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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gudrun" data-source="post: 582856" data-attributes="member: 103109">As Zand said above, doctors don't always diagnose prediabetics. Unless you've got T2, they don't seem to be very interesting (apart from the usual 'Lose weight' suggestions). Because of strong family history of diabetes I started to get myself checked once a year since 2001 and kept a record. Over the years it slowly went up (and down, then up again). In 2012 my HBA1c test was 44. Was told it was 'a little high, but still normal'. I phoned the GP and pressed him for further explanation and asked him specifically if I was prediabetic. He said Yes. If I had not phoned, he would not have told me. On the results from the blood test was mentioned 'no action necessary'. As I had only been tested once a year until then with a normal blood test (not HBA1c) it is difficult to know how long I may have had it. I measured 6.0 in 2011....</blockquote>

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