In article >,
"Seehear" > wrote:

> I thought it was after you got over 12mmol/L on a regular basis that damage
> STARTED to happen!

12 is 216 where I am. I hope I never see numbers that high! My
understanding is that damage starts at 140 -- 7.8 in your numbers.

> At least, that's what I've been told.
> My BG's are - for me - normally varying from as low as 3.9 (best ever) to
> 17.6 (worst ever) but the median is 7.2.
> My last Bloods are attached.
>
> *8.4
> Glucose 3.5-5.5 mmol/L

Is this fasting or HbA1c? Either would be scarily high, from where I'm
sitting.

>
> SUMMARY
> High TSH. Investigate Thyroid function
>
> Triglycerides abnormal.
>
> Suggest repeat TFT's in 3 months

Nothing about your glucose? There was an asterix next to it. Didn't
that mean they thought it was out of bounds?

> Now you are scaring me!

Sounds like you need to be scared. You can be doing yourself some
serious damage and either shortening your life or ensuring that at some
point you'll wish your life were shorter.

Seriously. Check out the advice for newbies at
http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/NewlyDiagnosed.htm then come on over
to alt.support.diabetes and read people like Jennifer, OldAl, Alan S.
and others.

Priscilla
--
"Inside every older person is a younger person -- wondering what
the hell happened." -- Cora Harvey Armstrong