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<blockquote data-quote="jingyd36" data-source="post: 1124546" data-attributes="member: 283066"><p>Hello.</p><p></p><p>My HBA1C was tested in September due to fatigue and dry mouth. My result was 38 and I was told I was fine. I continued to feel fatigued and in December after a very stressful few months with my ill son my HBA1C was 40. I have a thyroid issue which has been causing the fatigue, we have since found this out. My GP told me my HBA1C was fine and not to worry at all.I got a second opinion and that GP was of the same attitude. They said they'd probably test annually along with my cholesterol as that was high at 6.9 (runs in my family). This all triggered awful health anxiety. I am 36, 116lb female. I follow a vegetarian diet, always wanted to go vegan but am afraid to try this now as I read a LCHF diet is best for pre diabetics. Having no health issues to suddenly having hypothyroidism looming, high cholesterol and my HBA1C being 40 triggered horrible health anxiety. I hadn't suffered since I was very young with anxiety. I had been highly stressed with my ill son which my GP said could well have been playing havoc with my test results.</p><p></p><p>So my GP suggested a HBA1C re test in the autumn along with my cholesterol, he said they're just routine nothing to worry about and couldn't understand why I was concerned of a HBA1C of 40. 4 months on I worry often about it. I suffer from fatigue due to my thyroid but recently it had lifted alot. Strange but nice to have energy. Alot of days recently I again have a dry mouth, I dont have a thirst as such just more my tongue feels dry. I don't wee more than every 2 hours. Then on my bad fatigue days I worry. Today is a bad fatigue day, I feel exhausted, my mouth has been dry since I woke up and I am going to the toilet every hour today. Of course this triggers the fear that I am now diabetic. My husband says I am worrying over nothing and probably going to the toilet more due to worry. My carbs were at 180g yesterday, I have been tracking them in My Fitness Pal keeping an eye on my diet. I had a dry mouth all weekend but no fatigue really.</p><p></p><p>I am concerned 4 months on could my HBA1C have jumped into the diabetic range and maybe these are symptoms to be concerned about. </p><p></p><p>My GP doesn't see the need to retest me until the end of the summer. I use a company called Blue Horizon to have full thyroid panel of blood work done every 3 months as the NHS can't test the full thyroid panel. They also do a HBA1C test, it's a finger prick test that you send into them. Has anyone done this? or can anyone recommend a place to be tested? Blue HOrizon give a doctors report and you forward it onto your GP, the private hospitals in the UK use their labs often too.</p><p></p><p>I hope noone minds me posting here. I am just so worried today since I have woken up feeling so exhausted. It's really hard when my GP tells me there is nothing to worry about yet I am concerned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jingyd36, post: 1124546, member: 283066"] Hello. My HBA1C was tested in September due to fatigue and dry mouth. My result was 38 and I was told I was fine. I continued to feel fatigued and in December after a very stressful few months with my ill son my HBA1C was 40. I have a thyroid issue which has been causing the fatigue, we have since found this out. My GP told me my HBA1C was fine and not to worry at all.I got a second opinion and that GP was of the same attitude. They said they'd probably test annually along with my cholesterol as that was high at 6.9 (runs in my family). This all triggered awful health anxiety. I am 36, 116lb female. I follow a vegetarian diet, always wanted to go vegan but am afraid to try this now as I read a LCHF diet is best for pre diabetics. Having no health issues to suddenly having hypothyroidism looming, high cholesterol and my HBA1C being 40 triggered horrible health anxiety. I hadn't suffered since I was very young with anxiety. I had been highly stressed with my ill son which my GP said could well have been playing havoc with my test results. So my GP suggested a HBA1C re test in the autumn along with my cholesterol, he said they're just routine nothing to worry about and couldn't understand why I was concerned of a HBA1C of 40. 4 months on I worry often about it. I suffer from fatigue due to my thyroid but recently it had lifted alot. Strange but nice to have energy. Alot of days recently I again have a dry mouth, I dont have a thirst as such just more my tongue feels dry. I don't wee more than every 2 hours. Then on my bad fatigue days I worry. Today is a bad fatigue day, I feel exhausted, my mouth has been dry since I woke up and I am going to the toilet every hour today. Of course this triggers the fear that I am now diabetic. My husband says I am worrying over nothing and probably going to the toilet more due to worry. My carbs were at 180g yesterday, I have been tracking them in My Fitness Pal keeping an eye on my diet. I had a dry mouth all weekend but no fatigue really. I am concerned 4 months on could my HBA1C have jumped into the diabetic range and maybe these are symptoms to be concerned about. My GP doesn't see the need to retest me until the end of the summer. I use a company called Blue Horizon to have full thyroid panel of blood work done every 3 months as the NHS can't test the full thyroid panel. They also do a HBA1C test, it's a finger prick test that you send into them. Has anyone done this? or can anyone recommend a place to be tested? Blue HOrizon give a doctors report and you forward it onto your GP, the private hospitals in the UK use their labs often too. I hope noone minds me posting here. I am just so worried today since I have woken up feeling so exhausted. It's really hard when my GP tells me there is nothing to worry about yet I am concerned. [/QUOTE]
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