I'm still trying to figure out why at around 45 my metabolism changed profoundly. All the experts (docs etc) ascribe it to age - a consequence of not dying young. I can live with that ;-).
My doc raised the "pre-diabetic" flag last visit because of ONE fasting blood sugar number around 100. I pushed back and said "lets do it again" and the next one fell in line with all the previous tests. He never asked "what was different this time". That there is the problem in a nutshell.
"sick" in so many ways...
I'm still trying to figure out why at around 45 my metabolism changed profoundly. All the experts (docs etc) ascribe it to age - a consequence of not dying young. I can live with that ;-).
My doc raised the "pre-diabetic" flag last visit because of ONE fasting blood sugar number around 100. I pushed back and said "lets do it again" and the next one fell in line with all the previous tests. He never asked "what was different this time". That there is the problem in a nutshell.
ask for an a1c test rather than the fbs test
I suggested 4 weeks of continuous monitoring to collect some real data.
But since the next FBS was in the "ok fine" range he dropped it.