Newly Diabetic.

[Phil Aypee]

[size=14:31920b369f][b:31920b369f]Hi,

I was only diagnosed as diabetic in December 2005.

Although my local general practice has a dedicated diabetes nurse and two GPs spcializing in diabetes I do have a couple of questions.

My blood sugar meter is set by default to the same units the hospital used, mmol/L (milimoles per litre?). The other possibilty is mg/dL (miligrams per decilitre?). Is there a conversion table or equation? :?:

I don’t intend to switch, I just want to be able to understand others figures.

My levels are supposed to be between 4 and 11, ideally about 7, lower before meals and higher two hours after. Is that about normal/? :?:

My medication is Metformin (500 mg), Gliclazide (80 mg) and Simvastatin (40 mg).[/b:31920b369f][/size:31920b369f]

[Sharah]

Hi Phil
one of the most useful sources of information I found when first coming to grips with T2 was the famous 'Jennifer's Advice' (http://www.diabetic-talk.org/jennifer.htm).
It is a good start to understanding how to get your meter working for you.

cheers

[Gemstone]

Hi Phil,

Here is a site where you can convert all the units you might need:
http://dwjay.tripod.com/conversion.html

Set it on glucose and it will give you the mmol vs the mg/dl. US is the only country still using the mg/dl units. Normal ( non diabetic ) as per my doctor is 6mmol or lower at all times but they don't expect many diabetic people to reach such good readings. 7mmol two hours after a meal is considered pretty good. You can have a look here too:
http://www.diabeticmommy.com/24-hba1c-conversion-chart.html
Hope this help.
Gemstone

[Phil Aypee]

Hi,

Thanks, Sharah and Gemstone, for your help. I’ll look at those websites soon (I’ve other problems too - but non-medical).

I found out a little myself.

Anita, I think you should post a link to the misc.health.diabetes FAQ as a “sticky”. Those FAQs seem to be fairly extensive and authoritative. The questions I asked are answered there. And I believe they’re updated regularly.

[sistersandy]

Phil, when I clicked on your link I was directed to Microsoft Corporation website.

I think its a conspiracy :wink:

[Phil Aypee]

Hi Sandy,

You must use [b:19ff39de16]Internet Explorer![/b:19ff39de16] :roll:

Both links work for me, but some browsers, if they encounter an error, automatically redirect to an error page of their own specification.

This is built-in to the browser and I don’t think this behaviour can be altered.

Switch to another browser, Mozilla Firefox is an excellent (and free) one. As I don’t use a PC on the Web I use iCab (on my Mac) mostly, or Opera (on my Psion). :lol:

[sistersandy]

i use firefox exclusively, so that was perhaps the problem with the link. shall try it with IE. But will have to take wash my hands afterward, I E makes me feel so dirty :lol:

tried it from IE, got a 404 error. ah well, guess its isnt meant to be.

[Phil Aypee]

Hi Sandy,

I’m sorry, I was being a bit obscure.

Internet Explorer automatically loads that Micro$oft page when there’s an error. I don’t think Firefox does though.

The links work fine for me in five different browsers.

So I think you’ve got a real problem.

But if anyone else has this problem, could they please post it here.

[Sharah]

Hi Phil

Me too!

When I looked at the properties of your link it looked like this:

http://http//www.faqs.org/faqs/diabetes/

If I click on it I go to Microsoft

'Eeek!'

If I enter:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/diabetes/

I go to the site you recommened (Good site).

cheers

[Phil Aypee]

Hi,

The links still go to my sites in my browsers (on two computers too).

My only thought right now is that maybe you have the wrong pages in your caches. Perhaps you should try flushing the caches when you next shut the browsers. It’s worth trying!