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Hello, I'm a newbie, just a bit shell shocked from the news from my Doctor this morning.
I had a Plasma fasting glucose Test on 25th May - Result: 6.3mmol/L {Ref:3.5-6.0] Above high reference limit. Impaired fasting glycaemia, if not know diabetic.
I didn't know this result until today as I'd had many other tests done too. I got a letter after that test also asking me to go for a Fasting Oral Glucose Tollerance Test, I just presumed they'd forgotten to add that one, but it seems it was triggered by the above result. So it was a while before I got the time to do it, but today I got the results.
GTT fasting glucose on 2nd July: 6.6mmol/L
GTT glucose 120 minutes later: 8.1mmol/L
GTT Interpretation: Fasting glucose <7.0 and 2hr glucose >7.7 but <11.0mmol/L. Consistent with Impaired Glucose Tolerance which is associated with increased risk of progression to DM and significantly increased cardiovascular risk. Suggest full CVD assessment, lifestyle advice and repeat OGTT in a year.
So the doctor told me she wants me to see the surgery's nurse who specialises in Diabetes, I'm seeing her next week. The Doctor also said this needed to be a wake up call and I need to address my diet and exercise and she has put me on 500mg of metaformin (take one twice a day). She said, I'll be on these for at least a year, even if I lose weight and that I will be re-tested in A YEARS time with a different test, HBA1c, which she said would show my levels over six weeks.
So after having had a read around this site, my questions to anyone who knows are:
Lots of you already seem to know your HBA1c levels, why am I not being given this until A YEARS time?
I can't seem to find any pre-diabetics talking about Metformin, so WHY have I been given this?
And, if this huge scare is the kick up the butt I needed to get my weight sorted and I manage to do that, say over the next 3-6 months, then WHY do I need to still be on this Metformin and why can't I be tested along the way as my weight improves? How will I know if I'm getting better? Is it reasonable to have to wait another year with this worry and medication to know?
On a side note, I also have hypothyroidism, I've heard this can be connected with Type 2 Diabetes? And the Doctor also sent me away with Folic Acid and Vit D as they both came back low too. I'm age 52, 5ft 2", 14st 10lb.
Thanks in advance for any advice
I had a Plasma fasting glucose Test on 25th May - Result: 6.3mmol/L {Ref:3.5-6.0] Above high reference limit. Impaired fasting glycaemia, if not know diabetic.
I didn't know this result until today as I'd had many other tests done too. I got a letter after that test also asking me to go for a Fasting Oral Glucose Tollerance Test, I just presumed they'd forgotten to add that one, but it seems it was triggered by the above result. So it was a while before I got the time to do it, but today I got the results.
GTT fasting glucose on 2nd July: 6.6mmol/L
GTT glucose 120 minutes later: 8.1mmol/L
GTT Interpretation: Fasting glucose <7.0 and 2hr glucose >7.7 but <11.0mmol/L. Consistent with Impaired Glucose Tolerance which is associated with increased risk of progression to DM and significantly increased cardiovascular risk. Suggest full CVD assessment, lifestyle advice and repeat OGTT in a year.
So the doctor told me she wants me to see the surgery's nurse who specialises in Diabetes, I'm seeing her next week. The Doctor also said this needed to be a wake up call and I need to address my diet and exercise and she has put me on 500mg of metaformin (take one twice a day). She said, I'll be on these for at least a year, even if I lose weight and that I will be re-tested in A YEARS time with a different test, HBA1c, which she said would show my levels over six weeks.
So after having had a read around this site, my questions to anyone who knows are:
Lots of you already seem to know your HBA1c levels, why am I not being given this until A YEARS time?
I can't seem to find any pre-diabetics talking about Metformin, so WHY have I been given this?
And, if this huge scare is the kick up the butt I needed to get my weight sorted and I manage to do that, say over the next 3-6 months, then WHY do I need to still be on this Metformin and why can't I be tested along the way as my weight improves? How will I know if I'm getting better? Is it reasonable to have to wait another year with this worry and medication to know?
On a side note, I also have hypothyroidism, I've heard this can be connected with Type 2 Diabetes? And the Doctor also sent me away with Folic Acid and Vit D as they both came back low too. I'm age 52, 5ft 2", 14st 10lb.
Thanks in advance for any advice