Recent Content by katch00

Well that's why I thought I was prediabetic - my morning numbers. I took my readings over 10 days and it ranged from 5.2 to 6.5, averaging at 5.9. My liver must just be doing that sugar dump or something else is going on. Dunno, but yeah, I'm relieved. :)

Ah thank you for that info. That's great. I am so relieved right now! :)

Hey guys, just thought I'd update. I took my blood sugar readings to my psychiatrist today and asked if she could give me an HbA1c test. She told me I was tested in January and that it was fine, my level was 31, and I don't know what that means other than I'm in the normal range. Whew. The...

Thank you Daisy. I did my blood again this morning and it was 5.3 so I'm not sure what's going on. It was 6.4 at bedtime. Will just wait and see what my doctor has to say. This website/forum is very helpful.

Thank you.

Yeah I was feeling generally unwell so did my blood sugar and blood pressure. That's interesting. I'm also wondering if my medication could be elevating my blood sugar as I'm on a lot of psych meds. How do you tell the difference between stress/illness/etc elevated blood sugar and actual diabetes?

Thank you both very much. I'm going to continue taking these readings and then show them to my doctor next week and hopefully get a HBA1c test. I hadn't heard about the liver dump before so that makes sense. And yeah the fasted ones are taken just after I get up. I'll take readings before meals...

Hi everyone, I'm new here. I haven't been to my doctor yet but I'm planning to go next week. I discovered I was getting prediabetic readings when I checked my blood sugar levels when I was feeling ill a couple of days ago. It was 6.5mmol on a fast. I've continued to take my blood sugar readings...