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Quick update, why not! So to recap, end of Feb HbA1c of 42 following blood test from GP. Got all the referrals but have not taken them up; am doing this myself, and with reading this forum. Today's figures following 4 months of diet and moderate increase in exercise, now nearly at my target...

When I had my blood done for the first time in maybe a decade, this was three months ago, mainly to check my PSA level (all good), they did all the others at the same time including HbA1c. Everything was fine apart from HbA1c which was 42 which is at the lowest level of "pre diabetes". My GP...

Well, I fell off the wagon last night in a moment of weakness; I was feeling ill and exhausted, actually think I had some sort of bug as I am feeling much better today though not 100%. I bought myself a Lion bar duo and Mars bar duo after dinner. Interesting one off experiment on how this...

I should have been clearer that I haven't had a blood test ever previous to the one I had at the GP's in February, in fact I very rarely darken the doors of the surgery, perhaps a couple of times in the last decade. It was only after I asked for a PSA blood test (my brother had just had surgery...

This was the first test I have ever had done, it wasn't specifically for HbA1c but covered everything; it was the only thing that stood out on the bloods, all else was normal. I feel a bit of a fraud posting actually because in relation to others I really don't seem to have a problem. But...

Just a quick update at Week 16, today's tests and averages - Accu-Chek instant: mmol\l Fasting: 5.1 Post meal: 6.1 7 days average: 5.7 14 days average: 5.6 30 days average: 5.6 90 days average: 5.5 Looks like I am top of things. Still 2kg to my target weight (22 BMI) and then slowly relax...

I perhaps didn't explain myself well enough. A fasting test is useful and a diagnostic for diabetes but is different from a HbAc1 test which gives the average glucose level over 3 months or so. Did you get a figure as to what the fasting level was? Did you also get a HbAc1 level? As I said...

Hi Richard. I too was diagnosed in the pre-diabetic range getting on for 3 months ago, I am 67. What I have done, which seems to be working is cut out anything processed, anything with added sugar, reduced portion size and lost weight. I have lost about 11kg and am now in the middle of the...

May as well update this as the weeks go by, may be of interest, diagnosed "pre diabetic" A1c of 42 end of Feb: Week 13: Fasting 4.7 Post meal 5.3 (mmol\l) This morning, week 14: Fasting 4.8 (mmol\l)

Quite a few places to choose from if you go private. Try the Medicare clinic in Reading (google it) that does what they call a "Diabetic package" for £50 that includes HbA1c

Thanks for that. Just read your linked blog post, excellent, given me some more ideas, extra dark chocolate and pork scratchings being among them! Already a cheese addict. It will be interesting for me to see how things pan out when I reach my target BMI (should be in a month or two) and...

I have to admit being a bit of an obsessive when I put my mind to something, sometimes to my advantage sometimes otherwise. Since my diagnosis I have not slipped once in my diet for nearly 3 months now; three meals a day at the same time at 6 hour intervals, all home made with nothing processed...

It's certainly an eye opener, for me anyway, how different things appear to work for different people. An excellent forum by the way, which has been an education for me. As I say, I am not someone who relishes sitting around in a group so I haven't taken up the offer of the "Healthier You"...

Hello folks and just thought I would post my situation which in the great scheme of things is pretty insignificant in comparison to others, but anyway.... Following routine blood test, haven't had one for at least a decade, my GP tells me I have hit the lower pre diabetic A1c of 42 mmol\mol...