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| Wed, 10-17-2007 - 11:11pm |
My name is Erika. I am a 40 year old mother of 2 beautiful boys. Both were quite large at birth, but I had tested negative for gestational diabetes. I had not had a physical in a while. You know how it goes when you are the mom, everything else is more important. Anyway, I went in for a routine physical this morning and everything was fine until he got the blood sugar back. It was 143 which he said was possibly pre-diabetes. It was first thing in the morning and I had not eaten since the night before. I know I carry extra weight and I have actually been making headway on that. I started a new job a few months back and started going to curves. And in the last two months I have lost 10 pounds. I am supposed to get back in a week or so to do further tests... I hate needles. I have horrible veins... And I am scared... Sorry this is kind of rambling.











Hi Erika and welcome to the board!
Hi Erica,
What a pretty siggy you have!
The diagnosis of diabetes is made by two fasting blood sugars above 126. Pre-diabetes is between 100 and 125. Sorry but 143 is not pre-diabetes but it also isn't diabetes because you need the second test done. Hopefully they will also test your A1C and your cholesterol and lipids. All can be done with one needle stick. If you are diabetic, and I realize there is a good chance, I would suspect that you are early in the disease because your blood sugar isn't that bad.
Congratulations on going to Curves and your weight loss. I also go to Curves and have upped my visits to 5 times per week. I have finally started losing weight but I have dropped two dress sizes which is really nice for everything but my pocket book!
Please let us know what you next results are. We are here to support you.
How far apart should the second test be done? How much would what I do in the mean time affect anything?
I know what you mean about the weight loss not being easy on the pocket book. I have not bought much that is new because I am still about 35 pounds from my goal. I set that as what my drivers license says. 170. In talking with my doctor yesterday he said that based on my height, etc that 170 is the high end of the normal zone for me. So I guess it is a good initial goal. I will actually celebrate when I go under 200. I want to hit the initial goal before aiming any lower.
I don't know that there is a time line..
Erika,
There is an article entitled "Eating to Beat Diabetes" in the Hanging on folder. You can also do a search for it. Please get this article and print it out and read it. It has really good information which will help you.
Please let us know what the doctor says and keep your chin up! Think of your boys,they need a healthy Mommy!
Gay H. :)