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fasting blood sugar

brandonm

brandonm

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Location
Chicago,il
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
at my recent doctors visit we went over metabolic panel results from when i was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes with an a1c of 6.8 but i noticed for FBS it showed 121 also i never recieved a second a1c to confirm diagnosis. on my next visit i'll bring it up to my doctor because i thought a fasting blood of 126+ was diabetic.

Thoughts?
 
Here in the UK an HbA1c of 6.8 would strongly suggest diabetes although there would usually be a follow up re-test a few weeks later to confirm
As one off readings are so variable it's rare to find anyone who has been diagnosed from a Fasting Blood glucose level unless it's astronomical.
 
brandonm said:
at my recent doctors visit we went over metabolic panel results from when i was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes with an a1c of 6.8 but i noticed for FBS it showed 121 also i never recieved a second a1c to confirm diagnosis. on my next visit i'll bring it up to my doctor because i thought a fasting blood of 126+ was diabetic.

Thoughts?
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What are you trying to achieve? You have had a subsequent HbA1c test of 5.1%. Are you trying to say you were misdiagnosed as diabetic initially?
 
Bluetit1802 said:
What are you trying to achieve? You have had a subsequent HbA1c test of 5.1%. Are you trying to say you were misdiagnosed as diabetic initially?
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no im not trying to convince myself im not diabetic. im just curious about the 121 fbs as i thought 126 or higher was diabetic thats all
 
brandonm said:
no im not trying to convince myself im not diabetic. im just curious about the 121 fbs as i thought 126 or higher was diabetic thats all
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In the UK the fasting glucose test is not used to diagnose T2 without further tests. Normally someone with fairly borderline fasting and HbA1c will have a second test within a couple of weeks. Then a decision on diagnosis will be made. In fact, many surgeries in the UK have abandoned the fasting test completely.
 
brandonm said:
no im not trying to convince myself im not diabetic. im just curious about the 121 fbs as i thought 126 or higher was diabetic thats all
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Being that close, treat it as if it is Type 2 and your health will prosper.

If you ignore it, you’ll end up “official” sooner or later.
 
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