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Thank you CatladyNZ and Shar67. My hypertension is well controlled with just the very lowest dose of Losartan but of course just the fact you take the meds gives you a higher risk score and the next step will be a statin which I don't want. My risk at present is 16% and they say a statin is...

I had an HbA1c done as part of the NHS health check and it was 41 mmol/mol. I had it repeated after 12 months and despite having lost weight and altered my lifestyle thanks to a diagnosis of hypertension, it was still 41 mmol. The GP said [unhelpfully] that I was prediabetic as he would have...

Can I just add to all the helpful advice given that GPs never seem to think people are capable of altering their life style, it's much easier for them to prescribe medication, Metformin in your case. Have you asked him for a slow release type, they have fewer cramping side effects. Also the...

Thank you both of you, Time I took control obviously and will certainly buy the carbs and cals book. I did have a small book of carbs but couldn't really make much sense of it all.

Thanks, that's really helpful. I really have to raise my game I think. I've been too complacent perhaps just thinking that keeping fit and exercising and not gaining weight was all I needed to do. That and the apology for doing an HFLC diet. No problem with the high fat in moderation of course -...

Thanks Bluetit, you could be right about the quantities of food consumed. It all sounds rather a palava though to make a food diary but if the A1c has risen then that may be the time to start. I've never really sorted out the difference between carbs and calories although I am starting to take...

Thank you Sanguine and Blue tit for your replies. I am a healthy BMI [<19] although 2 yrs ago when diagnosed with hypertension I was quite overweight and had borderline high cholesterol, but I was not classed as obese. I've been a yo-yo dieter as long as I can remember. It was 2 yrs ago that I...

A year ago I was told by my dr that my HbA1c of 41 was prediabetic as it was the same as a year previously, with all the life style changes ,exercise taken etc had I NOT been prediabetic it should have dropped lower. Although I took notice of the dr and acted on his words, I did wonder if he was...

I do realise that and I'm sure I do have more than I should. I try not to eat too many bananas though. Like the description of 'sugar in a skin'!! How many carbs in a day/meal should one aim for or does it vary depending on where you are at?

I take the very lowest dose of Losartan for the blood pressure having had the dose reduced a few months ago. It keeps it in the 120s easily. Is it the Losartan or the lifestyle changes I made I wonder. Apart from losing weight I gave up salt, as much as possible anyway, cut out most alcohol and...

I lost all the weight I needed to after I had the health check dropping from a BMI of 24 to <19 and have managed to keep it off. This was before I had the second A1c test which I think is why that dr thought the number would have lowered, but it hadn't. I cut my carbs in order to lose the weight...

Thank you logindetails, that's helpful and what I needed to know. There seems so much conflicting advice. Thank you too Bluetit. The A1c was originally done as part of the NHS health check and as they had initially found hypertension had said nothing about this number. They did it a second time...

taken 12 months apart and with a huge weight loss and other lifestyle issues sorted. Dr said last January to 'watch your diet' - most helpful!! I 've bought a meter but please can someone give me advice on how best to test? Should a fasting finger prick test correspond to one that might be...

So if a single high is sufficient for a diagnosis then it must indicate the beta cells are shot, or at least partly shot and can't produce sufficient insulin without help? I did read up about the Newcastle diet but it sounded so drastic that I didn't think it would be sustainable. If a diagnosis...

So do I understand you correctly - just one initial high A1c is enough to give you a diagnosis: seems rather final! There is absolutely no possibility of reversing it even at that stage? What about the OGTT, did you have one of those too? I understand with T2 the onset of full blown diabetes...

I agree about the doctors and nurses not giving one the full picture. Only when I got my med notes online did I see I was prediabetic and although they did another test and it came back the same [41%] the doctor said not to worry. Another dr at the practice said to 'Watch your diet'. Didn't...

AndBreathe, please can I ask why you have a T2 diagnosis? I understand that an A1c of 8.8 or in fact anything over 6.4% is a diagnosis but as your numbers have fallen so dramatically with diet and no meds how can it be? I don't understand. My two A1c's were 5.9 taken roughly a year apart and...

As I'm over 60 [72 actually] I don't pay for prescriptions anyway so really wouldn't want a 'diabetic' label on my medical record if it wasn't relevant. For that matter I HATE the hypertension label on my record too. I've always felt it gave the doctors too much control. Silly perhaps! It is a...

Technically I don't think I'm even at prediabetic levels but just very close. It was the dr who said the numbers indicated prediabetes as I'd made the lifestyle improvements and lost a lot of weight yet the numbers stayed high. I also have hypertension which can raise the risk I believe .I just...