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- Type of diabetes
- Treatment type
- Diet only
I recently was getting checked out for something else when my blood work came back with a 7.4 for glucose. My father was a type 2 diabetic however he lived a 'very' unhealthy lifestyle and for decades was 3-400 pounds. My doctor went a bit crazy which isn't so bad since he was really just trying to encourage me to exercise and eat properly. I'm cool with this. Maybe I've gained a bit too much weight over the past year (weighed myself today, eek, 230, I'm 6'2" and a taller guy so it's not 'that' overweight).
Anyway, as I was saying I was getting some blood work done for some other things when this result came back. Then I read that the result is supposed to be my fasting glucose level. Thinking back to the afternoon I got tested I was literally in a fog and stressed with the original issue/work issues. We couldn't find the blood clinic and my GF and I stopped and ate some french fries. It was a really large portion and the both of us couldn't even finish it but suffice to say I ate a solid helping of fries, ketchup and loads of sour cream and onion powder they put all over the fries at this place.
Anyway, that was about an hour maybe before they drew my blood and I'm wondering if eating that soon before a test like this could alter my results. My doctor is behaving as if I'm a confirmed diabetic and said if I can't reduce my weight and control the levels in 3 months I'm going straight to medication. Then he basically told me I need to go see a naturapath (which is not covered) instead of a dietitian as my father had done. I feel like I need more tests to find out exactly what is going on.
I hope no one feels that I'm looking for an out here to delude myself or sub-consciously employing some kind of denial device. That's not the case. I have decided no matter what the future results come back with I'm going to make changes in my life as if the diagnosis was positive. I'm really not a guy who's into sugar at all and eating right/exercising is something I 'want' in my routine anyway.
So I don't know what to say. I'm hoping to hear from some people who have experience here I guess. I'm a bit confused/overwhelmed and I don't have a feeling of confidence in my doctor. Can anyone offer advice?
Anyway, as I was saying I was getting some blood work done for some other things when this result came back. Then I read that the result is supposed to be my fasting glucose level. Thinking back to the afternoon I got tested I was literally in a fog and stressed with the original issue/work issues. We couldn't find the blood clinic and my GF and I stopped and ate some french fries. It was a really large portion and the both of us couldn't even finish it but suffice to say I ate a solid helping of fries, ketchup and loads of sour cream and onion powder they put all over the fries at this place.
Anyway, that was about an hour maybe before they drew my blood and I'm wondering if eating that soon before a test like this could alter my results. My doctor is behaving as if I'm a confirmed diabetic and said if I can't reduce my weight and control the levels in 3 months I'm going straight to medication. Then he basically told me I need to go see a naturapath (which is not covered) instead of a dietitian as my father had done. I feel like I need more tests to find out exactly what is going on.
I hope no one feels that I'm looking for an out here to delude myself or sub-consciously employing some kind of denial device. That's not the case. I have decided no matter what the future results come back with I'm going to make changes in my life as if the diagnosis was positive. I'm really not a guy who's into sugar at all and eating right/exercising is something I 'want' in my routine anyway.
So I don't know what to say. I'm hoping to hear from some people who have experience here I guess. I'm a bit confused/overwhelmed and I don't have a feeling of confidence in my doctor. Can anyone offer advice?