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gil262500

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I have just had my yearly diabetic (type 2) review and after being on Mounjaro since February I am nealy 75 and have lost 1 1/2 stone since then, I now weigh 13st 6 3/4 lbs which at 5' 4" tall I guess could of, should of been a lot more BUT we do like our holidays. My Blood Sugar reading was 61 then NOW 51 BUT sugar in my urine has a reading of 61 PLEASE can someone explain what an acceptable level is and how i get there as I believe 61 is too high :arghh: :bigtears:
 
gil262500 said:
I have just had my yearly diabetic (type 2) review and after being on Mounjaro since February I am nealy 75 and have lost 1 1/2 stone since then, I now weigh 13st 6 3/4 lbs which at 5' 4" tall I guess could of, should of been a lot more BUT we do like our holidays. My Blood Sugar reading was 61 then NOW 51 BUT sugar in my urine has a reading of 61 PLEASE can someone explain what an acceptable level is and how i get there as I believe 61 is too high :arghh: :bigtears:
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Hi gil262500 and welcome to the forums.

The sugar in urine test isn't really used that much these days because it's not nearly as accurate as a blood test. And even the blood tests have some inaccuracy. Unfortunately it's difficult to say generally what "an acceptable level" is or might be. I'm someone who gets quite nasty diabetic/high blood sugar symptoms with a comparatively low blood glucose level on an HbA1c test of around 43 or 44mmol/l. So "acceptable" to me is somewhere lower than that, where I don't get those symptoms - effectively normal blood glucose.

As far as the health service is concerned they will consider 48mmol/l as being "diabetic level" - the way it works is that diabetes will automatically be diagnosed if and when BG reaches 48, but there is no reason for it not to be diagnosed earlier. However early diagnosis doesn't seem to be done any more in the UK.

Beneath 48 you would be told you were "pre-diabetic", but your blood glucose level is still not normal. "Normal" is in the range 36-41, with most people clustering around 38.

What's "acceptable" is really a decision for you to make, based on how you feel, what symptoms (if any) you're having, and what you think is reasonable and achievable.
 
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