To add injury to insult

[lexin]

The nurse from the local doctors called; I had to have a blood test to check my liver function is OK to continue taking my drugs and she phoned with the results.

That part was fine, but it looks as if I may have diabetes. Fasting blood sugar should be under 7; mine was 12. (Er...ooops.)

So they're going to do a special blood test to see what your blood sugar has been over the last three months - I forget what they call it - and a urine test. What fun.

It's not good news.

However, I've been sort-of expecting it over the last few years. I think trouble with the pancreas is in the genes in my family; the Aged P. had diabetes and my late father had pancreatic cancer, which killed him. Of the two I'd rather have the diabetes.

Comments

[kalypso]

Oh dear. Bit not good. Though as you say, better than pancreatic cancer.

[lexin]

It is a bit of a bugger and something I'd rather not have to face. But these things are sent to try us.

[amberfox]

It's probably an A1C test. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycated_hemoglobin

[lexin]

That's what I'm told.

[coughingbear]

Oh that is a bugger, I'm sorry.

[lexin]

It'll teach me to get fat. I suppose that never was a good solution.