maddiemo wrote
What I was wondering is a year is a long time don't you think? I could be T2 diabetic in that year and wouldn't know. Is this usual? For prediabetic
I'm not clear what you're after. On diagnosis I was told to go away and try diet and exercise. No metformin, no nothing, other than a 3-month challenge.
I soon found books by Dr Briffa, Gary Taubes, Barry Groves, Dr Kendrick et al who all ponted. one way - low-carb high fat.
I invested in some dumbells.
3 months later my GP was delighted with my lowered HbA1c. At some point he will switch to yearly review.
Had I not been diagnosed diabetic but pre-diabetic, I might have heeded the warning, done the same research, found out that under so-called 'healthy eating' pre-diabetes would progress to diabetes at some point, and ended up at the same place I'm at now - controlling things.
I reviewed all your posts. Are you still low-carbing as you were in 2010 ? What are your bs levels doing generally ?
Do you fear you need medication to control things ?
I would have thought finding this forum would have been the best thing to help. An HbA1c is only a measure of doing the right thing, and a diagnosis is only a question of numbers, where those numbers are moveable. There are loads of success stories on here.
Where's the problem (and I mean that honestly, as a good GP would want to know what was the problem FOR YOU) ?
Geoff
