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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rosserk" data-source="post: 930018" data-attributes="member: 166333">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.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="http://www.webmd.boots.com/diet/features/is-fasting-good-for-your-health" target="_blank">fasting</a> plasma glucose test measures your <a href="http://www.webmd.boots.com/diabetes/guide/how-test-blood-glucose" target="_blank">blood glucose</a> 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.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">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</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">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.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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