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Thread: Did homemade glucose test this morning

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07-04-2009, 10:30 AM

ShottleBop ShottleBop is offline

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I am a: Pre-Diabetic

Join Date: Jun 2008

Location: Greater San Diego area

Posts: 1,425

Your current A1c of 6.4% (just shy of 6.5%, the level at which the ADA has recommended that someone be diagnosed as diabetic) indicates that you are spending a fair amount of your day at a high level. Best to take precautions early, before burning out more of your beta cells.

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Dx prediabetic 02/08 (FBG 127 and 123)
A1c 02/08: 6.5; A1c 05/08: 6.0
A1c 11/08: 5.5; A1c 03/09: 5.3
A1c 09/09: 5.4
No meds