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Do I test if I am 'post diabetic'?

Arrgh! Don't banish me yet. I kinda like you lot!
 

I don't want to be taken off the register. There is apparently no current protocol in place for someone in my position. It has been suggested that I be taken off the register. I guess that could have advantages for such things as insurance premiums. I have yearly eye tests, and my optician is better equipped for the retinopathy tests etc than I have at the NHS eye screening centre. I go to a podiatrist regularly, and my GP nurse will be doing the twice yearly blood tests, so I can't really see an advantage of staying on the register in my current status.
 
I can eat a fair amount of carbs and not spike. But I reckon the reason for that is that I don't do it very often. If I did it every day like a non-diabetic can, I wouldn't stay at non-diabetic levels for much longer. My Hba1c is also in non-diabetic range but I am under no illusions I am cured or not diabetic. It would be dangerous for me to consider myself as anything other than a well-controlled diabetic and I certainly don't want to be taken off the diabetic register.
 
Avocado Sevenfold said:
Dunno..just saying that the long term results are as yet unknown. Perhaps you will have great results for 10 years then your hair will turn green. Nobody knows, so best keep an eye on your bg.
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Yup, but I may not live ten years anyway. Or I could go bald.
Sure there are no long term results following Newcastle Taylor et al research, which is ongoing. That is why I am cautious about status. I haven't said I am cured. Just that I could be 'post-diabetic'. I acknowledge we need to define what that means.
 
Why would you get twice-yearly blood tests from your GP if you weren't on the register? As for insurance premiums, I would check to see that the question they ask is not "Do you have diabetes"? but "Have you ever been diagnosed with diabetes"? to which the answer would be the same, regardless of whether you're on your GPS diabetes register or not.

You've done really well to get where you are, you've been far more successful at controlling your condition than most diabetics, so don't worry about your status
 
Ah, right, but my HbA1c only rose to 41 after months of eating a lot of carbs, and at the time I was doing that I was being tested by hospital staff 4 or 5 times a day, with never a spike seen. Prior to that HbA1c had been 35-38.
 
It seems like a lot of GP's and DN's tell T2 not to test - and thus donr provide us with test strips.
Mine has gone even further and told me I dont need HbA1C test either as I am in non-diabetic range.

I fought!! only get one a year even after putting up a fight! I made it very clear that I am not a 'former diabetic' just a 'well-controlled' diabetic.

As mentioned above, you found your HbA1C levels rose when you consumed more carbs, so I think you are sensible to resume testing yourself.
 
Didn't spike at all when I ate sugary food in hospital. Sugary food would not be my normal choice of grub though.
 
I have other rare blood disorders, so while they are checking them they have agreed to do the full range. There are also health checks for people of a certain age which includes checking BG.
If I need insurance to travel, which is unlikely, I will check with broker.
 
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Ah I see. Well, I still think you should concentrate and keeping your numbers at this excellent level and not worry too much about what to call it.
 
sarah said:
Ah I see. Well, I still think you should concentrate and keeping your numbers at this excellent level and not worry too much about what to call it.
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Ta, I thought other people were more worried than I was though.
 
Is "the diabetic register" an actual thing? I hope it is a big, dusty tome with all our names written in it by the finest calligrapher in the land.
 
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Thats interesting.
If it is 'pre' that would suggest it is going to lead in to something. But if in the case of diabetes it doesn't lead into diabetes then how can it be termed 'pre'? So does the 'pre' exist at all?

So, if something is deemed to be 'post' are we looking at the meaning being 'after' ?

Confused now!
 
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