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ALLEYES

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Location
glasgow
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
Hello all , i just joined earlier i think im prediabetic .....im not sure thats the thing ....iv had so many people talking to me including health pros and also T2 people i work with .
I was told this week by a renal nurse that im no longer elligible to donate a kidney to a relative due to high risk of diabetes after weeks of tests , she explained and showed me my blood tests history over the last 8 years which were all over 6.3 and had another at 7.8 so i bought a blood glucose meter to keep watch on things and also checked this site for info , in morning fasting is always above 6.3 then after i eat breakfast it can go 8.6 or over sometimes , i had dinner last saturday at 6pm and checked my blood at 8pm it went to 12.7 then an hour later 11.2 , the strange thing is im on my health surgery system as " Known Diabetic " which isnt true even though my doc has assured me im not .......last night i thought i didnt eat a thing after my dinner at 5pm , this morning my blood was 6.4 , can someone advise me on whether i am over reacting or misdiagnosed my bloods can get low also .
 
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Hello all , i just joined earlier i think im prediabetic .....im not sure thats the thing ....iv had so many people talking to me including health pros and also T2 people i work with .
I was told this week by a renal nurse that im no longer elligible to donate a kidney to a relative due to high risk of diabetes after weeks of tests , she explained and showed me my blood tests history over the last 8 years which were all over 6.3 and had another at 7.8 so i bought a blood glucose meter to keep watch on things and also checked this site for info , in morning fasting is always above 6.3 then after i eat breakfast it can go 8.6 or over sometimes , i had dinner last saturday at 6pm and checked my blood at 8pm it went to 12.7 then an hour later 11.2 , the strange thing is im on my health surgery system as " Known Diabetic " which isnt true even though my doc has assured me im not .......last night i thought i didnt eat a thing after my dinner at 5pm , this morning my blood was 6.4 , can someone advise me on whether i am over reacting or misdiagnosed my bloods can get low also .
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When you write about blood tests history, are these tests where your GP has sent samples away to a laboratory/hospital or are they finger prick tests?

Where samples are sent away to a hospital the data returned reflects an average glucose level over the past couple of months. The result is often given as a percentage and in the UK anything above 6.5% is usually regarded as an indication of diabetes.

The finger prick tests that you have done at home will be in millimol per litre which you will see written down as mmol/l. Try not to confuse the 2 methods as they don't really mean the same thing.

Your 2 hour reading is quite high and would tend to indicate diabetes but it would depend greatly on what you ate for that meal?

This page may help you...............
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html
 
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