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I HAD A FASTING TEST DONE WHEN I WAS DIAGNOSED 16 YEARS AGO I HAD SYMPTOMS OF DIABETES PLUS I HAD A SISTER THAT WAS A DIABETIC
When I was 15, 43 years ago they used a urine test, how thing s have changedCan I ask the good people on this forum if they were diagnosed using a testing method other than HBa1c ?
To clarify where you diagnosed using one of the following methods.
- A fasting plasma glucose test measures your blood glucose after you have gone at least eight hours without eating or drinking anything but plain water. This test is used to detect diabetes or pre-diabetes.
- An oral glucose tolerance test measures your blood sugar after you have gone at least eight hours without eating and drinking and two hours after you drink a glucose-containing beverage. This test can be used to diagnose diabetes
- A random plasma glucose test, your doctor checks your blood glucose without regard to when you ate your last meal. This test, along with an assessment of symptoms, is used to diagnose diabetes but not pre-diabetes.
thanks vicThis is what is called plasma vs whole blood tests. The older meters test capilliary blood (sometimes referred to as interstitial fluid) and give readings in line withthe NICE test ranges shown on this website. Recently some meter manufacturers have started calibrating their meters to whole blood so that their readings are more like the samples taken by GP's and analysed formally in a laboratory ( i.e .venous blood drawn by syringe). I believe these meters read higher than the old ones by a factor of 1.2
If you are using alternative site testing (not fingertips) then I believe that the actual reading.you should use is the whole blood value since the blood drawn at those sites is closer to venous blood. Note: alternate sites are only useful if the bgl is not changing (i,e, not to be used too close to a meal)
Hi, what is DAFNE?Glucose tolerance test aged 35 given warning that would be diabetic within 10 years. 180 lbs and 6FT 4Inches.
Sugar drinks and sweets where not a big feature of my life.
Advice none.
Where did this come from?
Aged 42, subjected to fasting tests and declared diabetic.
Take these pills and follow diet instructions.
Talked through with a diet specialist who was informative, but only had urine test sticks to monitor.
Stopped drinking and adopted sugar free drinks including tea and coffee, and reduced my carbohydrate intake, but it was all guess work as there was no information on packets like today.
From then it was, you know what is wrong, use the advise and get on with it.
No more support.
3 months later very ill, nobody knows why.
See private specialist who decides I am not trying hard enough re diabetes.
6 months later back up to speed.
3 years later I am feeling very ill, and Doctor says I have renal threshold problems.
Confused, not happy trying to do my excellent job as a Director in a major Engineering company.
I resigned, moved to Devon, started my own business, registered with Doctor.
After 3 months I am referred to the hospital/ Peninsula Health where I met the late Dr McCloud, and was put on Insulin immediately.
My Blood sugar levels where running in the mid 20's
A few years later I am on DAFNE and doing very well.
I am now challenging some of the ways in DAFNE, but not the main principal.
It would appear I was diagnosed Type 2 and should have been Type 1. A specialist recognised the situation.
If they had done an HBA test they would have known, but had to wait until I moved to Devon and a new NHS region.
As for the medical specialist, who had me in hospital under observation for a week, rather not say.
Why write all this?
Just to say despite the misdirection or poor diagnosis it is possible to get the attention that is required, even when some areas of the NHS failed to progress as fast as others.
The NHS may be slow and cumbersome at times but they are really a fantastic organisation.
If I had been living elsewhere in the world there is a good chance I would not have been here to type this.
Whatever way diagnosis was made, things are changing so fast it is not worth worrying about.
Google is your friend
http://www.dafne.uk.com/What_is_DAFNE_-I293.html
New GP noticed my blood test results two years earlier which had fasting BGL at 5.9. He said often a sign of D2 and order a glucose tolerance test. From memory reading came back as 17 .... I control my D2 with diet. I have 3 monthly check. My HbA1C is 5.9I had a random finger prick test after a emergency admittance to hospital for something not connected - it was 28.something then a Hba1c whilst in hospital of 11.something - also had high keytones thought I was T1 for a short while.
About 10years ago I had a oral glucose tolerance test, which was the most commonest way at the time as I recall.Can I ask the good people on this forum if they were diagnosed using a testing method other than HBa1c ?
To clarify where you diagnosed using one of the following methods.
- A fasting plasma glucose test measures your blood glucose after you have gone at least eight hours without eating or drinking anything but plain water. This test is used to detect diabetes or pre-diabetes.
- An oral glucose tolerance test measures your blood sugar after you have gone at least eight hours without eating and drinking and two hours after you drink a glucose-containing beverage. This test can be used to diagnose diabetes
- A random plasma glucose test, your doctor checks your blood glucose without regard to when you ate your last meal. This test, along with an assessment of symptoms, is used to diagnose diabetes but not pre-diabetes.
About 10years ago I had a oral glucose tolerance test, which was the most commonest way at the time as I recall.
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