Blood sugars non diabetic

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Hi,

I had hba1c done in March and it was ok. I have been feeling unwell and yesterday fasting my level was 8.7 and today 9.8 after food 10.9

im wondering if I should just monitor or pay for a private hba1c (doctors pretty hopeless).

I have a good diet (mostly) and healthy bmi.

I am fatigued all the time but I guess not surprising when waking in the night. I wake to go to the loo and then I’m wide awake and unable to fall back to sleep for ages. I don’t have any darkened skin just dry even when I moisturise. I go to the loo around every 45 mins during the day but I do also drink a lot.

I wonder if the brain fog I get is hormonal (I’m not menopausal but maybe peri menopause).

I guess I’ll know when the test is back 🤷‍♀️ my levels aren’t anywhere near yours.

Im glad your doing so much better my sister has the same injection for her to help her diabetes and it’s great. Shes near a healthy bmi for the first time she was a teen. Also her levels are much better.

Tried my new test sticks and level is 7.8 so that’s good. Probably shouldn’t have paid for the hba1c test 🤪

Have you got your Boots HbA1c test results back yet? That should tell you how your blood sugars have been over the last three months. Also try testing your blood 2 hours after eating to see if it raised or not.

No it was meant to come today but didn’t 🙈

29mm so hba1c is good. No clue why the At home reader read higher. Maybe it’s the average over the day. Anyway that’s reassuring :)

A glucometer gives you your reading at the moment - not an average.

As a nurse we calibrate and quality control our glucometers daily -perhaps yours isn’t accurate?

I used the control solution to check it was working correctly. It’s a good average so I’ll just see what my thyroid test comes back with :) it’s always hard when you’re not well and don’t know why. I did wonder about doing my iron levels too