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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kate_B" data-source="post: 1683766" data-attributes="member: 110374">Hello, I live and work in Qatar, and therefore I don't have easy access to the NHS.  In fact a few years ago I tried to get them to assess my diabetes from the results tests taken in Qatar.  Their response was that they didn't use those units.  I was thinking, it's a straight conversion, just Google it!  Anyway, it was clear to me that they didn't want to do it.I don't trust the health professionals here, they don't seem that knowledgable and some will try to change your prescription without any tests; presumably for backhanders from pharmaceutical companies.Anyway, I have recently done some trials with the Freestyle Libre and love all the data I can get from it.  I already know that white rice causes a huge peak; but potatoes, chips and ice-cream appear to have relatively little effect.  I am still experimenting so no firm conclusions yet.So back to the original question, given that I can now calculate the increase, the rate of increase, the recovery rate/time and all sorts of other metrics; is there a way of determining if I actually have diabetes?</blockquote>

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