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Hello, It’s been a while since I posted but in 2015 I had a hba1c of 40. I was 36 years old at the time. I’m 5FT tall and weigh 9 stone so not overweight and my diet isn’t bad. My go at the time said they were fine and to not think about it and he didn’t see the need to re test. It was...

Hello, You may or may not remember me, I posted a last year and the year before when my ex gp was causing me extreme anxiety and being OTT with testing. Here is my last post if anyone wants to read jt. My anxiety is far better now and I'm doing miles better...

Hello, I posted here last year and earlier this year about my concerns about diabetes after my GP caused me a lot of anxiety. I hope it's ok I return here to ask some advice please. I am 38, female, 5ft tall and I weigh about 8.5 stone. I started treatment for an underactive thyroid last May...

Sorry to post again, it's been a while but I am not actually diagnosed diabetic. I had a HBA1C in September was 38. Gp then repeated it December 2015 and was 40. GP told me I was fine. I then had a HBA1C April 2016 and it was 35. I felt relieved it had come down. I had been diagnosed with an...

Sorry to post again. Here is my last post that gives background on me and why I'm concerned http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/little-update.116608/ incase anyone wants to read but you don't have to. I have an interactive thyroid. For 18 months I've had chronic fatigue most days and...

Hello. Thank you all for your kindness when I posted last month about my GP wanting to repeat my HBA1C. My random glucose in November was 8.9, The same day he also tested the HBA1C which was 35. He told me at the time of the results he wasn't concerned. He just did a full MOT to rule things...

Sorry I wasn't sure where to post this. I used to post here last year after a HBA1C being 41 and GP saying it was fine, but I was concerned. Anyway, I was dignosed with an underactive thyroid last May and put on thryroxine. My results keep climbing so he has put me up to 75mg today. In...

Hi all, I'm returning to ask a question. I posted earlier this year after I had a hba1c of 41 last December and was concerned as I'm not overweight, not a bad eater etc... I have a private test in April which showed it was then 35 so I relaxed. I've been ill all year when my thyroid became...

I had a repeat HBA1C done this week. Today I got the results. It's 35. In December it was 40 and it sent me into high anxiety as I am already struggling with hypothyroidism and high cholesterol. So thank you all so much. I am following a vegan diet and can now continue it worry free. You've...

Hello. My HBA1C was tested in September due to fatigue and dry mouth. My result was 38 and I was told I was fine. I continued to feel fatigued and in December after a very stressful few months with my ill son my HBA1C was 40. I have a thyroid issue which has been causing the fatigue, we have...

I'm giving lchf a go again to try to lower my hba1c. It was 38 and crept up to 40 3 months later. My gp is keeping an eye on me. I know it's not present diabetic until 42 but it's very high end of normal so I want to try to bring it down. I tried lchf a few weeks ago and after 5 days felt ill...

I was always mostly vegetarian until recently, I ate some tuna and salmon, but mostly ate veggie meals. Never been an issue. I had a HBA1C in September due to fatigue and it was 38, in December it was 40. I was going through a period of high stress as my son was ill. I was living off toast and...

Hello I want to go back ton following a vegan plant based diet. I was doing this previously and felt well but after my hba1c was 40 (gp said all ok no need to diet change as I walk going through immense stress at the time ) and cholesterol high. I decided to go on a lchf diet but I felt...

In September I saw my gp about fatigue. My thyroid was tested and I have a high tsh of 7.51 but FT4 is normal at 15.8 so my gp says I don't need treatment. He tested my hba1c and it was 38. My finger prick test 30 minutes after eating was 9.2 which terrified me but my gp said 38 is fine and I...

So I bought the book The Great Cholesterol Con. Had a little read through. Can't say I agreed with alot of what he said. He mentioned FH. I couldn't understand what he was saying about it, but he did say something about 5 year olds dying from chd. Well this alarmed me. My uncle at 51 had a...

Hello. I posted on the intro board earlier this week. I am not diabetic but my HBA1C was 38 in September and 40 in December which caused me concern. I have no family history and I am 36, 116lb female, I do yoga and i thought a good diet. My cholesterol results were high which alarmed me but...

Hello. I'm a 36 year old female. 5ft and 116lbs. I had tests in September for diabetes due to fatigue (turns out my thyroid is subclinical hypothyroid). My hba1c was 38. In December I was unwell with stress, my son was being bullied and was suicidal. Life was hell taking care of my son crippled...