Diabetes
Monday 15th June 2020
I had a telephone consultation with Doctor Beales, this afternoon concerning my diabetes, and my blood.
When I went to have my leg attended to by Judith last week, another nurse pounced on me and said she had been told to take some blood, so I persuaded her that if she was taking blood, she should do an extra phial for diabetes too, and I asked Judith about the results, and she persuaded the front desk to print them out for me.
The diabetes result was not good as it came out as 59, whereas the margin is 42 to 47. Last time I was about 47 and he agreed that I should cut back on my fruit but not too much and said he would increase the Metformin to 1000 mg rather than 850. He said that 2000 mg was the maximum.
However, I was also alarmed by the blood test which was ordered by Doctor Strachan. The red blood cell count came out, at 10*12/ L whereas 4.5 to 6, was the norm, while the lymphocyte count came out at 10* 9/L when 1.2 – 4.0 was the norm. However Dr Beales said there is nothing to worry about that. My lymphocyte count had been high for some time, indeed it was slightly down from what it had been a year ago.
So I was both relieved and in a way, slightly disappointed. I had hoped that this had been the cause of my lethargy, and perhaps I could have been given some pills to cure it. But I must go on being lethargic.
Judith dressed my leg again and said it was nearly healed. Next time perhaps. Today was the day that the lockdown for shops came to an end and the car park at the Retail Park which had been totally empty was now crowded and there was queues outside Sports Direct and long queues outside TK Maxx. Surprising!
Our next door neighbours, Kirsti and Antii have left. They were Finnish and he was working in Switzerland while she and the two children lived here next door to us. They have decided that they should all get together in Switzerland in Zurich where he has been living by himself during the lockdown period.