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Are you doing any exercise? Also, when do you test?

If you go above 7.8 (Allow 10% error for the meter or illness) you are diabetic! There is no such condition as pre-diabetic.

Or, more simply, cut out sugars, fast carbs, add exercise and this will bring your Hba1c down to more normal numbers! There is no evidence that diabetes is reversible but there is for it being controlled!

Have you found that stopping `met` has increased your appetite? I certainly have!

Julie Jazz, if your morning (fasting?) levels are over 7 then the problem is not what you are eating! (unless you are eating loads of fats the day before!!) but your meds. are not able to control your levels! Go back to the docs and ask for more help, be it different meds. or insulin. Regards...

You seem to be trying to solve your problem with one hand tied behind your back! Are you not testing your meals to see what they are doing to your BS? Rather than having to wait for the doc. to tell you your Hba1c - you will know exactly how you are doing.

Yep! The fat would have slowed the uptake of carbs and testing at 1 hour , 1.5 hours and 2 hours would have shown it!

To lose 4 stone while taking `Glic` is really good as it can make you hungry ( as it beats your pancreas into producing insulin). You`ve done something positive already for yourself so carry on and you will soon have the confidence that you are the best judge of your control. Arm yourself with...

I would certainly try exercising more, as well as eating less if you are not using all of the calories you`re taking in. If these measures don`t help with the high numbers then you will need a review of your meds..

You started at 6.3! That does not allow much room for calories of any sort if you don`t want to go above high sevens. I would try again and see what reading you get at 1 hour. and 3 hours. You had a lot of bacon ( fat )which slows emptying of the stomach.

A non diabetic does not go above 7.8 under `normal` circumstances - are you happy to believe an organisation( working to a budget) that going above this figure won`t harm you?

Why does the Doc not want to do anything?

This will sound like a `stuck record`! But, if you test before and after meals you will know exactly how you are doing, as well as how individual foods affect your glucose levels.

Go to see the Doc, it could be any number of things - some you will want to be treated for! http://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/Blog/David-Spero/what-causes-diabetes-fatigue/ Is a link to some information.

If your levels are above 10 all the time, then you need to go back to the docs for more meds. Do you take measurements before as well as after meals? Only by doing both can you get an idea of how the food you eat affects your blood.