justfoundout
Well-Known Member
I’m really new to all this stuff and committed to low carb last Tuesday following a T2 diagnosis and suspected neuropathy.
There is a lot to take in and learn (trying to do so quickly) and there is a big thing I don’t get in relation to my readings.
Here goes:
11th Dec fasting reading at hospital 6.3.
GP said I needed a GTT. Got myself to hospital again and readings were:
6.1 rising to 12.2 at the 2 hours.
GP said I was diabetic.
Have just got my HbA1c reading taken last Thursday. This is 5.2%.
A different GP told the receptionist to tell me the result is normal and NHS is only concerned if it is above 7. So big Q is “Am I diabetic, or not?????”
I have got another session with the practice nurse next week at which point I will get a meter so can take readings pre-food and post food. Is that the only way to find out the truth? And what questions should I ask?
Hope someone can help this newbie make sense of what these numbers and advice means. Feel like my head will explode with it all!
M
There is a lot to take in and learn (trying to do so quickly) and there is a big thing I don’t get in relation to my readings.
Here goes:
11th Dec fasting reading at hospital 6.3.
GP said I needed a GTT. Got myself to hospital again and readings were:
6.1 rising to 12.2 at the 2 hours.
GP said I was diabetic.
Have just got my HbA1c reading taken last Thursday. This is 5.2%.
A different GP told the receptionist to tell me the result is normal and NHS is only concerned if it is above 7. So big Q is “Am I diabetic, or not?????”
I have got another session with the practice nurse next week at which point I will get a meter so can take readings pre-food and post food. Is that the only way to find out the truth? And what questions should I ask?
Hope someone can help this newbie make sense of what these numbers and advice means. Feel like my head will explode with it all!
M