A bit of an update . . . I have recently been testing 3 and sometimes 4 times a day for about 3 weeks to try and build up a picture. The results were normal when I worked out an average and simulated a HbA1c test so I stopped testing. When I spoke to the doctors surgery and related this and...
Thanks you for the reply, I do hope its the stress, which hopefully won't last rather than anything else. I have a monitor so I have started today testing myself, I shall do this for a while every day and see how things look.
Thank you, I haven't asked for a re-test at the moment. I do have a home test monitor however so I'm planning to do regular testing for a couple of weeks and see how that looks, maybe then if the result don't reflect the HbA1c results I will ask the GP for another test.
Thank you . . . luckily the weight and exercise are not a problem as I run about four times a week. I'm not perfect with diet but I am careful so hopefully with a little less stress things will return to normal. I shall be doing a couple of home tests every day now for a least the few weeks and...
In October last year I was diagnosed as having prediabetes with a HbA1c test result of 42. By changes to my diet I managed to get this down to a normal 38 by the time I was retested this year in January, obviously I was very relieved and pleased.
Unfortunately due to various things going on in...
Hi Keith, I am in a similar situation to yourself, a slim / fit (a runner) 62 year old pre-diabetic. I did 4 weeks on the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme local to me (Northants), it was run on behalf of the NHS by Ingeus Health.
The main aim seemed to be to motivate people with a 50 / 50...
Thanks guys, I will keep testing and I guess I will get an even better picture the longer I test for. I go back for another hba1c test mid January so fingers crossed but I'm feeling quite positive at the moment.
I'm recording the results on an Excel spread sheet, so these are the calculated averages of my results so far:
Fasting: 4.75
Pre evening meal: 5.58
2 hours after evening meal: 6.45
Mid October I was told I was prediabetic with a habc1 test result of 42. Since then I have purchased a home test monitor (Connect Next One) and have been testing myself for the last two weeks every other day: fasting tests and before and after evening meals (sorry to repeat myself if you have...
I do agree, I would recommend anybody to go along and see for yourself how helpful they are to you personally. I am still glad I went and I do intend to complete the course.
I not sure if what you are describing is the same thing but I am currently attending a local Diabetes Prevention programme. It consists of about an hour and a half every week for 4 weeks (I have week 4 this coming week) after that there are once monthly sessions, I'm not quite sure just how long...