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Fasting Plasma Reading

Listlad

Listlad

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Type of diabetes
Prediabetes
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Diet only
On 8th Feb last year my Fasting Plasma Glucose reading was 6.8mmol/l

On 20th Feb my HbA1c was 41 mmol/mol.

What can be drawn from those two setting of figures in tandem?

Many thanks.
 
I would say very borderline pre-diabetic, but that was 12 months ago. Things will have changed. It is after all, only a label, no point in worrying what it was then.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
I would say very borderline pre-diabetic, but that was 12 months ago. Things will have changed. It is after all, only a label, no point in worrying what it was then.
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Just trying to understand it really.

I recall the GP nurse commenting on it when I briefly spoke to her in December, but didn’t explain herself.

Agreed though, things might well have changed a year on.
 
Listlad said:
Just trying to understand it really.

I recall the GP nurse commenting on it when I briefly spoke to her in December, but didn’t explain herself.

Agreed though, things might well have changed a year on.
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You were very borderline (non-diabetic/pre-diabetic) so you have every chance of turning things round for your next test.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
You were very borderline (non-diabetic/pre-diabetic) so you have every chance of turning things round for your next test.
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Hopefully.

It could go either way. My feeling is that in hindsight I should have eaten less in the way of carbs. Reducing actual sugar intake might yet prove to be insufficient. It is only now that I know that dropping carb intake is very important. I have eaten porridge for breakfast (most of the time) for a long time now thinking it was the best way to go when in hindsight it was probably not.

I would hope that my body’s ability to deal with carbs has not deteriorated but am guessing it won’t have got any better.
 
Listlad said:
Hopefully.

It could go either way. My feeling is that in hindsight I should have eaten less in the way of carbs. Reducing actual sugar intake might yet prove to be insufficient. It is only now that I know that dropping carb intake is very important. I have eaten porridge for breakfast (most of the time) for a long time now thinking it was the best way to go when in hindsight it was probably not.

I would hope that my body’s ability to deal with carbs has not deteriorated but am guessing it won’t have got any better.
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Remind me, have you bought a meter? Using that will help you more than you can realise. It would also give you some idea of what your next HbA1c may be, with a bit of luck, and will certainly help with your food choices.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
Remind me, have you bought a meter? Using that will help you more than you can realise. It would also give you some idea of what your next HbA1c may be, with a bit of luck, and will certainly help with your food choices.
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Not yet. My finger is on the button right now. Actually I have decided which one and am going to phone the seller directly tomorrow.
 
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