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Thank you for your really helpful response. I think I do need to try not to worry so much about individual readings and look at the bigger picture.

I was diagnosed with Prediabetes last Aug when my fasting BS reading was 6.7. I immediately researched and changed to a low carb diet (around 50g a day). Since Aug I have lost 3 stone and now have BMI of 22. My HBA1C was checked last month and it was 33 so I felt quite reassured although I’m...

It was just a fasting glucose test not HBA1C

Yes it was a lab test.

That’s interesting. Didn’t realise it could vary that much in just 15 mins.

It was a test they sent to the lab

Thank you, that makes sense. I was a bit anxious about hospital yesterday as they always struggle to get my blood out! It was just a fasting test. They were supposed to check HBA1C too but didn’t process it so I have to go back!

I discovered in august that I was pre-diabetic (hospital fasting test 6.7). Since then I’ve worked hard to turn this around. I’ve lost 2 and I’m on about 40-50g carbs a day. I bought a monitor and have tested fasting glucose once a week. Results have been between 4.8 and 6.2. Last mon I had a...

Just wondering if anyone has splashed out on the diabetes uk cookbook ‘The low carb cookbook’. It seems very expensive at £32 and would love to know if it’s worth it.

I’m also 55 and going through the menopause. I found out in August that I’m prediabetic. My GP didn’t even tell me but luckily I checked through some blood test results and spotted it. When I finally saw a doctor he told me to lose 25 lbs but didn’t advise how. I’ve read everything I can find...