In November last year I attended the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) to the Department of Nuclear Medicine for a head (DAT) scan. This involved the injection of iodine to help display things in the brain. It was a long day of just hanging around before the actual scan.
In mid-December I went to GP practice to give blood for another HbA1c test. It cam back worse the previously with a count of 100. The GP in review didn’t know what to do and sent a letter to the Diabetic Team at the RIE. At end of December I was back at the RIE for a CT scan.
On 13th January I attended the Edington Cottage Hospital for a physiotherapy appointment to deal with my “dropped foot”. The nurse recommended I do a couple of simple exercises and but a dropped foot brace. I have done that and apart from difficulty in getting one strand of Velcro through my laces it appears to be working as I haven’t stumbled or tripped since.
on 29th January I attended a diabetes clinic at the Community Hospital in Haddington. Various readings were taken and I was given a glucose monitor to wear. I didn’t put it on straight away as it only last 15 days and I wasn’t given a prescription to get more. They cost £15 per unit and I’m not paying that every 2 weeks. I put it on on the 2nd Feb, the 15 days run to 17th Feb, the date of my next appointment with that clinic.
I had a telephone consultation with the Neurologist on the 2nd February and he advised I had ‘fluid on the brain’ and would require further tests/scans to work out the correct treatment. Am I anxious about this, yes of course I am. I believe my high glucose level may be behind this.