| WAIT! I cannot believe what I just heard. Is that doctor an Endo? If not, IGNORE what you were told!!! The doctor is deadpan wrong.
When I worked at the clinic, we had to ask 2 questions to diabetics before we did their draws:
1) Have you fasted for at least 8 hours prior to this test, eating nothing at all, and only drinking clear fluids or coffee?
2) Have you performed any exercise in the past 4 hours?
If the answer was yes to #1, and no to #2, we could do the test. If #1 was no or #2 was yes, we had to get permission from the doctor first, and that was usually denied.
I would strongly suggest getting a second opinion on that before having a test done.
Regards,
__________________  Darian A. Caplinger, EMT
Misdiagnosed as Type 2 on 12-20-2007
Diagnosed Type 1.5 (LADA) on 01-28-2008
Smoke Free since 12-26-2007
--- A1C RESULTS: 12-21-07 - 13.4  03-17-08 - 8.7  06-27-08 - 8.1 10-03-08 - 7.3 
--- MEDICATIONS: MDI using Lantus and NovoLog Too many to list. 
--- TEST KIT: Accu-Chek Aviva | 
