I am now an official member of Diabetic International !

I have some discomfort on Monday and decided to visit my personal physician in Klinik Kesihatan UKM. Well, I was ordered to do a complete test the next day, because I have already gobble up alot of things for breakfast then. So the next day I surrendered myself for a bottle of urine sample and a few pints of blood for test. The same day I was told that well-callibrated Accu-chek (really?) reads my blood sugar level at 15.7 mmol/L. What ??? I can't believe it that it was that high. Mind you the max acceptable level is 10 mmol/L and the max ideal reading should be 7 mmol/L.
Well, I immediately hit the emergency break, went home to rest and sleep, but no mood to eat. I went on protesting (to my body) for two days with no tea or coffee with sugar, just plain and black; no heavy fats, no extra plates of rice.

The next day I returned to the KKUKM and the reading was 13.9 mmol/L. Encouraged I did the same extend my sick leave. By the third day, the reading was about 12 mmol/L. Trying to convince my physician that I do not need medication, I was prescribed half-dose of Melicron Gliclazide 80 mg and asked to take it for few days and see what will happen. Don't know how long I was high on sugar, and wonder if damage is already done. Hopefully not.

The result of the blood test was not too good. I have +4 glucose in urine and the following reading: (in mmol/L; figures in parenth. are normal level)
Total cholestrol: 5.6 (<5.2)>1.0)
LDL: 3.6 (optimal <2.6)>4.5)

By having the drug to reduce my sugar level, I am now officially a diabetic.
I hope not for too long. I am excercising now.

To help monitoring my sugar, I went out yesterday to buy my own personal blood glucose monitoring kit. I settled for the latest Accu-Chek Advantage III, and begining to use it this morning.

The very good news that the first reading on my fasting blood level this morning was 8.7 mmol/L, and I do hope it will further down to normal level by the weekend. I am targeting 6.0 and will be off the drug.

Here is the kit I have: