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- Type of diabetes
- Don't have diabetes
- Treatment type
- Diet only
- Dislikes
- going to a gym
I had an HbA1c done as part of the NHS health check and it was 41 mmol/mol. I had it repeated after 12 months and despite having lost weight and altered my lifestyle thanks to a diagnosis of hypertension, it was still 41 mmol. The GP said [unhelpfully] that I was prediabetic as he would have expected the number to drop. He also said my numbers would rise in time and I'd need medication. This was almost 2 years ago now and although with the same practice I changed the GP that I see and a year ago she dismissed the suggestion that I have another test, she thought i was worrying unnecessarily. I do have my own finger prick tester and when I tested in the early morning after fasting it was 6.2. How relevant is this? Should I ask for another HbA1c? My BMI is less than 19 so no weight issues and no other significant markers that I can report other than blurred vision at times. Before I had the health check I had a healthy disregard for my health: I ate well and didn't smoke or drink to excess, was active and exercised. My age is now almost 73. Now I feel that the health check has made a patient out of a healthy person and I wish I'd never had it done.