Thanks RachoxHi Alvescot and welcome to the Forum. You’ve made a good move coming here. Your result of 44 is an HbA1c result, a clever test which averages your blood sugar levels over the last 2-3 months, 44 is considered pre diabetic, see the levels here:
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/what-is-hba1c.html
You’d be wise to cut carbs as a whole not just the obviously sweet things, as all carbs convert to sugar once you’ve eaten them.
To be left 12 months without assessment leaves you working blind, so you might want to invest in a blood glucose monitor and test yourself to see how well you tolerate certain meals. Home testing meters give you a snapshot result of your current blood sugar. Here are the levels to aim for:
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html
Let me also tag @daisy1 who’ll post loads of useful info for you.
consider yourself a prediabetic. if you dont alter your eating it willturn into type 2. if you control your carb intake you can avoid this. your best to read upon the risks you will face it will help you to become motivated.
Take heed to what your Dr has said to you, for it's an early warning to you that if you continue as you are with what you eat and your present lifestyle than your likely to cross the threshold and become classified as a Typr 2 diabetic. You are in the early stages of reaching this point (pre-diabetic) and have the oppertunity to reverse this situation if you do all the right things.
Read all that you can about pre-diabetes from this excellent site, follow a sensible low carb diet with controlled regular exercise, sports, walking, swimming, dancing and avoid all the things that you will discover can help push you towards becoming diabetic. Do things right and you'll avoid diabetes all together. Learn a little more each day and you'll soon become the master of your potertial diabetes and not its slave.
Please ask any questions that you are puzzled over and we'll all try our best to help you.
Please don’t be surprised if your Dr poo poos low carbing. It is not NHS policy, it is relatively new thinking, but it works! I’m lucky my GP is forward thinking and is on board but a lot of NHS staff aren’t!Thanks
I have booked an appointment tomorrow with the Dr
I have tried to reduce the sugar intake I have and I feel a little better for doing so
and I am looking in to a low carb diet to help to
Hopefully I will have more f a bigger picture tomorrow
Here’s some discount codes for Code Free strips, codes can be used over and over:Link for best priced accurate blood glucose meters & test strips.
http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product-category/shop/tee2/
https://homehealth-uk.com/all-products/codefree-blood-glucose-monitoring-system-mmoll-or-mgdl/
The tee2 meter is free, the code free has an initial cost but slightly cheaper test strips if you buy them in bulk
NHS treatment - wait until the patient gets worse before doing anything about it. Completely useless.Hi
My doctor recently called me after a blood test
He said you are nearly boarderline diabetic
I asked what does this mean ?
He said it was nothing to worry about but my blood sugar was in the danger zone at 44 and that I had to watch what I was doing
I asked if I needed to make an appointment to see him and he said no just book another blood test is 12 months
This has left me confused and not knowing what I should do
I have stopped eating all sweet things
My husband is going mad because the Dr left us not knowing what I should do
Can someone please tell me what a high blood sugar is
And what my blood sugars should be
Thanks in advance
Ange
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