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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KennyA" data-source="post: 2659424" data-attributes="member: 517579">Pre-diabetes isn't a disease so technically you can't be diagnosed with it. It's right to be concerned if your BG drifts up out of normal range, though.  One reading of 43 (was it just the one?) is within the 5% allowable error (if it was a lab-test HbA1c) of a normal result.  Your 33 is probably close enough - the result is certainly in the range of around 31.5 to 34.5. Were you told that your pancreas was damaged? The more likely explanation for your higher reading is that you had developed a bit of insulin resistance - plenty of insulin, but your muscle cells weren't able to utilise it properly. Reducing the glucose load for a period tends to lower insulin levels, and give your systems a chance to regain a bit of sensitivity.  If you've largely been keeping to the low-carb path since that would tend to confirm it. It is much, much better to do what you've done rather than wait for formal diagnosis or symptoms to start.  Yes, it's entirely possible to make very large reducations in BG quite quickly - there are a couple of accounts in the "Success Stories" section from people who reduced three figure A1cs to normal in a few months.</blockquote>

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