fasting blood est

[ethandron]

with a 14 hour fasting blood glucose result of 6.2, to be repeated in 6 months, am i on the slippery slope to type 2?
doh, this getting old malarky isn't much fun is it?????

[ethandron]

'Test'

[Sqad]

Looks like it.

[carmalee]

no

[anneasquith]

imo........................a bit high.

[carmalee]

sorry ethandron - my answer was to the getting old remark - can't help with the other having little or no medical knowledge - figure the more I know the more I'll worry so am blissfully ignorant - will take note though if bits of me begin to drop off or change shape dramatically! Hope you'll be okay

[anneasquith]

though if you blood sugar is not to be retested for 6 months, doctor maybe not too worried.

[masma]

6.2... not too bad, the guidlines are between 4 and 8 (I think) If you are on the slippery slope to type 2 it's not that bad. Mr M has been type 2 for 25 years, on 5 injections a day. He's fit and well and enjoying a good life, just has a 'jab ' when he eats. This getting old malarky is as good as you make it. xx

[masma]

Oh dear I sounded a bit severe there, take care and hope all turns out how you want it to............... xxx

[puternut]

As a type 2 I can say that whilst 6.2 is a little high - and I do mean a little then there is no great worry there.

My doc would get worried if its regularly over 7 and that will probably mean watching the diet and 8 or 9 (regularly) might mean tablets but ethandron I would not worry in the slightest.

With 3 different tablets and a total of 5 a day just for diabetes my 6-monthly check up comes in at an avarage of 5.8 -5.9 and my doc says I have good control!!!

Sleep well and dont get any (more) grey hairs

[Sqad]

Dear oh! dear..........she doesn´t want reassurance, she wants a "kick up the backside" NOW............more exercise and lose weight and then and ONLY then can we say that he results are "not too bad"

[waterboatman]

Quite right sqad!

[Sqad]

puternut.....I know that your reply was in good faith re. the blood sugars, but remember you have ALREADY contracted Type2 diabetes (bit late now!) but we are trying to give advice to ethandron to AVOID her contracting the disorder.

[ethandron]

thanks for all your responses.
kick up the backside? quite right squad :o)
i know exactly what i should be doing, it's doing it that's the difficult bit :(
i was somewhat surprised when i rang for the results yesterday (routine annual blood test) which is what prompted my original post. although i have a son who's been type 1 for 19 years, type 2 (and more importantly how to avoid it) is a different kettle of fish and not something i'm particularly clued up about.
as with lots of medical conditions, the answer is in my own hands now. thanks again all.