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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cliff2" data-source="post: 153710" data-attributes="member: 22849">Kate - When I was diagnosed 11 months ago, I was on the overweight/obese borderline but now have a BMI of 23.2.  I had very high cholesterol and triglycerides but now they're normal range (no meds).  I had sky high BP and now it's lower (not normal range yet but I'm working on it).  On most days, if I had a fasting blood test taken, I would not be diagnosed as diabetic - possibly, I would be viewed as pre-diabetic depending on what side of 6mmol/L I happened to fall on that day.  A random reading would never flag me as diabetic nor would my HbA1c according to the diagnostic criteria (we can discuss whether or not the crireria are appropriate for ever and a day).So, am I still a diabetic?  Of course I am, just well controlled.</blockquote>

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