Recent Content by Saimaci

Thank you Maria, I'm going to make a change. Thank you for your advice.

Morning Vashti, I will let you know how I get on with the repeat b/t and I have noted your helpful advice. The more I'm finding out about Diabetes and the complications it can have long term the more I want to prevent it. I guess it has taken this wake up call for me to now break the...

I'm going to give it ago by reducing foods and looking into low carb meals. I'm Asian and a huge chunk of our diet is carb based e.g. chappatis but saying that the flour we use is wholemeal not sure if that makes a difference. The hardest part will be fizzy drinks. Not sure if this the correct...

Hi TriciaWs, Food has always been a comfort blanket for me and for the past 9 years I've had my hba1c it has always been in the normal range. However this year with no exercise and allowing my body to have a party of takeaways, chocolate and fizzy drinks x 4 cans a day as a coping mechanism due...

Hi Vashti, I'm definitely, feeling overwhelmed but grateful for coming across this website and how helpful everyone has been to me. Not sure if I was asking the correct questions, repeating myself or sounding stupid. Thank you for being patient and for understanding where I'm coming from. I'm...

Thank you for all your replies so far. I'll go for the repeat b/t next week and update. I don't drink alcohol. My downfall are fuzzy drinks and large volumes of binging. It's amazing how a 'wake up' call like this can put things in perspective. It's a shame I didn't realise it before. If 42...

I should have phrased that better.....sorry.

Thank you for your reply. It's not been a great year due to heavy stress and I have unfortunately neglected my body by binging as my way of dealing with the stress. Would you start reducing foods or go tee total. If, I'm going to go down the total turn around life style change rather than...

Thank you for all the replies. I guess I have a fear that the repeat blood test will confirm I am diabetic. I don't want to be diabetic. And yes my diet is not great and this is not an excuse but food has always been an emotional blanket for me and I have clearly not thought about the internal...

In your experience is a routine reading of hba1c 42 diabetic or a red flag

Hello, I had a routine Hba1c b/t last week and it has come back at 42. The receptionist at the Drs has asked me to repeat this test as it indicates I could be pre-diabetic. This has come as a shock to me and I have no further information, help or advice to give me reassurance. My hba1c was...