I wondered if someone can help, or has been/is in the same position as me.
I went to the GP back in October 2019 with some general symptoms and they ran a Hba1c test which came back at 48. They did another a few months later and it came back at 47. Despite healthy eating, exercise and being very slim, even before the first test.
I purchased a blood glucose monitor shortly after to see what foods were causing the spikes. Regularly getting figures upwards of 9, 10, and sometimes as high as 12.
GP tried to refer me to the consultant for a glucose tolerance test back in January 2020. Finally, we have a response from the consultant saying that they will not take on my case and my blood sugar is ‘normal’. My GP states that below 11 is normal. Despite all of the research I have done, this contradicts it all.
Quite clearly my blood sugars are not normal. Not sure where to turn, I’m gutted I waited 6 months to be told that. I said to the GP that I would save up to go private and she said they’d just say the same. I don’t know where to turn.
I have, I believe, some female hormone issues which they agreed to look into for me. The GP said oh we can put you on metaformin if it turns out you have PCOS and it will help with tour blood sugar too, win win. Well I don’t want to go onto metaformin until I know exactly what I am dealing with here. I also have severe IBS and I’ve read this drug causes a whole host of stomach problems. I have all of the classic diabetes symptoms, and the blood sugar monitor results say it all, yet because I am borderline at 47/48, they won’t do anything for me. I am gutted. I just want to know what exactly is going on with my body before I take drugs for the rest of my life.
Anyone else dealing with similar, or has dealt with similar?
Unfortunately the Keto diet doesn’t work for me. My bloods didn’t improve very much on it either. I am already very slim and I got very underweight on this diet. Before anyone says I wasn’t doing it properly, yes I was.
I went to the GP back in October 2019 with some general symptoms and they ran a Hba1c test which came back at 48. They did another a few months later and it came back at 47. Despite healthy eating, exercise and being very slim, even before the first test.
I purchased a blood glucose monitor shortly after to see what foods were causing the spikes. Regularly getting figures upwards of 9, 10, and sometimes as high as 12.
GP tried to refer me to the consultant for a glucose tolerance test back in January 2020. Finally, we have a response from the consultant saying that they will not take on my case and my blood sugar is ‘normal’. My GP states that below 11 is normal. Despite all of the research I have done, this contradicts it all.
Quite clearly my blood sugars are not normal. Not sure where to turn, I’m gutted I waited 6 months to be told that. I said to the GP that I would save up to go private and she said they’d just say the same. I don’t know where to turn.
I have, I believe, some female hormone issues which they agreed to look into for me. The GP said oh we can put you on metaformin if it turns out you have PCOS and it will help with tour blood sugar too, win win. Well I don’t want to go onto metaformin until I know exactly what I am dealing with here. I also have severe IBS and I’ve read this drug causes a whole host of stomach problems. I have all of the classic diabetes symptoms, and the blood sugar monitor results say it all, yet because I am borderline at 47/48, they won’t do anything for me. I am gutted. I just want to know what exactly is going on with my body before I take drugs for the rest of my life.
Anyone else dealing with similar, or has dealt with similar?
Unfortunately the Keto diet doesn’t work for me. My bloods didn’t improve very much on it either. I am already very slim and I got very underweight on this diet. Before anyone says I wasn’t doing it properly, yes I was.