I recently had a fasting blood test done to check my LDL cholesterol level, due to heart disease in the family, and when i got the results (from a student) he infd me that I was pre diabetic with a level of 6.8 but he said "dont worry about it". Not really sure that I shouldn't worry about it, but also not sure what I should do, so does anyone have any advise for a newbie?
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Hello... Pre diabetic newbie with a "worry"
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Squire Fulwood
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I will try to put it in context. 6.8 is not a terribly high reading but it is an indication that something is wrong. It is asking too much of a person to tell them this sort of information and then say that they shouldn't worry. To put it another way, if the NHS really didn't want you to worry they shouldn't have mentioned it.
How much should you worry?
Something caused you to arrive at this point and if you do nothing then, according to the NHS, it will get progressively worse with time. There is the means to slow this progression. Many think you can stop it from getting any worse and a few say the situation can be reversed although I wouldn't bet money on the last one.
You had a slightly high sugar reading and presumably you have had many more that you didn't know about. In order to find out more you could test your blood sugar yourself occasionally to see if any particular foods are causing the "highs". Many of us do just that and we rearrange our food menu to eat less of the troublesome foods that we identify and some people cut them out altogether.
The word diet is used a lot when dealing with diabetes. This does not have the word "slimming" in front of it but refers to your general eating habits. If, however, you are overweight then losing some of it can be beneficial.
High blood sugar readings damage your body and only eating foods that don't raise your blood sugar too much seems like a good idea.
How much should you worry?
Something caused you to arrive at this point and if you do nothing then, according to the NHS, it will get progressively worse with time. There is the means to slow this progression. Many think you can stop it from getting any worse and a few say the situation can be reversed although I wouldn't bet money on the last one.
You had a slightly high sugar reading and presumably you have had many more that you didn't know about. In order to find out more you could test your blood sugar yourself occasionally to see if any particular foods are causing the "highs". Many of us do just that and we rearrange our food menu to eat less of the troublesome foods that we identify and some people cut them out altogether.
The word diet is used a lot when dealing with diabetes. This does not have the word "slimming" in front of it but refers to your general eating habits. If, however, you are overweight then losing some of it can be beneficial.
High blood sugar readings damage your body and only eating foods that don't raise your blood sugar too much seems like a good idea.
loobylou412
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I am in the same position just been told I have impaired fasting glycaemia (pre-diabetes) with a BGL of 6.8. I was advised to go and see the health care assistant for some advice on diet and lifestyle but she doesn't deal with diabetes a couple of the nurses do but she did advise me to get a second blood test just to make sure if wasn't a one off so I'm going to do that tomorrow morning.
Which blood glucose meter would you recommend?
Which blood glucose meter would you recommend?
Squire Fulwood
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loobylou412 said:
I have only tried two makes of meters so I am not in the best position to make recommendations. You could look at the models available as shown on this site.
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care ... guide.html
Test strips can be expensive and so any meter can be dear to run. One that has cheaper test strips is the SD Codefree but I believe it reads high. Hopefully other posters will be along to give their opinion.
