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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nicole T" data-source="post: 2293492" data-attributes="member: 527609">If you've tested in the diabetic range, then they should be asking you back for a second test, to confirm. Like any test, they can get the occasional misread, lab mix-up, contaminated sample etc., so they're supposed to do a second one to confirm. Mine were 75 and 76, I think. Maybe make some dietary changes now (though the test averages out the last 2-3 months blood sugar) but get that second test if you haven't already had it.If your reading truly is 79, then you have diabetes by definition. The term describes a body that is not regulating its blood sugar properly, and one that is would never reach that level, no matter how much junk food you ate. The initial shock is a doozy (I'm only around a month past my own, and I didn't sleep a wink the night after getting the news) but it very quickly settles down to just being part of your everyday life. And if you can keep your levels down to pre-diabetic and non-diabetic, there's no reason why this would progress to any of the nasty complications that uncontrolled blood sugar can lead to. If you're lucky, you may even reverse the condition to some degree over time.</blockquote>

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