Hi

Finally I have some more Oral GTT results
(in graphical form) for you.
http://www.venus.co.uk/~alec/t1/shiphen/shiphen_oGTT_03.gif [just 35KB]

I knew you'd be pleased! (Esp. you Beav...)   ;)

Key to graphs:

a) The magenta line
This is all the NHS would give me (so far)
A two hour, two point test, 75g of glucose (as Lucosade),
tesing venous blood. 12 hour fast.
Test date: today, 9/Jul/03

b) The Blue line
This is a detailed series of tests I did
on myself using a hand held device,
IN THE WAITING ROOM, during the NHS test above.
Duration: 6 hours.
Frequency: every 10 or 20 minutes.
Testing capillary blood (finger pricks).

c) The Green Line
This was another test by orthodox
private medicine. Again, only 2 hours long
but test frequency every 30 mins, this time.
Test date: 27/June

d) The Yellow Line
My original 100g test.
Suspiciously high "fasting" glucose
(I bicycled to work albeit slowly...).
Strange reactive spike of 10.8mm/L at
2:45 hours.
Test date: 14/May

NHS Conclusions:
"Normal - you dont have diabetis"

My preliminary conclusions:

1.
I am pleased to see that my hand held meter
is with a few %age point of the more accurate
venus clinical measurements today.

2.
The blue graph goes less high and does so less fast
than the (previous) yellow graph.

Also there was no "reactive" kick after the 2 hour
mark.

This is good, perhaps my recent "hypoglycemic" diet has
been paying dividents.

However a) I ate 25% less glucose
and b) it was in a different form today (Lucosade
rather than dissolved glucose with added Vit-C
from Boots) compared with 14th May 03.

3. There was a sudden plunge at 2:50 of about 2.1 mmol/L
which doesnt look too healthy.

4. Also I'm not too sure if my BG should be going
as high as 10.7!

5. Less "bouncing around" during the latter stages of
the test. Hopefully a good sign, though I am told
that it would be better if my BG was a little higher
say 5.5 to 6.5 towards the end of the test.

==> Any comments anyone?

Ship
Shiperton Henethe

P.S. In case anyone is interested here are some other
blood test measurements the private Endocrinologist
requested:
Sodium          142    mmol/L
Potassium         3.8  mmol/L
Urea              5.4  mmol/L
Creatinine       78    umol/L
Haemoglobin Alc   5.1  %
Calcium           2.38 mmol/L
Corrected Calc    2.34 mmol/L
Albumin          45    g/L
Urine Glucose   nil
Testosterone     17.0  nmol/l
Cortisol        309    nmol/L

P.P.S. Any why havent I seen my private Endocrinologist
for his words of wisdom, yet.  Because despite taking
a booking to see me this week, it turns out that he's
on holiday. Again.

PPPS Please excuse the degree of cross-posting, but all you guys
seem to have something relevant to say...

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