Recent Content by Davidmaxwaterman

Wow, such great advice, thanks! Thinking about symptoms, sleep has been the major one. For several years I've had trouble not sleeping at night, and instead finding it a lovely experience sleeping in the morning...which is difficult to break out of if you work(ed) from home, and there's little...

My most recent* HbA1c result was 52, iinm...and the doctor gave me value of 42 as 'normal' and 48 as 'diabetes'. However, as I said, I did have a "bad" month or so prior to that, so I would have expected higher values than normal...if that is all it is. However, I doubt it is. * actually, I have...

Thanks for this advice. I wasn't aware of starches, so I'll keep that in mind...especially rice, which is something I have often (though tend to prefer brown rice). Thanks for the encouragement and empathy...I think that's what I'm missing most.

A couple of years ago I had a colonoscopy/endoscopy op, and blood tests (HbA1c) associated with that caused the doctor to suggest I might have prediabetes. I obtained the blood glucose test equipment and started testing daily, but it was always pretty much in a normal range...though, I do now...