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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chillijo" data-source="post: 242336" data-attributes="member: 40748">I would like to say hi to all.I was diagnosed as being bordrline diabetic many years ago, (around 16 max) after taking part in 6 years of trials on staving off/reversing diabetes using regular diabetic medication. (don't know results of the trials, my father and his family were riddled with type 2 so I was a prime candidate!)I have been recently undergoing more  tests and it looks as if I have finally crossed the line. A fasting glucose test awaits in a week. Yuk.I'm not overweight but have been diagnosed with underactive thyroid as well which is a bummer.I would just like to say that whilst I have generally felt ok for years and considered myself healthy, watch my food and exercise I decided to give myself an mot this autumn (am 56) and this is what it brought to light!I did ask for the occasional cursory  check over the years and was just told cut down on the sugars at the last but one by a totally unhelpful nurse.(Haven't got a sweet tooth anyway so that was never an issue)Moral of this -  just because you feel ok doesn't mean you are, get checked regularly, you can never tell if anything has worsened.</blockquote>

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