For the last 8yrs or so I have been tested for diabetes. Originally I was told that my readings fter fasting was anywhere between 6.8 and 7.1. Eventually I had readings over 7.0 and was told I would. Be treated at type 2 diabetic.
They then changed to testing criteria not fasting blood test and was told I was reading at 60. My last reading was 80 and this had worried me. I don't know what the scale is and whether or not I am at the top end or bottom end. I am being treated with Lingaliptin.
Can anyone enlighten me as to what my risk is. Am I prediabetic or diabetic
Thanks
Without units we don't quite know what your numbers mean, but with a bit of an educated guess, adding the medication you're on to the equation, I do believe that 80 was a HbA1c, and that's quite thoroughly in the diabetic region. Heck, 60 was, for that matter. The medication you're on, and I had to get this off wikipedia so someone tell me off if I am getting this wrong, increases the output on insulin (which for a T2 is just basically trying to mop the flooded floor with the fawcet still running; in the long run it just makes it all that much worse,
if you ask me), and cutting back on the glucose your liver naturally dumps. I do find it kind of insane that you have to go online to find out whether your numbers and treatment mean you're diabetic or not: Your doc's not exactly a star incommunication is he/she? Sheesh!
In any case... From what I gather this med isn't the preferred one, and looking at the potential side-effects i can see why. Were you put on different medications first, like Metformin or Gliclazide? All in all.... If those figures were your HbA1c, then yeah, you're a diabetic, and there's a lot more you can do about it than just take medication that can make a bad thing worse.
https://josekalsbeek.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-nutritional-thingy.html might help, as can Dietdoctor.com, this forum's website (diabetes.co.uk, not .org!) and Dr. Jason Fung's book The Diabetes Code. Just whatever you do, do NOT combine low carb eating with your current medication, you WILL hypo with your current medical regime. Learn a little about the condition and possible solutions first, talk them over with your doc to decide on what to do next with the dosage, provided you want to try the diet of course, and go from there. You don't have to get it right overnight, and a meter'll be your invaluable tool. You'll be okay.
Good luck!
Jo