Bloods come back at 43

[fruitstick]

Also high cholesterol.

I'm going to need to sort things out aren't I.

Can I sit here and have a bit of a cry.

I don't know what that means but of course you can sit here and cry. Here's a hug (())

Um, that is supposed to be a hug not a proposition 😳

Sending hugs, yes it's pre-diabetic and you can have a few tears but use it as a wake up call to change your eating habits especially because of the other reading

There is a lot of help available from www.diabetes.org.uk/
You can do this xx

Thank you.

I've been through a traumatic time over the past years and very much used food as a comfort.

I need to find other ways.

It does feel like a wake up call.

how far over the range are you?
It is a shock but there’s things you can try.

I had the diabetes test and was told pre diabetic. I tried the Michael Mosley restricted eating window and it dialled me back enough. I must go back to it.

I'm 43 and the start of pre-diabetic is 42. Diabetes is 48.

So hopefully enough to be able to get under control.

I had a similar wake up call for my cholesterol and thyroid last summer. It was a shock.... But after a few weeks of feeling mightily pissed off with myself for letting it get to that stage I harnessed that anger and have got it back under control with diet and exercise.
You can do it... Just take the first small step by making one change that is easy for you. Then when that has bedded in add another and keep going.

For me it was (in this order) eating more vegetables and more oats. Then reducing butter (that was hard to be fair) reducing portion size, exercising, doing 8:16, upping the amount of exercise, eating less meat. Eating more vegetables

Mine was 47 in October. Having it tested again in March, I’ve been low carbing and lost over 3 stone so expect a better result.

Same numbers as mine. I only did the restricted eating window (last food at 8pm then no food till lunch time) for a couple of months. GP seemed impressed at the change in numbers.

Mine was also 43 in Jan this year. Have had no info or advice. I’ve stopped eating biscuits and cakes. Changed to brown rice and pasta.
Trying to eat more veg.
No idea if it will make a difference but time will tell. I’m very slim so can’t lose weight.

This is all very reassuring thank you.

I'm about 4 stone overweight so there is some work to do, but hopefully that means I can make a difference.

What’s your blood pressure like?

If it’s consistently high then my GP recommended Ramopril as well as lowering blood pressure it reduces blood sugars too.

43 is only just into pre diabetic range and if you lost weight with diet and exercise probably reversible.

Sounds reversable to me. Good luck OP.

reversible

I’m type 1. When I was diagnosed mine was 140 something. I’m not racing you to the bottom but the fact it is in your power to pull this back is wonderful. Diabetes many years down the line is shockingly shit; don’t end up there. Dig deep and you can do it. Good luck.

Please understand that once diabetic its possible to push it into remission but you will always be a diabetic in remission. It's not "curable" but remission is possible.
A good book that has helped me a lot ( diagnosis for me was December last ) is Life without Diabetes by Professor Roy Taylor. His eating plan is being prescribed by the NHS and the ongoing studies he is doing at Newcastle University are now funded by Diabetes UK and the NHS.

I used my 78 last year as the kick up the arse I needed (no wonder I’d been feeling like crap for months lol). Caught on a routine blood test for usual kidney & liver function tests due to other medications, had full FBC & HbA1c for the first time in years too.

And a diagnosis exactly a month to the day my Dad died (who never took his diabetes seriously & ended up with most of his little piggies going to market) with Type 2 as one of his causes of death.

Thanks Universe.

Low carb, as much exercise as I can manage (I have a pants spinal disability), weight’s melting off (although that may be the metformin being… gastrically interesting), within 4 weeks I my HbA1c was 58, within another month I was at 47.

The best thing was buying a blood glucose monitor. You can’t bluff your way around sneaking that extra portion of cake or another chocolate from the box when your pre/post meal bloods will tell you the truth!

I just wish that the NHS would give glucose monitors & monthly lancets/strips to type 2s who are not on insulin & maybe cannot afford the outlay. I’m really lucky I can afford the kit (although sod spending a fortune each month on a Libre2). My diabetes nurse said that patients who did daily monitoring have a better outcome long term as it makes you more accountable with what you’re eating. She said it’s no surprise that people who are type 2 who can afford less processed food, fresher food & monitoring kit are at an advantage.

(Wanders off mumbling about bloody Tories killing the NHS by stealth).

Does that apply to prediabetes?

Can that be reversed rather than remission?

Of course. You are pre-Type 2-diabetic, not pre-Type 1.

Make an enormous effort with your food choices, exercise and sleep and you will see a better figure next time you are tested.

I have my appointment with the nurse this afternoon for my blood pressure too.

I'm hoping they'll be gentle with me.

Strangely I was at42 and then went up to 44 8 weeks later despite eating totally clean and gluten free and walking 10,000 steps every day. I am on beta blockers though and statins and apparently the downside is it's hard to get your stats down -so I'm told.

My blood pressure was good so she has told me to lose some weight, whichever way works best, and come back to see her in 6 months.

I'm hoping if I can shift some weight (BMI 35) then things will improve.

I'm not on Statins but do take beta blockers now and again for anxiety. Will bear it in mind.

I have a very slightly lower BMI than you op - 34.5. I have been pre diabetic for years now and for various reasons done nothing about it. Had a result of 48 about 2 months ago and knew I had to tackle it once and for all.

I looked on the internet and started a low carb diet. I cut out sweets, cakes, biscuits, cut alcohol to almost vero and the same for rice, pasta and potatoes. I've lost 1.5 stone in about 6 weeks and feel so much better. I had a follow up test 1 month after the first one and my reading was 45 and determined to reduce it further.

Once I got over the trauma and started looking for decent, tasty recipes and alternative things to eat and drink I'm now loving the new regime. It really wasn't the hardship that I thought it would be and I think I can maintain it.