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<blockquote data-quote="Carpetsalesman" data-source="post: 2287739" data-attributes="member: 526513"><p>For anyone who sees this in the future when troubleshooting their own results:</p><p>- The 2nd potassium test came back normal</p><p>- HbA1C was 5.5/37</p><p>So, I'm not diabetic...</p><p></p><p>It's been a strange journey so far with no real closure. Started at FBG 6.4, and the first two weeks of low carb were a revelation, I went to 4.8 and felt ten years younger, really felt amazing. Then FBG slowly tracked upwards and stabilised at around 5.7/5.8, which is not "normal" for a non-diabetic on 50g/carb per day, but it is what it is.</p><p></p><p>I charted my scores and it's weird seeing the FBG start high, shoot down, come back up and then flatline. The full scores (including those during the day) are even weirder. They start off zig zagging up and down like crazy, and then you can see the variances get smaller and smaller and by now almost nothing happens during the day, it goes up by about 0.5, it goes down by about 0.5. The variance is just leveling out into nothing.</p><p></p><p>I still feel a little better than I did before, but obviously with a radically restricted diet and pin-cushion fingers! </p><p></p><p>I don't really understand how Thalassemia Beta interacts with blood glucose, and probably never will under the NHS because my scores are acceptable. It's occurred to me that maybe I might have lupus, I have some other symptoms that relate to lupus but I can't see a route through the NHS to get taken seriously anymore.</p><p></p><p>I'll see what happens over time and keep an eye on the scores. Thanks to everyone here for any guidance I've received.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carpetsalesman, post: 2287739, member: 526513"] For anyone who sees this in the future when troubleshooting their own results: - The 2nd potassium test came back normal - HbA1C was 5.5/37 So, I'm not diabetic... It's been a strange journey so far with no real closure. Started at FBG 6.4, and the first two weeks of low carb were a revelation, I went to 4.8 and felt ten years younger, really felt amazing. Then FBG slowly tracked upwards and stabilised at around 5.7/5.8, which is not "normal" for a non-diabetic on 50g/carb per day, but it is what it is. I charted my scores and it's weird seeing the FBG start high, shoot down, come back up and then flatline. The full scores (including those during the day) are even weirder. They start off zig zagging up and down like crazy, and then you can see the variances get smaller and smaller and by now almost nothing happens during the day, it goes up by about 0.5, it goes down by about 0.5. The variance is just leveling out into nothing. I still feel a little better than I did before, but obviously with a radically restricted diet and pin-cushion fingers! I don't really understand how Thalassemia Beta interacts with blood glucose, and probably never will under the NHS because my scores are acceptable. It's occurred to me that maybe I might have lupus, I have some other symptoms that relate to lupus but I can't see a route through the NHS to get taken seriously anymore. I'll see what happens over time and keep an eye on the scores. Thanks to everyone here for any guidance I've received. [/QUOTE]
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