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alphagemini

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Type of diabetes
Don't have diabetes
I have a fasting problem. If I fast only eight hours before testing I get random test results which make me look prediabetic.
I need to fast for at least twelve hours before I get a low normal reading. My HbA1c is normal.

Has anyone experienced this?

Thanks for any help!
 
What levels do you see?
Is it the fasting time from your last meal or simply that you are experiencing dawn phenomenon at 8 hours but this has subsided at 12 hours?
 
bulkbiker said:
What levels do you see?
Is it the fasting time from your last meal or simply that you are experiencing dawn phenomenon at 8 hours but this has subsided at 12 hours?
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Its the time after my last meal or snack. So there is an early morning spike I don't know about. That may be the answer.
Thanks for your help.
 
alphagemini said:
Its the time after my last meal or snack. So there is an early morning spike I don't know about. That may be the answer.
Thanks for your help.
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no worries.. if you type "dawn phenomenon" into the search box at the top of the page you will learn lots about it..
 
But I still want to point out that the Dawn Phenomenon happens to everyone, but people without blood sugar regulation problems do not test "prediabetic" as you put it when they take this test in the morning.
In all likelihood you are prediabetic, with insulin resistance (or possibly insulin deficiency). I was in denial for a while years ago, but in hindsight I wish I had just accepted that I needed to live differently than some of my friends instead of trying to figure out why the test had tried to label me prediabetic......
 
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