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Very interesting - so how are you managing it if the GP never diagnosed you officially - are you doing private A1C tests?

Sorry what I meant is that say 1st January your first test ordered by GP returns a A1C of 50 and by 1st February when Hospital carries out confirmation test your A1c goes down to 40.

Fantastic insightful points by Lamont, Ronan and Kenny. What confuses me is Dr Roy Taylor references reversal of diabetes and that pancreas/liver/beta cell function may go back to normal assuming maintenance of diet after early weight loss. I have a question for all - it may not be...

Thanks that's helpful to know. The test two months ago was on the back of suddenly needing to pass urine during the night

Hi there, thank you both for responding. @bulkbiker two months ago the hba1c (first time I ever had hba1c checked) was 53. Looking at the homa ir page it suggests that I have low insulin resistance which is good I think as you say? Based on these figures does it suggest a non diabetic state...

Hi All, Trying to interpret what the following results may mean in terms of insulin resistance for a fairly recent T2 diabetic diagnosis. Test was done privately via Randox while fasted. BG - 4.3 - mmol/mol HbA1c - 34 mmol/mol Insulin - 53 pmol/l (Randox range is <17.8 is Low, 17.8-173 is...

Firstly many thanks for all the replies - much appreciated. I do find that remission for T2 diabetes has quite a few different meanings with the main one seeming to be hba1c <48, however I do see how this isn't foolproof as a hardcore temporary diet could drop things into remission quite...

Hi All, Great forum and long may it continue, I have two questions regarding Diagnosis and Remission - this is specially regarding Type 2 Diabetes. 1. Diagnosis - In Scotland it appears that to get diagnosed with Diabetes the GP will refer you for blood tests and if this returns a HbA1c value...