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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SaladDaze" data-source="post: 2170957" data-attributes="member: 469373"><p>My instinct is that I am in a similar position to you. I was HbA1c = 12.1 (109); Trig=291 at diagnosis at the end of 2017. I believe I had been T2D for between 1 and 4 years before diagnosis. I was definitely T2D 6 months before diagnosis when I went to the doctor with symptoms, not certain what they were, expecting to get a blood test but didn't (and stupidly didn't ask for one). After diagnosis I was send to hospital but they didn't put me on any medication, nor did my doctor. Nevertheless I got my numbers down quite quickly by avoiding carbs like the plague. At the last test 7 months ago I was HbA1c = 5.2 (33); Trig=68. In spite of these numbers being in the normal range, I still spike very easily. What my numbers tell me is that I have controlled my symptoms well. What they don't tell me is how damaged my metabolic system is irrespective of how well I control it. For that reason I'm wondering whether it's worth asking for an <a href="http://glucose tolerance test" target="_blank">oral glucose test</a>. I'm not sure however whether test is used for anything other than simply diagnosing diabetes, rather than ranking it on a scale of deficiency.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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