48
It's funny you should mention that, I have tried a few anti depressants, but they didn't really do anything so I didn't take them. Anyway, the ones I am on at the moment seem to be ok. I take one a day, well every other day. I worry about addiction, and I don't like pill popping. I am taking them due to bearevement, so I won't need them for to long.
Natalie;)
I have mixed feelings about them tbh.
I think they may okay for a short term solution but doctors dont seem to keep an eye on the situation very well.
I suppose they see hundreds of people and have limited time etc etc, but when I broke my last lot of bones, I had to tell the doctor to stop prescribing me pain killers and find me some physiotherapy.
In the end I had to sort myself out.
.
Dominic Harper
17-02-2012, 00:02
I have to say, my doctor is pretty good with me at the moment. She sees me one a month to check how I am doing, so I don't think the anti depressants are for long term use. I think she is just keeping an eye on me and trying to do what is best for me at the moment. I am lucky in some respects, because I live in an area that has a lot of elderly and I think I am one of my docs youngest patients. Which says something when I am 41 lolololol.
Natalie;)
That's good then. I suppose patient care varies a lot from area to area.
It's not that I can blame the doctors as such, most around here, National Health ones anyway, seem under a lot of pressure.
Luckily I only get to see them when I break something. :)
41, pffft, just getting going ;)
And how much per week does that cost you?
for the missus and meself £60 we get cigs off the back of a lorry so to speak.:rolleyes:
Hi Alex, I am currently on anti depressants, so now you have mentioned feeling low, my doc probably wont give me them to try? I will have to just wait and see, but thanks for the advice on them.
Natalie;)
Champex can bring your mood down Natalie doctors are wary about precribing it to anyone with depression. I can't use it for other reasons but there are people who say it's excellent.
Stratmangler
17-02-2012, 11:00
I had to stop smoking two and half years ago - I had to have an operation, and hospitals don't like you smoking in bed any more :eyebrows:
I went to my GP practise for help in stopping, and went on a course of patches, which helped enormously.
Having to take serious analgesia help a lot too - for the first month after the op I was zonked, and didn't really fancy a ciggie.
To date I have managed to resist the occasional urge to have a smoke :)
I'm never going to be an "anti-ex-smoker" - I love catching a whiff of a freshly lit cigarette when I'm walking through town, for instance - but I do notice how rank it smells on people who have just nipped out for a ciggie at work for instance, and how nasty rooms smell where people smoke. But that said, I think once a smoker always a smoker, and you can never truly "give up" - you're just not smoking today/this week/this month/this year...
Stratmangler
17-02-2012, 12:01
I think once a smoker always a smoker, and you can never truly "give up" - you're just not smoking today/this week/this month/this year...
Never a truer word said.
I'm a smoker who chooses not to indulge :)
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