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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 2061722" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>Hi and welcome to the forum,</p><p></p><p>As the others have said, you appear to be in the pre-diabetic range so with some effort and a tweak of your diet you should be able to reverse this down to normal numbers.</p><p></p><p>Something that will help you enormously is a blood glucose meter. You can use this (along side a food diary) to test before you eat and again 2 hours after first bite. This will tell you instantly what that meal did to your blood sugar levels and give you chance to reduce or eliminate some of the carbs. It will become your best friend, and is an essential tool in managing this condition.</p><p></p><p>Another thing you can do is ring the receptionist and ask for a print out of those test results. They should include a cholesterol and full lipid panel, plus kidney and liver functions. Being told they are "fine" is no use to anyone. They may be teetering on the edge of not being fine, and by the time of your next test it will be too late to do anything about it if they have gone above the cut off levels. Having print outs to keep will show you whether your levels are trending up or down. If you live in England your surgery should be putting test results on-line as they have been asked to do. You can ask about this and how to register for the service.</p><p></p><p>And lastly, could you complete your profile settings to show "pre-diabetes" etc. If you use the app you will have to log in to the website on your browser to do this. This will help everyone in future when you post or ask questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 2061722, member: 94045"] Hi and welcome to the forum, As the others have said, you appear to be in the pre-diabetic range so with some effort and a tweak of your diet you should be able to reverse this down to normal numbers. Something that will help you enormously is a blood glucose meter. You can use this (along side a food diary) to test before you eat and again 2 hours after first bite. This will tell you instantly what that meal did to your blood sugar levels and give you chance to reduce or eliminate some of the carbs. It will become your best friend, and is an essential tool in managing this condition. Another thing you can do is ring the receptionist and ask for a print out of those test results. They should include a cholesterol and full lipid panel, plus kidney and liver functions. Being told they are "fine" is no use to anyone. They may be teetering on the edge of not being fine, and by the time of your next test it will be too late to do anything about it if they have gone above the cut off levels. Having print outs to keep will show you whether your levels are trending up or down. If you live in England your surgery should be putting test results on-line as they have been asked to do. You can ask about this and how to register for the service. And lastly, could you complete your profile settings to show "pre-diabetes" etc. If you use the app you will have to log in to the website on your browser to do this. This will help everyone in future when you post or ask questions. [/QUOTE]
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