Borderline diabetic?

[topmum2008]

I have been monitoring my blood sugar levels using my husbands suagr testing monitor he got from the diabetic nurse, in the last 72hours it has not dropped below 7.9 now according to my hubby its borderline, though saying that i have noticed i have become more thirsty, the constant need to wee, dizzyness, shakyness and constant tiredness, does this mean im a borderline diabetic? i have been watching what i am eating and being careful what foods to have and not to have, i have laid of chocolate bars and jam things like that though i am slightly over weight for my height, i am 17 and a half stone and stand at 5ft 8in but i am very big boned and broad shouldered, but people are saying im a well built woman at 25 years old but i know i am doing everything i can to lose weight by excercising more daily and eating healthier foods such as salads and pasta. Should i be concerned that the highest it went without having alot of sugar was 11.9? Is this signs that i have borderline diabetes?

 

[borofergie]

It's difficult to say, no-one here can diagnose you from a few random blood tests. You should make an appointment with your GP and get him to send you for some tests.

A few observations though:
How high has it been? I doubt that you'd get the whole "dizziness, shaking, thirsty, tired" thing a 7.9 mmol/l, most of us have BG readings >10mmol/l before we are diagnosed (mine were at 24.4 mmol/l). While not ideal, 7.9mmol/l isn't very, very high.

Diabetes has more to do with carbohydrates than sugar (sugar being just one form of carbohydrate). (Nearly) all carbs turn to sugar in your blood, and from that point of view a big plate of pasta is one of the worst foods you can eat (along with bread, rice, potatoes and anything with flour or sugar in it).

It also depends when you test, everybodies BG rise after they eat carbs. The question is, do yours come down to reasonable levels? It sounds a bit like they don't, but you really need to test 2 hours after eating, because if you test straight away they can be deceptively hight.

Go to the Docs. Most of the symptoms you describe are probably down to worrying.