Bloody pregnancy when you're old!!!

[mrsbrown]

< sarcasm filter>Hooray! < /sarcasm filter>

I had a standard screening test for diabetes last week and I failed it. Now I have to go and do the full fasting test.

Even worse, on reading the symptoms, I've got them or often have them.

Diabetes often has no obvious symptoms. If symptoms occur, they can include:

Unusual thirst
Excessive hunger
Excessive urination
Thrush infections
High blood pressure.

Other risk factors/indicators include - over 35, last baby over 4kg, overweight or obese

I'm often excessively thirsty, especially when I've overeaten/eaten the wrong thing and my heartburn/gastric thingy is playing up.

I frequently have days when I eat constantly. Sometimes I have a lolly to stop myself from feeling the awful blood sugar low that I seem to have on those days when I'm excessively hungry.

I don't do the other three, but I have been very uncomfortable with the way my body copes with blood sugar - I seem to have a lot of peaks and troughs.

Amusingly, besides managing diet, exercise is suggested. But I can't walk! (yes, I know, I can go swimming, or ride my bike.

Anyway, I'm grumpy about it!

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[tenbears.livejournal.com]

Hoorah for being grumpy about it.
It's the best way of dealing with things.