@Jenny_Aster the main point I pick up from your post is that using the blood sample provided by my wife to test for diabetes was pointless. They were not fasting tests, they were not done until early afternoon. My wife had been eating fruit and fibre breakfast cereal for a few weeks prior to the latest blood tests, prior to that she rarely ate breakfast anyway. She has an appointment with her doctor next week and will see what she is told there.
I'm not inclined to take too much notice of anybody who starts their post by insulting other posters.
I never said that your wife's blood test was pointless, I'm presuming your wife had the A1C test as Alan described above which is normally taken on a fast.
Think my point has been made, it's wise to seek advice from a more specialist forum.
The only advice I sought here was about cook books. Members have also pointed my, or more accurately my wife, towards diabetes UK.
@Jenny_Aster the main point I pick up from your post is that using the blood sample provided by my wife to test for diabetes was pointless. They were not fasting tests, they were not done until early afternoon. My wife had been eating fruit and fibre breakfast cereal for a few weeks prior to the latest blood tests, prior to that she rarely ate breakfast anyway. She has an appointment with her doctor next week and will see what she is told there.
I'm not inclined to take too much notice of anybody who starts their post by insulting other posters.
I never said that your wife's blood test was pointless, I'm presuming your wife had the A1C test as Alan described above which is normally taken on a fast.
Think my point has been made, it's wise to seek advice from a more specialist forum.
The only advice I sought here was about cook books. Members have also pointed my, or more accurately my wife, towards diabetes UK.
Dr Michael Mosely has a good book, 'The Fast 800' where he explains how to reverse pre diabetes and of course diabetes. His wife, Claire who's also a doctor has filled half the book with her recipes.
Then there's the 'Hairy Bikers', they have a book out about reversing diabetes where they have changed their popular recipes to suit after one of them (or it maybe both) developed diabetes or pre-diabetes.
This is the Hairy Bikers one (linking to Amazon because it has a "look inside" feature where you can see a preview of some of the contents - other retailers available).
My wife had an appointment with her GP yesterday, totally unrelated to the text she had received about being pre-diabetic. She asked about the pre-diabetic message and the GP said not to worry about it. The surgery had been told they were not hitting the required benchmark for reporting diabetic and pre-diabetic patients so had changed the threshold for reporting. My wife falls just within the new threshold but outside the 'normal' one.
Utterly ridiculous that reporting the numbers required by the local health authority is more important than reporting accurate findings. I wonder how much time and effort is going into complying with this ridiculous requirement at a time when resources are stretched beyond breaking point.
@MikeOxgreen - “Although as you're clearly intent on not following good advice then good luck with making your wife ill.” Really ? That was completely unnecessary and, frankly, a ridiculous thing to write.
You need to reflect on your very poor attitude and apologise for what you wrote sooner rather than later. A bit of human decency, please.😔
When there's always biscuits in the tin, where's the fun in biscuits ?
@Winston_The_Gravity_Man, unfortunately there is no chance of getting the man with gangrenous penis to apologise, he has been abusive to many posters since joining the forum.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
If I were in your wife's position I think I'd be looking at whether I could make any small diet/lifecycle improvements to reduce the risk of it creeping up further. I did that when I was told last year that my cholesterol level was slightly elevated (similar diet changes recommended). Not enough to prescribe statins but not far off. I lost about 8kg in weight in about 2 months but then it levelled off so it'll be interesting to see whether the changes are having any effect when my next blood tests come around.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I used to be diabetic, but earlier this year I discovered that it can be reversed simply by losing weight, ideally by a low-carb diet, so I tried it, and it is working! I have been losing 2lbs per week, although it has slowed down recently, which usually happens, down from 172lbs to 152lbs in 12 weeks. My fasting blood sugar, measured by a finger-prick test, is now at the bottom end of the pre-diabetic range without medication, and I expect it to drop into the normal range in a week or two. My blood pressure is also coming down. My insulin levels will take more time to come down to normal, but I expect it will be just a matter of time.
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The only advice I sought here was about cook books. Members have also pointed my, or more accurately my wife, towards diabetes UK.
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
Then there's the 'Hairy Bikers', they have a book out about reversing diabetes where they have changed their popular recipes to suit after one of them (or it maybe both) developed diabetes or pre-diabetes.
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
My blood pressure is also coming down. My insulin levels will take more time to come down to normal, but I expect it will be just a matter of time.