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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hallii" data-source="post: 296443" data-attributes="member: 30624">Doctors like to use the HbA1c blood tests to see how you are doing with managing your diabetes.The trouble is they tend to do it maybe every 3 months or so at the start and that gets stretched out to every 6 or 12 months as your control gets better.You need to ask the doctor if you are diabetic or not, "moved into the diabetic range" probably means that you are diabetic, but it would be useful to be given a firm diagnosis.Most doctors do not like home testing using meters and strips, but the vast majority of those on here would disagree with the doctors on this point. Home testing is essential in the early months after diagnosis, it will allow you to see what foods affect your BGs and to see any trends (hopefully downward) in your BGs. 8.9 non fasting is not a very bad reading, it would depend on what was eaten and when, non the less, it is in the diabetic range and needs some sort of treatment. It may be diet and excercise will do the job or you might need some medication.I suggest you ask your doctor if a GTT (Glucose tolerance test) would be useful in your case. I stongly think it may be very useful :roll: H</blockquote>

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