Hi,
hope you don't mind me asking this here. I'll try to be brief. I've had severe fatigue & odd buzzing sensations in my legs for a couple of years. Although my doc has sent me for liver scans & to other specialists to investigate possible ME / Fibromyalgia & i've had several blood tests over the months nothing as yet has been diagnosed. I've only had one fasting blood test right at the start of investigations. I've had to really push to get my doc to investigate & to be honest i've begun to get rather frustrated as he's basically said he doesn't know what else he can do. After doing lots of research I mentioned peripheral neuropathy to him & more or less demanded he refer me to see a neurologist. I know PN can be caused by diabetes but there's also a chance that for me it might have been caused (if I have it at all) by exposure to chemicals that i've used in my work over the years. Over the last few months i've done so much reading on the various possible causes & in doing so i've kept returning to the possibility of diabetes. My fatigue tends to be really tricky in the am & slightly improved as the day goes on. I'm not experienced or knowledgable enough to accurately work out whether this is caused by peeks & troughs in sugar levels etc. Anyway I saw my doctor again recently & I again asked if there's any chance I have diabetes or even prediabetes, especially after being advised to do so by folks involved in the peripheral neuropathy community. He was a bit frustrated (I assume because its a bit like i'm saying he's missed something etc) & told me that my HbA1c level was ok & was 36. I've looked online & it seems a bit confusing as some websites say that a score of 36 = 6 or 6.1% & then some also say that that indicates prediabetes whilst other websites say that 36 is a normal & nothing to worry about. So i'm rather confused. If anyone on here can shed any light on HbA1c levels for normal & for prediabetes it'd be appreciated.
Given the severity of my symptoms (have gone from being reasonably active to sofa bound for lots of the time in the space of a year - not for want of trying to keep active) I kind of feel like my doc should be more pro-active in exploring what's going on & on this HbA1c level thing i'm left wondering if he's really considering prediabetes or views the results as nothing to worry about incorrectly.
thanks.
hope you don't mind me asking this here. I'll try to be brief. I've had severe fatigue & odd buzzing sensations in my legs for a couple of years. Although my doc has sent me for liver scans & to other specialists to investigate possible ME / Fibromyalgia & i've had several blood tests over the months nothing as yet has been diagnosed. I've only had one fasting blood test right at the start of investigations. I've had to really push to get my doc to investigate & to be honest i've begun to get rather frustrated as he's basically said he doesn't know what else he can do. After doing lots of research I mentioned peripheral neuropathy to him & more or less demanded he refer me to see a neurologist. I know PN can be caused by diabetes but there's also a chance that for me it might have been caused (if I have it at all) by exposure to chemicals that i've used in my work over the years. Over the last few months i've done so much reading on the various possible causes & in doing so i've kept returning to the possibility of diabetes. My fatigue tends to be really tricky in the am & slightly improved as the day goes on. I'm not experienced or knowledgable enough to accurately work out whether this is caused by peeks & troughs in sugar levels etc. Anyway I saw my doctor again recently & I again asked if there's any chance I have diabetes or even prediabetes, especially after being advised to do so by folks involved in the peripheral neuropathy community. He was a bit frustrated (I assume because its a bit like i'm saying he's missed something etc) & told me that my HbA1c level was ok & was 36. I've looked online & it seems a bit confusing as some websites say that a score of 36 = 6 or 6.1% & then some also say that that indicates prediabetes whilst other websites say that 36 is a normal & nothing to worry about. So i'm rather confused. If anyone on here can shed any light on HbA1c levels for normal & for prediabetes it'd be appreciated.
Given the severity of my symptoms (have gone from being reasonably active to sofa bound for lots of the time in the space of a year - not for want of trying to keep active) I kind of feel like my doc should be more pro-active in exploring what's going on & on this HbA1c level thing i'm left wondering if he's really considering prediabetes or views the results as nothing to worry about incorrectly.
thanks.