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Hi everyone,
I’m kind of tired of being a medical mystery. So my first set of concerning results was a FBG of 123 mg/dL. I got super depressed and starting eating a ton of junk food. I finally got the courage to get my A1C checked and it was 4.7% (???).
3 months later I decided to try to get my FBG rechecked. The only thing I had to drink in the morning was a tiny sip of Gatorade zero sugar. The rest water. So I assume it still counts as a fasting result. The whole bottle has 2g of carbs and 0 sugar.
Glucose from the lab was 107 mg/dL. I hadn’t changed diet or anything. A1C came back at 5.0%.
I started checking in the morning with Contour Next One and my levels have been between 94-99. Never above 100. Not sure if high 90s is concerning.
I even checked in the doctors and it was 97, prior to getting my blood drawn and seeing the 107 result. However, I thought I was just getting a finger stick that day, and after the finger stick, when the nurse said she needed to draw blood for other tests, I got panicky and nervous.
I know blood pressure can go up with stress, but I don’t believe glucose would. This was within 15-20 mins, between the draw of the finger and the vein blood draw.
Either it’s a statistical variance within my meter or it’s stress.
I also have super sweaty hands that sweat even when drying them, so I don’t know how much that will impact readings. I always try to dry them as much as humanly possible.
Help! Do I see an endocrinologist? Am I at risk for prediabetes?
I’m kind of tired of being a medical mystery. So my first set of concerning results was a FBG of 123 mg/dL. I got super depressed and starting eating a ton of junk food. I finally got the courage to get my A1C checked and it was 4.7% (???).
3 months later I decided to try to get my FBG rechecked. The only thing I had to drink in the morning was a tiny sip of Gatorade zero sugar. The rest water. So I assume it still counts as a fasting result. The whole bottle has 2g of carbs and 0 sugar.
Glucose from the lab was 107 mg/dL. I hadn’t changed diet or anything. A1C came back at 5.0%.
I started checking in the morning with Contour Next One and my levels have been between 94-99. Never above 100. Not sure if high 90s is concerning.
I even checked in the doctors and it was 97, prior to getting my blood drawn and seeing the 107 result. However, I thought I was just getting a finger stick that day, and after the finger stick, when the nurse said she needed to draw blood for other tests, I got panicky and nervous.
I know blood pressure can go up with stress, but I don’t believe glucose would. This was within 15-20 mins, between the draw of the finger and the vein blood draw.
Either it’s a statistical variance within my meter or it’s stress.
I also have super sweaty hands that sweat even when drying them, so I don’t know how much that will impact readings. I always try to dry them as much as humanly possible.
Help! Do I see an endocrinologist? Am I at risk for prediabetes?