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    Encouragement, Please!

    Hi Chez31, thanks for your reply. I find I oscillate between feeling quite positive about things, and then feeling thoroughly fed up with all the things I have to keep battling with. I thought it was quite enough to have the heart defect etc, so the prediabetes diagnosis was quite a shock...
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    Encouragement, Please!

    Many thanks for your replies, and very helpful suggestions. Yes, I am taking Thyroxine for the underactive thyroid. I understand the thyroid problem, hypertension and glaucoma are linked to my heart defect, but I have no idea where the prediabetes has com from. I will definitely start testing...
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    Encouragement, Please!

    I was told two years ago that I had prediabetes (HBA1C 44). This was a big shock to me, as I am very slim (5ft 8ins tall, weigh less than 9st) and very active. The doctor basically said there was nothing I could do about this, just take the prescribed medication when I became fully diabetic...