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    My GP thinks a fasting blood of 7 or above is normal???

    Thank you. Yes, my GP has agreed to refer me to endo, hoping they are a bit more informed than she is, but I wouldn’t count on it. My thyroid endo wasn’t that on it. I see, you meant try to get my bloods down with diet. I have worked with a functional nutritionist in the past and done loads of...
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    My GP thinks a fasting blood of 7 or above is normal???

    Thank you. Do you mean no carbs as in no veg, only fats and meats? What would you expect to see happen, in terms of what response would indicate what? Is type 2 diabetes purely about the glucose in your blood in response to what you have eaten, or is it also about the glucose in your blood...
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    My GP thinks a fasting blood of 7 or above is normal???

    Thanks, next time I put one on I will finger prick too to see the variability. I suspect doctors will say they aren’t reliable either. When I was first I’ll I used finger pricks sometimes my blood glucose was as low as 1.6 (I was very I’ll at the time) GP’s just dismissed it. I don’t want to be...
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    My GP thinks a fasting blood of 7 or above is normal???

    Thanks for replying. My last hbAlc was 38. It isn’t the spike after eating me that concerns me, I expect that, it is that my levels are around 7 all night despite me having eaten last at 7pm the night before and me not eating again (on that occasion) until 1pm, hence the spike that followed...
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    My GP thinks a fasting blood of 7 or above is normal???

    Hi I have been wearing a libre thingy me bob CGM. It showed f that frequently my fasting blood glucose was above 7, even after fasting for over 16 hours on one occassion, but my HBAlc comes in as normal. I flagged this up with the diabetes GP in my practice and finally got to speak to her...
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