Pre-Diabeties

[jess9395 5,448]

I'm in shock! I was a pretty healthy obese person. A little borderline high blood pressure and a bad gallbladder.

Now at three years post op, down to 140 from 271, size 4 17% body fat, running marathons and I was just told by my new GP "oh you're pre diabetic let me give you diet information do you want a recommend for a dietician?"

WTH????

She says maybe it's due to the parathyroid issues i just had surgery for and she will run my numbers again in March. But seriously, what the heck? I eat low carb high Protein don't have any extra body fat... how is this even possible?????

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[shedo82773 1,236]

Diabetes isn't always because you eat wrong. When I was diagnosed being Diabetic my hubby said very cruelly, now just look what you have done!! You ate yourself right into being a diabetic. When I talked to my Dr, he said that is not true!! There are many aspects of diabetes. Genetics, age, weight, and your diet. Don't beat yourself up it isn't your fault!! You are doing everything right for yourself!!

[Redmaxx 740]

Diabetes isn't always because you eat wrong. When I was diagnosed being Diabetic my hubby said very cruelly, now just look what you have done!! You ate yourself right into being a diabetic. When I talked to my Dr, he said that is not true!! There are many aspects of diabetes. Genetics, age, weight, and your diet. Don't beat yourself up it isn't your fault!! You are doing everything right for yourself!!

WOW! Is he still your husband or is he now your ex husband?

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[shedo82773 1,236]

He is still my husband!! Much older and wiser too!! LOL

[Vinasu 621]

My health-obsessed, always-been-a-size-four sister-in-law is a type 2 diabetic. Her doctor said it's just a bad roll of the genetic dice.

It isn't you.

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[Aggiemae 739]

Why do doctor persist in calling it "pre diabetes"? You are either diabetic or your not. If your fasting blood sugar is over 126 and you have diabetes. If you ever have non fasting blood sugars over 200 (some say 149) you are diabetic.

http://www.joslin.org/info/what_is_pre_diabetes.html

[jess9395 5,448]

Well I guess what they mean is you are at risk for diabeties, your numbers aren't diabetic but they are higher than normal. At least that's what the link you posted says.

I guess I just don't know what my course of action is because I eat what they say you should eat already. I lost all my excess weight. I exercise a lot. What more can I do?

And what happens next? My doc has ordered repeat testing of blood sugar and A1C.

For what it's worth my blood sugar is high normal it's my A1C that is in the danger (high risk?) but not diabetic range.

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[elimom09 0]

It could have been they check you when you had just ate something high n sugar but I pray your results come bck great no diabetics in JESUS name don't get discouraged your doing a great job good inspiration

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[Aggiemae 739]

Your A1C is an indicator of your average blood sugar in the past 90 days. I think the value is supposed to be under 5.9. It's not a test usually done for non diabetics. Did you have gestural diabetes?

Because of you low weight you should consider seeing a specialist and start treatment. I'm a high risk medical case manager and it's been my experience that far too many drs just don't want to deal with new diabetics and tend to minimize it. But the best thing you can do for yourself is to be proactive.

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[Aggiemae 739]

An A1C doesn't measure your blood sugar but if a non diabetic ate a pound of sugar there blood sugar would still be normal.

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[Aggiemae 739]

Read the whole article, explains why new star dares of care don't accept "pre diabetes "

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[kplumlee1205 31]

Like a few others said. Some of us are just made that way. To give an example. My sister is about thirty pounds over weight but her number s are fine after years of being a diabetic she's inwhat we swam boarder land. My dad on the other hand takes medications ( metformin) does construction for a living eats healthy ish and had an A1c that is framed diabetic. Then there is me. I fit. The category perfectly. 80lbs over weight a1c is 8.5! That's up from 7.2 5 months ago. I work out two to four days a week but my eating isn't healthy all the time being a single working mom. But I'm also dependent on insulin or my numbers are even worse. Like an A1C of 11 or 12! So it's not always a size or eating thing. It's a genetics thing. And with type two you are resistant to insulin. So as you age even with perfect weight it starts to catch up if you have the genes. Just means hat you know how to manage it and the doctor can test again every few months to monitor. Good luck!

Oh and A1C is a 3 month overview or average of your blood sugars. So if you are always high then your A1C will be too.

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[ShelterDog64 2,364]

Diabetes isn't always because you eat wrong. When I was diagnosed being Diabetic my hubby said very cruelly, now just look what you have done!! You ate yourself right into being a diabetic. When I talked to my Dr, he said that is not true!! There are many aspects of diabetes. Genetics, age, weight, and your diet. Don't beat yourself up it isn't your fault!! You are doing everything right for yourself!!

WOW! Is he still your husband or is he now your ex husband?

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I'd be a widow after that exchange

[ShelterDog64 2,364]

@@jess9395 If you had/have hyperparathyroidism, it can cause insulin secretion and glucose tolerance issues. That could explain why, post-op from parathyroid surgery, your A1C would be high but your blood glucose level wouldn't. I hope it all turns out okay for you.

[jess9395 5,448]

Thanks all this is all super confusing to me, I get that the A1C is an average blood glucose now and that therefore it's likely actually more reliable than just the one glucose number. Mine is 5.8 and they said 5.7 is the max so it's just barely into the danger zone. No no gestational diabeties I have no idea why they decided to check my A1C.

@shelterdogs is that a known thing? She shrugged like sorta "who knows maybe it's that" and these are my numbers from before surgery/my pre op clearance (which was about six weeks ago--this is how long our local managed care takes to follow up these days!). She didn't seem to know just shrugging me off.

I think I'm going to ask my endocrine surgeon for a referral to an endocrinologist at UCLA where I saw him and get to the bottom of this.

My liver is also currently suspect-enzymes are just barely off and they found a lesion but are pretty convinced it's a benign hemangioma.

Dangit I feel like I was actually healthier before surgery and weight loss!

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