prediabetes

Good morning, I have some questions concerning my situation. My GP believes that I'm at risk of developing diabetes because of my HbA1c result more than a year ago (5.8%, 40mmol/mol). Because of this, I modified my diet a bit, and the most recent HbA1c result at the end of August 2023 was 5.4%...

Good afternoon, A couple of years ago, my doctor prescribed some blood tests. The outcome of the HbA1c was 41 mmol/mol (5.9%), just below the pre-diabetes level. It was strange because my glucose levels had always been fine. Following the outcome of the blood test, I kept getting tested with...

Hey Everyone, I was diagnosed 3 weeks ago as pre-diabetic. I’m female, 34, Irish with few stones to lose with Neurological Condition – Essential Tremor. “Essential tremor is a nervous system condition, also known as a neurological condition, that causes involuntary and rhythmic shaking. It can...

Hello, I am now 43. I've had some cholesterol for years (family issue) and was advised to change my lifestyle. I also have fatty liver. All blood tests for liver functions have always been fine. Cholesterol has never been very high so I was advised to keep it under control with diet and...

I am a 48 year old French chap so my English is not perfect. I registered on this diabetes forum because there is no such a forum in French. My history of prediabetes and peripheral neuropathy misdiagnosis continues. In Part 1: I explained my early symptoms (initially some mild numbness and...

Prediabetic again according to my GP. The last time I managed to not be prediabetic I just stayed off the Malteser boxes and it made a difference. I've been referred to the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme through my GP. I only went to the GP due to my consistently fat ankles and feet. My mum...

Hello everybody, I've got tested for summary pool of IgG antibodies for both GAD and IA2 (one test). Reference range is <4 IU/ml and my result is 1.48. I want to ask, should this result be totally 0 for a healthy person, or most of people will have a few antibodies in them? Does presence of...

Hi all, A couple of weeks ago, I had a few blood tests to 'reassure me' that an ongoing illness was probably psychosomatic. Within those tests, my HbA1c was 'high' (wasn't told the number). I went for fasting blood glucose test last week, and just rang up the doctor for my results. The...

Good evening everyone. I am 42 years old and I live in Brazil. In the last month I had routine tests that showed pre-diabetes, but some people questioned this diagnosis because it was on a borderline between normal and diabetes. Maybe I'm still not accepting this new condition and I'm trying to...

Hi all, I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes in a regular blood test as the value was between 42-47 (43). I knew I had to loss weight but this was definitely the trigger. I enrolled in a prediabetes plan with the NHS and started to do more exercise and be very strict with the diet. The result is...

For about two-three years I have been experiencing some concerning symptoms. Mainly, not long after I have a meal I start feeling extremely tired, drowsy, and as if the blood in my body is burning (very uncomfortable). I tested my glucose last year two times. First time it tested 5.6 and the...

Hello! I am popping on here to share support to you all and to say thank you! My name is Natasha I am 45 years old 5 foot 11 and 77kg and live in the UK and work as a music photographer. Last year I had the most awful summer with debilitating pain in my side for months! I tried several times...

Hi everyone, Nice to meet you all. [squints] Good-looking crowd! So, in December I had a Hb1ac test and it came back as 42. This did not surprise me, for several reasons. First, all my life I've had an extremely sweet tooth. In 2021, and especially over the summer months, my overindulgence...

Following my recent HBA1c test, I received the following text message from my registered GP: “Your blood sugar level has increased from 42 to 44 since you last spoke to Dr [Niceguy] in Dec 2020, which suggests that you were not successful in the lifestyle measures you were planning to take.”...

Hello! I’m very new here but am hoping for some help/advice! For the past few months I’ve been experiencing a lot of symptoms of insulin resistance - lethargy, difficulty concentrating, skin discolourisation (which I suspect is acanthosis nigiricans but the GP is very dismissive of my concerns)...

Hi Has anyone advice on whether to use any supplements? I am losing weight and exercising - difficult to know from all the conflicting advice whether supplements work and if so which ones

I've been having some symptoms the past few days that made me wonder whether I might have the start of diabetes (lots of type 1 in my paternal family, although no direct ancestors ), but they don't seem to quite add up, as the symptoms suggest hypo, but my blood sugar readings are a little high...

After my routine blood tests a couple of months ago I had a phone consultation with the GP who told me I was prediabetic (stupid me did not get my actual numbers from him, so I've no idea at what end of the range my number landed). He wanted to refer me straight to a diabetes education class or...

I want to understand what's the first thing I do. I'm worried I maybe be eating the wrong thing and what is the right thing to eat. Do I now eat like a diabetic does. On the text it advised me that I could develop type 2 diabetes. Now I've recently been diagnosed with vertigo and have...

Hi All, So Diabetes (Type 2) pretty much effects most members in my family. My Dad has recently been in hospital and now has to use insulin. It looks like it is only time until my Mum will be diagnosed as diabetic. I have recently tested my blood glucose in a fasted state and the result was...