Diabetes check

Bendybops19

Been told by my optician i need to have a diabetes check because my eyes have got so bad within 5 months.

I am absolutly petrified of needles (dont even like talking about them so please dont tell me of when you had a blood test!!).

Can i have the test done by them checking my urine?? The optician said this is possible?

Bendybops19

Just been told i can have a finger !!!!!! test? Panicking like anything !!! Help!

Rikki

I am tested every year (risk of sibbling type 1 diabetes) and mine has to be a fasting Blood test.

Edinburghlass_2

Bendybops19 wrote:

Just been told i can have a finger !!!!!! test? Panicking like anything !!! Help!

I had gestational diabetes when I was pregnant and yes I was tested by urine when I visited the hospital on a weekly basis but daily I did the finger !!!!!! test myself. You just !!!!!! your finger and put the resultant drop of blood on a test stick and it tells you the levels.

It really isn't like someone taking blood from you so please don't panic about it.

Bendybops19

Edinburghlass wrote:

I had gestational diabetes when I was pregnant and yes I was tested by urine when I visited the hospital on a weekly basis but daily I did the finger !!!!!! test myself. You just !!!!!! your finger and put the resultant drop of blood on a test stick and it tells you the levels.

It really isn't like someone taking blood from you so please don't panic about it.

Ah thank goodness! I'm always pricking my finger when i'm sewing! Is it just like that?

Worried though, i'm 20 and over weight, go to the loo lots - but always have! It doesnt run in my family, but my nan has it in old age.
What does it mean if i do have it?
Ah kind of wish i hadnt had my eyes tested!

Rikki

It could be nothing at all to worry about. Have the blood test and wait for the results and be aware of your diet. No one's said you've got it yet. One step at a time.

Edinburghlass_2

Bendybops19 wrote:

Ah thank goodness! I'm always pricking my finger when i'm sewing! Is it just like that?

Worried though, i'm 20 and over weight, go to the loo lots - but always have! It doesnt run in my family, but my nan has it in old age.
What does it mean if i do have it?
Ah kind of wish i hadnt had my eyes tested!

Yes, its just like that and you get a little gadget to do it with I think should it prove positive and you need to test every day.

It all depends on the level of diabetes as mine was controlled by watching what I ate and drank. Goodbye coke and chocolate I'm afraid

Bendybops19

Argh no, i drink a can of coke every day!

Its just very un-nerving being told i should be tested, never crossed my mind that my eye sight could show up anything! The optician said thats its just because my eye sight has deteriated so quickly, but that could just be because of my age.

Phew, ok, i will stop panicking so much! In such a fluster, sitting at work with my mind doing over time!

Maisie

Calm down bendypops. Nothing's certain yet about you having diabetes.

Even so people with diabetes can lead fairly normal lives.

Give up that Coke and drink water instead.. so much better for you.

BoltonMinx

It's not so bad bendybops, the pinprick is quite painless especially if they use a machine. I do find that if Im stressed or tired, it hurts more, so do calm down
If they find your blood sugar levels are elevated, they may do a fasting test. It just means you don't eat or drink for 12 hours (I think!) beforehand, they then test your blood sugar again - least, thats what I had done, but it was 10years ago

To find out more about diabetes, you can visit http://www.diabetes.org.uk/home.htm

Good luck with it!

Bendybops19

Thanks every one i have calmed down a little bit, still quite scary.

I worry about everything though, always think that there is something wrong with me!!