Re: Is 119 blood sugar diabetic?



"David" <David@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
>
> > "Karen C." <karenscribes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >
> >>David wrote:
> >>
> >>>119 under what conditions?  you already said you'd eaten, plus was the
> >>>reading a meter or a lab?  ever been tested before?  ever had a fasting
> >>>test over 126?
> >>
> >>This was from the lab's blood test.  I've been tested over the
> >>past few years in my general practitioner's office, since he
> >>found I was hypothyroid.  I haven't had a fasting glucose test
> >>since I was pregnant (15 years ago).  The only time I recall they
> >>ever said anything to me about a high number, it was also 119,
> >>about three years ago, but the doc wasn't too concerned with that
> >>(general practitioner).
> >
> >
> > Well, your GP *should* have been concerned with that.  The number is
high
> > enough to warrant further investigation.  The problem with this danged
> > disease is that they keep lowering the threshold as to when they will
make a
> > diagnosis.  Three years ago, anything over 110 should have had a
follow-up.
> > These days the number is often 90, at least in this country.  It all
depends
> > on what type of Dr. you see, and how up to date they are on the issue of
> > diabetes.  Unfortunately, most GPs are pretty clueless.  None of my GPs
have
> > been willing to address my diabetes.  For that I see an Endo.
> >
> Hey! Don't scare her needlessly, for cripes sakes!  119 is not
> definitive, especially since she ate a Mickey Dee's burger before the test

What she ate prior would have nothing to do with it.  If she has had high BG
for three years, there is clearly a problem.  And she already said she has
been diagnosed.

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