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celast

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Location
wilmslow cheshire
Type of diabetes
Treatment type
Diet only
After my glucose test in March of this year the result was 44 which I was told on here is 6% and was told I was type 2, my friend at the same surgery but different doc, had his test this week and it was 7.5% he told him he was borderline and just to keep of cakes and biscuits etc, so how can he be borderline and me type2 ??????
 
Hi Celast,

How were you diagnosed? Did you have an HbA1c at the time?
I had a look back at your posts. The HbA1c you wrote about in May, was a little while after you joined so would take into account any changes that you had made.

There are several tests that can be used to diagnose diabetes.
  • fasting test over 6.9 mmol/l,
    random glucose test over 11.1mmol/ml (plus a fasting over 7mmol/l check),
    level of greater than 11.1 mmol/ml at 2 hours on a glucose tolerance test.
    HbA1c greater than 6.4% ( over 47 mmol/mol)
If there are no other symptoms then they should do another check but it is possible to make a diagnosis on just one test if the person is losing weight/is urinating or drinking a lot etc
It is possible to have an HbA1c below 6.5% yet still have fasting levels or levels on the other'tests' that are high enough to diagnose diabetes.
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/About_us/Our ... diabetes_/

If you had an HbA1c of 42-47 mmol/mol (6.0 – 6.4%) when first 'diagnosed' and there were no other symptoms then that would normally be considered a high diabetes risk (pre diabetes in the US) rather than a diabetes


Obviously I have no idea about your friend, maybe it was a fasting of 7.5mmol/l , rather than an HbA1c of 7.5% and the doctor will do another later.


Ultimately though there isn't really any difference between a person who has a level just one side or just the other of a cut off point which has to be placed somewhere. The treatment for both conditions is identical.
 
In the very first place I had my annual blood test,it showed my sugar at 6.3 that is after fasting. then the doc said have another in three months, I had a fasting one which was 7.3, she then advised on a glucose tolerant test which after two hours was 44 which I was told on here was 6.3 so then the doc said I had type 2, I do not get any of the symptons mentioned on here in fact I do not think I drink enough water.
 
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