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To think I'm going to be diagnosed with diabetes tomorrow?

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koolaidpink · 04/03/2021 20:19

My last hba1c in October I can’t remember exact number but I was ‘pre diabetes’ according to doctor. Put on 500 mg metformin.

Hba1c yesterday was 7.1, got a telephone appointment with doctor tomorrow morning.

I’m I going to be told this is diabetes? And what’s likely to happen from here?

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koolaidpink · 04/03/2021 21:03

That two people mentioned this thread...I'm intrigued...can you link it please?

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HmmmmmmInteresting · 04/03/2021 21:03

You guys need to link. I can't imagine how a diabetes thread can create such excitement

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koolaidpink · 04/03/2021 21:04

@RickiTarr I hope so, my diet is shocking so hopefully few adjustments and I will be able to. Just need to really starting taking care of myself.

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RickiTarr · 04/03/2021 21:05

What on earth

Oh there was someone last night - possibly American? - who was furious and wanting to sue her doctors. That thread also involved a debate about whether 500mg metformin for pre-diabetes was a usual or appropriate treatment.

faerveren · 04/03/2021 21:05

My friend is a GP and sometimes prescribes metformin for pre diabetes but mostly she asks patients to exercise and try to lose weight to reverse the numbers. (Using Orlistat if need be, instead of metformin).

If you do have metformin it can be stopped if you reverse the numbers.

Did your GP not ask you to do this?

You usually need 2 tests in the diabetes range to be diagnosed. It is a serious condition. Plus once you’re diagnosed you have to declare it on insurance, pre diabetes you don’t.

LIZS · 04/03/2021 21:05

It's in AIBU - are my doctors being negligent?

RickiTarr · 04/03/2021 21:06

@koolaidpink

That two people mentioned this thread...I'm intrigued...can you link it please?
I didn’t bookmark it. Just backed away. Sorry. It just caught my attention because i have been worried about pre diabetes in lockdown (have the gene).
Howdoin · 04/03/2021 21:07

@koolaidpink

That two people mentioned this thread...I'm intrigued...can you link it please?
This one www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4181359-to-think-my-doctors-have-been-negligent?msgid=105210696
RickiTarr · 04/03/2021 21:07

[quote koolaidpink]@RickiTarr I hope so, my diet is shocking so hopefully few adjustments and I will be able to. Just need to really starting taking care of myself. [/quote]
Good luck!

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koolaidpink · 04/03/2021 21:08

@faerveren yes, she did say diet and exercise which I have severely failed at Blush I'm an emotional/binge eater and have been struggling so much with food during lockdown. It's really embarrassing. I thought that the metformin would at least help me keep it in pre diabetes even though I wasn't doing well eating wise but obviously not. Ohhh I never even thought about insurance etc Sad I wonder if she'll want to do another test

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WiddlinDiddlin · 04/03/2021 21:10

I would be surprised if you have a shocking diet, and have not altered it, if metformin alone would halt type 2 in progressing from pre- to actual type 2.

Were you not advised to avoid sugar/simple carbs and lose weight/exercise more etc etc?

I am about to go onto insulin (basal-bolus regimen) for type 2 that I cannot control even with an extremely strict low carb under 1000cal diet. It's not fun, so at the risk of sounding like a preachy twat... get your diet sorted asap!

2021optimist · 04/03/2021 21:12

[quote koolaidpink]@RickiTarr I hope so, my diet is shocking so hopefully few adjustments and I will be able to. Just need to really starting taking care of myself. [/quote]
Look at Dr Moseley's FAST 800 diet. It's based on the diet Newcastle Medical School used precisely to turn around early stage diabetes. Good luck with whatever route you choose.

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koolaidpink · 04/03/2021 21:14

@WiddlinDiddlin yea I was told to change my diet etc I've just had no willpower or determination to do it Blush so it's my own fault. Sorry to hear you're going through that, that must be extremely frustrating. Will get it sorted ASAP!

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koolaidpink · 04/03/2021 21:15

@2021optimist I've heard of that book! Perfect, thank you will look into it.

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koolaidpink · 04/03/2021 21:16

Just reading that other thread Shock I wish I was 9 and a half stone Envy

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huuuuunnnndderrricks · 04/03/2021 21:16

You can reverse T2 diabetes .. just sort out your diet , stop drinking and take exercise .. my dad died of complications of t2 diabetes and it was a slow painful death I wouldn't wish on anyone ..

SpecialToffee · 04/03/2021 21:31

Sorry to derail, but @WiddlinDiddlin, has your doctor tried you on Trulicity (dulaglutide) or any of the drugs in that class? My DH is Type 2 and was initially denied when he asked about them because they said he was ‘too slim’! He ended up on basal and bolus insulin for a while but he used to get a lot of hypos and eventually saw a consultant who put him on Trulicity. He’s now been able to drop the bolus insulin and halve the basal. He’s slim and fit and eats low-ish carb, so sounds similar to you. He doesn’t get hypos on the basal plus Trulicity, so it’s been a real game-changer 🙂.

Best wishes OP. I second looking at Diabetes UK BTW.

Pixxie7 · 04/03/2021 21:32

Normally a diagnosis’s of diabetes is based on a fasting blood glucose level not on a HbA1c.

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koolaidpink · 04/03/2021 21:35

@Pixxie7 oh really? Every single thing I've read has said the exact opposite. When it first got flagged up it was due to a high fasting level but have always tested hba1c since then. Wouldn't that make more sense since it's giving me an average reading from past 3 months?

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Yellredder · 04/03/2021 21:40

@Pixxie7 no - it’s done now on two Hba1c tests about a month apart. I was offered Metformin when I was preD but started low carb instead, but it still increased and became diabetic. So I lowered the carbs even more and got it back down to pre D levels after three months. Sadly I can’t keep my levels down with low carb alone, and I have to be careful about losing too much weight as my levels tend to go higher. It’s a bit of a fine balance.

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koolaidpink · 04/03/2021 21:47

@Yellredder low carb is the most recommended for diabetes...and of course they're my downfall Sad. How much metformin were you put on after being diagnosed may I ask ?

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Laggartha · 04/03/2021 22:03

How about fasting rather than low carb?

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koolaidpink · 04/03/2021 22:07

@Laggartha yes I do think that would be more manageable for me but then can you really eat carbs for dinner? Have looked into OMAD and I honestly think that would be better and more sustainable for me than low carb.

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Yellredder · 04/03/2021 22:08

@koolaidpink it’s easier than you think to cut the carbs. And different people can tolerate different amounts. The thought of eating a potato now makes me feel quite ill! And I do have one or two slices of low carb bread most days. I’m on 500mg once a day. I’ve never had any symptoms at all, am fit and active and not overweight.

Laggartha · 04/03/2021 22:09

Well, you need to talk to a professional, but I’m watching Fasting on Amazon Prime and it’s discussed there.

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