prediabetes

Hi, I am confused at the moment because, although my blood glucose pin prick results are good - tending to measure 5.4 at fasting and often the same at 1.5 hrs and 2.5 hrs after meals - I am having episodes of feeling light headed, spaced out, sometimes near to fainting, or feeling nauseous...

Hello, I've been looking at this forum for a while as a source of support after being told about a month ago that I'm prediabetic. To put this in context - and apologies ahead that this will be quite a long post - I thought I might be at risk (because I have the body type and do have some...

Hi all, Was just diagnosed as Prediabetic a few days ago and after a bit of shock and despair I'm now treating this as an opportunity to transform my life! I'm quite familiar with low carb diets as when i was younger i used to live by the Atkins for years. I was at my thinnest at this time...

Hi all, I’m February I had a serious of tests and I was informed that my hbA1c was borderline. I was given the result by an admin person and at he time didn’t pursue any medical advice (which I accept was an error). I also didn’t ask for the actual value as at that time I had never heard of the...

Good morning! I have some questions regarding fasted prediabetes levels and how the body deals with it. I did a test two weeks ago that came in at 6.1 - I know that’s low to some of your numbers I’m reading in here but it’s still in the prediabetes range. It did come as quite a shock to be...

Hello everyone! I'm new here, my name is Penny and I was diagnosed as insulin resistant and pre-diabetic almost 10 years ago. As a kid suddenly I started getting fatter and fatter and my mom decided to get me to an endocrinologist, who said that I had some hormonal problems and that my brain had...

Two weeks ago I was diagnosed with enlarged thyroid. The issue started at least 2-3 years ago according to the endocrinologist. Because of the connection between the thyroid and the pancreas I went to an OGTT. The results are a little bit confusing and the endocrinologist said that I could be...

Hi Ladies, i just want to ask what is your Oby recommended for your birth contraceptive. I was diagnosed with Prediabetes. My fasting blood sugar is 111. I cant continue using birth control pills because of my High Blood Pressure and Cholesterol. She gave me Depo Provera shot for contraceptive...

Good morning all, I found out I am prediabetic 2 weeks ago, I was very shocked. Am active and my BMI is 24. Both sisters have type 1 diabetes, so I feel a bit of a fraud and haven’t told anyone. I wanted to try and reverse it through diet etc. so bought a blood glucose monitor and started...

Hi all! I'm new to this forum so excuse me for any mistake I make. Just a briefly gext about me. I'm female, 18. I was overweight for long before I reached out and then I was just a little away from having diabetes type 2.(pre-diabetes) Just a background: it's genetic. My hrandma had too, it...

I found this site on searching on information about fasting off/on while taking metformin. Although I take metformin for PCOS, yet I still take it, and the PCOS makes me pre-diabetic. So I need to lose weight, been trying to lose all the extra weight around the waistline. I could exercise for 3...

I am writing to see if anyone else has had an issue similar to mine and because it is driving me crazy! I apologize in advance for the long post. I am a 22 year old female of average height and weight (about 5'3" and 120 lbs). I am young and have never been overweight so when I was told last...

I have insulin resistance. My insulin level fasting is 24/25. I've been having trouble losing the hundred pounds I put on for more than a year now. I eat pretty healthy and I do exercise, sometimes I eat carbs. But when I do or don't eat carbs it doesn't make much of a difference. I went to a...

Firstly i am not on medication, had read january 2016 of HAbc1 6.4 so i sore i was gonna change this naturally and not pay big pharma to kill me slowly. I was on LCHF diet for 8 months last year and lost 15 kilos and brought my Habc1 from 6.4 to 5.2 in 2 months felt amazing after 6 months on...

Hi! I'm 18 and for the last couple of days my hips and shoulders have been fairly sore. I do exercise but not in a way that my shoulders should be sore or for how sore my hips have been. I have also been experiencing some slight tingling in my hands, but mostly only when im thinking about it. I...

I would love to hear from all type 2s and pre diabetics with regards to what help and support you have, or haven't, recieved to help you manage your blood sugar levels via lifestyle changes. Specifically I would like to know what if any courses or advice were offered by your GP practice or...

Went for my first bloodtest after being diagnosed with prediabetes in Nov 16. HbA1c has gone down from 6.4% 47 to 5.3% 35 and a weight loss of 10kg in 4 months :) 64kg to 53kg So happy it all paid off. Still can't eat potatoes, rice and bread, but who cares :D For anyone out there with...

Hello, I am new to the forum. I was told 4years ago i was prediabetic and did nothing about it. I admit. Despite having lost my fiance to diabetes i thought i am fine. Today i went to the GP after having fasting blood test done. My HbA1c was 50...diabetic range i was told but my blood...

Has anyone had any success with using spices to lower blood sugar? After going thru lots of information I've started on Curcumin tablets (Turmeric). I'm not really a person that usually believes in these things, but after being diagnosed with pre-diabetes I really would like to reverse it. I'm...

New here, so firstly Hi. Long story short, had bloods last week, possible iron deficiency, got call back 2 days later saying everything fine but Glucose needed looking at again so another test required, non fasting this time, booked for today. Mum in law type 2 so I popped over to hers early...