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<blockquote data-quote="riverfish" data-source="post: 1249608" data-attributes="member: 331169"><p>[USER=198675]@Opossum[/USER] , [USER=85785]@nosher8355[/USER], [USER=196960]@ickihun[/USER] Thanks all for the words of assurance and sorry for the late reply! I'm freaking out less now than before your messages. I did want to mention that I know I'm not diabetic but what I'm on this forum because of worries that I could be at a <em>very early</em> stage or <em>at risk of developing</em> diabetes in 10 years. and if maybe it would be prudent to permanently change habits as if I was possibly prediabetic. </p><p></p><p>Problem is that I've already tried to see a specialist to show my readings to, looking to rid myself of uncertainty, but I can't see one without a GP referral (and even if I could, there's about a 3 month waiting list) so given the lack of medical support I prefer to play it safe and use a meter and read up on diabetes. I already exercise.</p><p></p><p>[USER=196960]@ickihun[/USER] I can't remember right now why I took readings 2 and 1 year ago - but I did it briefly but everything was well within the safe range even by the standards of <a href="http://www.phlaunt.com" target="_blank">www.phlaunt.com</a> (bloodsugar101). This year I started testing just to continue the habit and because I have some symptoms.</p><p>But this year the numbers are different; slightly higher averages for same tests (same food, etc.), secondary or tertiary spikes, overall weird curve shape, higher, longer lasting peaks and deep hypo level drops, and of course the aforementioned elevated steady level. So because of that I kept testing to see if it was a pattern or a one-off thing.</p><p>One of the group of symptoms are hypo-like symptoms (feeling very shaky, weak and hungry - often after a jog and once I nearly fainted). I didn't know until recently that these are symptoms of hypoglycemia, actually. But I checked my BG levels during one or two of these events and the values were below baseline but not enough for the meter to alert. However, after eating sometimes I do get meter alerts but without any symptoms at all.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I just wanted to answer your question. I hope I didn't give the impression I'm looking for an online diagnosis or something. I'm already calmer now thanks to you guys but I still want to learn about diabetes since docs seem focused on <em>treating</em> real diabetics and have no time left for <em>prevention</em>. Which is understandable of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="riverfish, post: 1249608, member: 331169"] [USER=198675]@Opossum[/USER] , [USER=85785]@nosher8355[/USER], [USER=196960]@ickihun[/USER] Thanks all for the words of assurance and sorry for the late reply! I'm freaking out less now than before your messages. I did want to mention that I know I'm not diabetic but what I'm on this forum because of worries that I could be at a [I]very early[/I] stage or [I]at risk of developing[/I] diabetes in 10 years. and if maybe it would be prudent to permanently change habits as if I was possibly prediabetic. Problem is that I've already tried to see a specialist to show my readings to, looking to rid myself of uncertainty, but I can't see one without a GP referral (and even if I could, there's about a 3 month waiting list) so given the lack of medical support I prefer to play it safe and use a meter and read up on diabetes. I already exercise. [USER=196960]@ickihun[/USER] I can't remember right now why I took readings 2 and 1 year ago - but I did it briefly but everything was well within the safe range even by the standards of [URL="http://www.phlaunt.com"]www.phlaunt.com[/URL] (bloodsugar101). This year I started testing just to continue the habit and because I have some symptoms. But this year the numbers are different; slightly higher averages for same tests (same food, etc.), secondary or tertiary spikes, overall weird curve shape, higher, longer lasting peaks and deep hypo level drops, and of course the aforementioned elevated steady level. So because of that I kept testing to see if it was a pattern or a one-off thing. One of the group of symptoms are hypo-like symptoms (feeling very shaky, weak and hungry - often after a jog and once I nearly fainted). I didn't know until recently that these are symptoms of hypoglycemia, actually. But I checked my BG levels during one or two of these events and the values were below baseline but not enough for the meter to alert. However, after eating sometimes I do get meter alerts but without any symptoms at all. Anyway, I just wanted to answer your question. I hope I didn't give the impression I'm looking for an online diagnosis or something. I'm already calmer now thanks to you guys but I still want to learn about diabetes since docs seem focused on [I]treating[/I] real diabetics and have no time left for [I]prevention[/I]. Which is understandable of course. [/QUOTE]
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