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A bit of an update . . . I have recently been testing 3 and sometimes 4 times a day for about 3 weeks to try and build up a picture. The results were normal when I worked out an average and simulated a HbA1c test so I stopped testing. When I spoke to the doctors surgery and related this and...

Many thanks, I will check that out.

Thanks you for the reply, I do hope its the stress, which hopefully won't last rather than anything else. I have a monitor so I have started today testing myself, I shall do this for a while every day and see how things look.

Thank you, I haven't asked for a re-test at the moment. I do have a home test monitor however so I'm planning to do regular testing for a couple of weeks and see how that looks, maybe then if the result don't reflect the HbA1c results I will ask the GP for another test.

Thank you . . . luckily the weight and exercise are not a problem as I run about four times a week. I'm not perfect with diet but I am careful so hopefully with a little less stress things will return to normal. I shall be doing a couple of home tests every day now for a least the few weeks and...

In October last year I was diagnosed as having prediabetes with a HbA1c test result of 42. By changes to my diet I managed to get this down to a normal 38 by the time I was retested this year in January, obviously I was very relieved and pleased. Unfortunately due to various things going on in...

Hi Keith, I am in a similar situation to yourself, a slim / fit (a runner) 62 year old pre-diabetic. I did 4 weeks on the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme local to me (Northants), it was run on behalf of the NHS by Ingeus Health. The main aim seemed to be to motivate people with a 50 / 50...

Thanks guys, I will keep testing and I guess I will get an even better picture the longer I test for. I go back for another hba1c test mid January so fingers crossed but I'm feeling quite positive at the moment.

I'm recording the results on an Excel spread sheet, so these are the calculated averages of my results so far: Fasting: 4.75 Pre evening meal: 5.58 2 hours after evening meal: 6.45

I do an 8 hour fasting test first thing in the morning and also test just before my evening meal, then 2 hours after my evening meal.

Mid October I was told I was prediabetic with a habc1 test result of 42. Since then I have purchased a home test monitor (Connect Next One) and have been testing myself for the last two weeks every other day: fasting tests and before and after evening meals (sorry to repeat myself if you have...

I do agree, I would recommend anybody to go along and see for yourself how helpful they are to you personally. I am still glad I went and I do intend to complete the course.

Only basic stuff so far, apparently this coming weeks session they going into it in more detail, we will see.

I not sure if what you are describing is the same thing but I am currently attending a local Diabetes Prevention programme. It consists of about an hour and a half every week for 4 weeks (I have week 4 this coming week) after that there are once monthly sessions, I'm not quite sure just how long...

4.8 this morning . . .

I totally agree with you. I have Contour Next One that comes with a free app for your phone, great maybe for some people but I found it over complicated and a real faff to use. I have instead created myself an Excel spreadsheet to record my test results and add any of my own relevant notes. I...

Hi, welcome to the forum. I'm in similar situation with recent test result of 42 HbA1c. I've tweaked my diet and bought a glucose monitor to try and track my progress.

Just a quick update . . . I have now finally got the hang of testing with the monitor (previously wasted a few test strips!) and I am now testing every other day before and after my evening meal. So far this week every test has been within the "normal non diabetic" range. I thought I would throw...

Thank you everybody, its really appreciated. I think based upon what everybody here has said next week I am going to try the following: test every other day, once pre evening meal and then again two hours after eating. We will see how that goes and go from there I think.

About three weeks ago I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic, I just tipped into the scale at 42. I have changed my diet and I am doing my utmost to bring my figures back into the normal range before I have to go back to my doctors mid January to be re-tested. To try and keep track of my progress I...