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joedenise

I think you said you had eaten chocolate the evening before your your blood test.  That would have raised your blood sugar reading.  I had a similar thing for my blood test at the beginning of the year as had been drinking wine the night before.  When I had my retest a couple of weeks ago my reading was down by 0.6 so I still have pre diabetic figures but at least it has come down over the previous 6 months.  Hopefully it will reduce further by the time I have to have another test.

doingitanyway

I am also surprised by your blood results being similar to last year.
I hope DH finds something suitable soon. I'm sure he will.

Sun_Addict

What a disappointment about the blood tests. My friend is having similar issues despite losing weight, healthy eating and cutting right back on alcohol. 

You seem to be doing everything right so hopefully things will improve by the next test. 

savingholmes

Glad you are enjoying the car.

Hope little jwil recovers quickly.

Good luck to your DH on the job front. 

beanielou

Boo to the bloods & DH's job.

NeverendingDMP

Has DH had any annual leave from the agency. Last time I did agency work you either accrued leave to take when you wanted or they factored it in and gave you a slightly higher rate each week. It might be worth asking the agency. I remember every two or three months booking 6 or 7 hrs leave to have a week off (I used to just do a smaller shift each weekend as one of my extra jobs at the time ) if he's got any then he can have a rest next week and see what happens the week after. Try not to worry too much about the bloods. You are feeling better on yourself and that's what counts. And yeah the chocolate may have tipped it 

pennywisepoundstupid

Sorry to hear about DH job, hopefully things will pick up.

jwil

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jwil

joedenise said:

I think you said you had eaten chocolate the evening before your your blood test.  That would have raised your blood sugar reading.  I had a similar thing for my blood test at the beginning of the year as had been drinking wine the night before.  When I had my retest a couple of weeks ago my reading was down by 0.6 so I still have pre diabetic figures but at least it has come down over the previous 6 months.  Hopefully it will reduce further by the time I have to have another test.

That's interesting - when I was diagnosed as having pre-diabetes, I asked whether the chocolate I'd eaten on the day of the blood test would have impacted it (I didn't know I was going to have bloods taken).  They told me that it wouldn't make a difference as it's an average of the last 12 weeks.  Glad yours has gone down though, and hopefully mine will next time!

doingitanyway said:

I am also surprised by your blood results being similar to last year.
I hope DH finds something suitable soon. I'm sure he will.

Thank you,  I would have liked even a small drop in number!  I'm sure DH will find something, it's a shame as these hours worked quite well.

Sun_Addict said:

What a disappointment about the blood tests. My friend is having similar issues despite losing weight, healthy eating and cutting right back on alcohol. 

You seem to be doing everything right so hopefully things will improve by the next test. 

Thank you, it's very frustrating.  Fingers crossed next time will be better.

savingholmes said:

Glad you are enjoying the car.

Hope little jwil recovers quickly.

Good luck to your DH on the job front. 

Thank you   I'm loving the car.

beanielou said:

Boo to the bloods & DH's job.

Thank you   Boo indeed!

pennywisepoundstupid said:

Sorry to hear about DH job, hopefully things will pick up.

Thank you,  I half hope he'd be able to get back where he was if it picks up, it was quite convenient.

jwil

NeverendingDMP said:

Has DH had any annual leave from the agency. Last time I did agency work you either accrued leave to take when you wanted or they factored it in and gave you a slightly higher rate each week. It might be worth asking the agency. I remember every two or three months booking 6 or 7 hrs leave to have a week off (I used to just do a smaller shift each weekend as one of my extra jobs at the time ) if he's got any then he can have a rest next week and see what happens the week after. Try not to worry too much about the bloods. You are feeling better on yourself and that's what counts. And yeah the chocolate may have tipped it 

Yes he has, he took 2 weeks off in the summer, so I think he'll have used all his accrued leave.  I'm hoping he'll just wait a week and see what happens, but he worries about not working so he won't want to wait too long.

It would be nice to think the chocolate tipped it! I am definitely feeling better though.