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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2495384" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Hmm, it's very difficult to tell without knowing the units of that 6.5 but <em>if </em>it was a hba1c (measured in a %) rather than a blood sugar (measured in mmol/L) then that puts you at the bottom level of diabetic hba1c (48 in mmol/mol, there are two competing measuring systems for hba1c). Doctors tend to diagnose T2 based on 3 tests</p><p>1) hba1c - if its 6.5% /48mmol/mol or above</p><p>2) fasting blood sugars above a certain level </p><p>3) glucose tolerance test</p><p></p><p>They often don't bother with test 2 or 3 if the hba1c is high enough. But the diagnostic techniques can also vary a bit by country/location/doctor.</p><p></p><p>If you're bothered you could ask your medical team if that 6.5 is an hba1c in %. Hba1cs reflect your average blood sugar over the last 3 months and shouldn't be affected by a glucose tolerance test.</p><p></p><p>The advantage of having an hba1c that is only just in diabetic levels is that it should hopefully be relatively easy to use diet to nudge your levels back down.</p><p></p><p>And it definitely helps to keep a sense of humour about medical conditions, in my opinion. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Your seems alive and very well.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>If you want to use diet to treat your T2 then this is my favourite link to T2 and low carb, jokalsbeek's excellent blog..</p><p>(Don't think anypne else has linked to it yet, apologies if they have).</p><p><a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog/jokalsbeek.401801/" target="_blank">JoKalsbeek's blog | Diabetes Forum • The Global Diabetes Community</a></p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2495384, member: 372717"] Hmm, it's very difficult to tell without knowing the units of that 6.5 but [I]if [/I]it was a hba1c (measured in a %) rather than a blood sugar (measured in mmol/L) then that puts you at the bottom level of diabetic hba1c (48 in mmol/mol, there are two competing measuring systems for hba1c). Doctors tend to diagnose T2 based on 3 tests 1) hba1c - if its 6.5% /48mmol/mol or above 2) fasting blood sugars above a certain level 3) glucose tolerance test They often don't bother with test 2 or 3 if the hba1c is high enough. But the diagnostic techniques can also vary a bit by country/location/doctor. If you're bothered you could ask your medical team if that 6.5 is an hba1c in %. Hba1cs reflect your average blood sugar over the last 3 months and shouldn't be affected by a glucose tolerance test. The advantage of having an hba1c that is only just in diabetic levels is that it should hopefully be relatively easy to use diet to nudge your levels back down. And it definitely helps to keep a sense of humour about medical conditions, in my opinion. :) Your seems alive and very well.:) If you want to use diet to treat your T2 then this is my favourite link to T2 and low carb, jokalsbeek's excellent blog.. (Don't think anypne else has linked to it yet, apologies if they have). [URL='https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog/jokalsbeek.401801/']JoKalsbeek's blog | Diabetes Forum • The Global Diabetes Community[/URL] Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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