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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ashette" data-source="post: 989114" data-attributes="member: 225012">Hi there, I've recently been to the GP and wanted some advice as I've been given some mixed messages and am not sure how to proceed -  I recently went to the doctor as I'd been feeling dehydrated at night and getting dry mouth and eyes - he sent me for a fasting blood glucose test, and when that came back at 8 the doctor I saw ( a different one) sent me for another fasting blood glucose, this time including an hba1c test. I tried to get in to see my gp the following week and could only book to see the nurse through the reception. She told me the test results came back at 7.3 and 49 respectively and that I had diabetes but needed to see the Dr so booked me in for an appointment the following day. When I saw the Dr he told me I had prediabetes and told me to lose a stone over the next 3 months. No other advice or support offered. I am now totally confused as the nurse told me they don't treat anything under 47 for the hba1c test so by that standard i would have diabetes, but the doctor didn't seem concerned at all. Does this match your experience of treatment or should I be going back to the GP? Obviously I need to lose weight and am adjusting my diet etc. but looking on the forum it sounds like there's a lot of useful information about specific dieting that would be really useful and nothing like that was discussed.</blockquote>

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