Hi and welcome. The first thing I need to say is that we won't and can't diagnose anything on here.Hi, this is all new to me and I would appreciate some advice from people in this group. I am overweight and in the obese category. I am 62 and concerned about being pre-diabetic, after feeling dizzy, faint and suddenly very tired on several occasions over the last few months when out shopping.
So, I purchased a kit from Boots to test my blood sugar and the results over the last 2 weeks are:-
First thing in the morning after fasting for more than 8 hours: Lowest reading 6.3 Highest 7.0 mmol/L
Last thing at night more than 2 hours after a meal: Lowest 6.3 Highest 8.5 mmol/L
I mentioned these readings to a paramedic at my local practice during a health checkup for the episodes of feeling faint etc and I was told these levels are perfectly normal.
Just as a second opinion please could someone on this forum advise if I am worrying unnecessarily or whether I should be concerned about the sugar levels?
Thanks in advance
Dave
Another vote here for a proper MOT, which it seems like you're already in the process of getting, so good on you.Hi, this is all new to me and I would appreciate some advice from people in this group. I am overweight and in the obese category. I am 62 and concerned about being pre-diabetic, after feeling dizzy, faint and suddenly very tired on several occasions over the last few months when out shopping.
So, I purchased a kit from Boots to test my blood sugar and the results over the last 2 weeks are:-
First thing in the morning after fasting for more than 8 hours: Lowest reading 6.3 Highest 7.0 mmol/L
Last thing at night more than 2 hours after a meal: Lowest 6.3 Highest 8.5 mmol/L
I mentioned these readings to a paramedic at my local practice during a health checkup for the episodes of feeling faint etc and I was told these levels are perfectly normal.
Just as a second opinion please could someone on this forum advise if I am worrying unnecessarily or whether I should be concerned about the sugar levels?
Thanks in advance
Dave
You're asking the right questions, but right now, we can't really help overmuch, not without test results and a diagnosis to work with. If your bloodwork comes back (pre-) diabetic, there's oodles of support and knowledge here, to get you back into healthier ranges, though I think you may have done enough research on that yourself already. And diabetes or no, with a low carb diet or intermittent fasting, you could well tackle the obesity, which'll reduce other risk factors as well (cardiovascular stuff for instance, all those lovely things us big people get to deal with.). Whatever is going on, it's good that you're taking care of yourself. And if we can help, we will. For now I'll just be keeping my fingers crossed it's something which is nice and easily solved.Thanks again for an excellent reply, this is all very helpful.
I have been testing before meals and 2 hours after each meal to see how my BG levels are affected throughout the day, as well as a few tests 20 mins after eating to see how much my BG levels were affected by different food types. I didn’t want to post every test result and focused on posting just the fasting levels as they seemed to be outside the normal range (4.0 to 5.9) according to the internet, which as we all know is a great source of unreliable information. Which is why I thought I’d ask some people who actually know about this sort of thing. Hopefully my HbA1c results will show that I’m normal and I won’t worry about this anymore. I just wanted to make sure I didn’t end up going down the path to Type 2 diabetes and do whatever I can to loose weight and get fitter in an attempt to improve my chances.
Kind regards Dave
Hi, this is all new to me and I would appreciate some advice from people in this group. I am overweight and in the obese category. I am 62 and concerned about being pre-diabetic, after feeling dizzy, faint and suddenly very tired on several occasions over the last few months when out shopping.
So, I purchased a kit from Boots to test my blood sugar and the results over the last 2 weeks are:-
First thing in the morning after fasting for more than 8 hours: Lowest reading 6.3 Highest 7.0 mmol/L
Last thing at night more than 2 hours after a meal: Lowest 6.3 Highest 8.5 mmol/L
I mentioned these readings to a paramedic at my local practice during a health checkup for the episodes of feeling faint etc and I was told these levels are perfectly normal.
Just as a second opinion please could someone on this forum advise if I am worrying unnecessarily or whether I should be concerned about the sugar levels?
Thanks in advance
Dave
Thank you for the advice. It has taken a weight off my mind.For T2 diabetes 42 - 48 is considered pre diabetic, anything over 48 is considered diabetic
So your result of 39 is a normal HbA1c
That's firmly in the normal range. See attached graph.So, I received the results of my blood tests and they are:
Haemoglobin A1c level - IFCC standardised 39 mmol/mol.
Does this tell me if I’m pre-diabetic or normal?
Kind regards
Dave
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