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Originally Posted by Ronin

Jan, et al.,

I tend to agree. My A1c numbers would tend to indicate that I'm doing okay, but there is the nagging question of what damage, if any, is happening with A1c levels in the 5 - 6 range which is well above the mid 4's that "normal" people have.

Another, sub-issue is that of the relevance of age on the equation. As I noted in another post, "the study" that is most often cited used a sample of people who were in their 20's. It might be interesting to sample the same people today when they are older and see if they are always returning to the 70 - 80 mg/dL range at two-hours post-prandial. That could be revealing. My interest is more a product of finding more-and-more of my fellow Pre-D's who have low C-Peptide readings which indicate that their Pancreatic function is reduced. Is that genetic, environmental, or simply a factor of age?

The other lingering question is: if a Pre-D were to use insulin to bring their BG levels down into the 70's (assuming they have a low-normal C-Peptide), could this cause Insuin Resistance on top of the Pre-D condition?

Thanks to Jan for the positive comments. I did stray from my normal regimine today and got a post-prandial of 146 as a result. Forutunately, 25 miles of bicycling later I was back down to 119. Sometimes temptation is just too hard to resist and I have to realize the cost.

FWIW: for those not following the Chit-Chat forum -- the male Siamese we are guardians for, Mr. Muggels (who has Chronic Renal Failure), is doing much better although he is very high maintenance. (I have to be careful as it seems every time I report good news he gets a sour day.)

Are you saying that we are not normal. Well we may not be normal now but in another ten years diabetes will be the norm, that means adnormal people will be healthy. But thats for another day.

Numbers don't mean anything unless there is some Idea where they came from.
FPG, and OGTT measure blood glucose but 100 on one is not the same as 100 on the other. Throw in meter readings and
A1c and you have a real mess.

FPG is your fasting blood glucose between 100 and less than126 would indicate pre-diabetes 126 and above would mean you have diabetes

OGTT measures whether you have impaired glucose tolerance
if you your s are between >=140 and <200 you have pre-diabetes
over >=200 you have diabetes

A1C measures your blood glucose over a three month period with weighted numbers toward the last month before the test. anything over 7.0 is bad.

meter readings vary from meter to meter time of day health issues. anything between 80 and 120 is normal.

Studies are just that studies you can make them show anything you want. there are studies that say type 2 diabetics are not do not suffer from the dawn effect. I know from my experience and others that it not only real but a major cause of stress.

Eat right and get lots of exercise and hopefully you will never need to take any diabetes medicine, for that path leads to the dark-side and once you start down that path forever will it dominate your life. IMO

Now which tests are you getting your numbers from