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<blockquote data-quote="Prem51" data-source="post: 2098548" data-attributes="member: 209498"><p>Hi @mousee and welcome to the forum. 17.1 is on the high side, but not dangerously high. You can try to bring it down by drinking water and doing some exercise. Contact your gp surgery tomorrow and get an appointment as soon as you can for referral for HbA1c blood test, it's the only way to confirm whether you are diabetic or not.</p><p>Even if you have to wait a week or two won't make much difference. If you do have to wait for a couple of weeks for an appointment it might be worth buying a glucose meter to keep a check on your bg levels in the meantime.</p><p>Boots, Superdrug, chemist shops and most supermarket pharmacies will sell them. I use a TEE2+ meter which has comparatively cheaper test strips. You can order meter and test strips online at <a href="http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/tee2-plus-blood-glucose-meter/" target="_blank">http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/tee2-plus-blood-glucose-meter/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prem51, post: 2098548, member: 209498"] Hi @mousee and welcome to the forum. 17.1 is on the high side, but not dangerously high. You can try to bring it down by drinking water and doing some exercise. Contact your gp surgery tomorrow and get an appointment as soon as you can for referral for HbA1c blood test, it's the only way to confirm whether you are diabetic or not. Even if you have to wait a week or two won't make much difference. If you do have to wait for a couple of weeks for an appointment it might be worth buying a glucose meter to keep a check on your bg levels in the meantime. Boots, Superdrug, chemist shops and most supermarket pharmacies will sell them. I use a TEE2+ meter which has comparatively cheaper test strips. You can order meter and test strips online at [URL]http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/tee2-plus-blood-glucose-meter/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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