Hi everyone,
My name is Marah and I was a insulin dependent gestational diabetic, and have an extensive family history of Type II Diabetes.
I'm actually posting about my husband today. In 2006 he was told he was "borderline Diabetic" by his doctor (this was before we were married). He has not had it checked since but seems, to me, to be showing symptoms. He made some changes to his diet (the very first one being no more sugary soda!) and felt some better but not completely. I was still concerned.
To complicated matters we have no health insurance, so I got him a monitor, strips, etc and had him test his fasting level this morning. It was 297! In the booklet that came with it, it said "Under 300 was okay" but that sure seems WAAAAY off to me.
Any input? My thought is that he needs to get to the doc ASAP but hearing from people who know more about these things than I do may convince him it's necessary if, in case, it is.
Thanks so much!
My name is Marah and I was a insulin dependent gestational diabetic, and have an extensive family history of Type II Diabetes.
I'm actually posting about my husband today. In 2006 he was told he was "borderline Diabetic" by his doctor (this was before we were married). He has not had it checked since but seems, to me, to be showing symptoms. He made some changes to his diet (the very first one being no more sugary soda!) and felt some better but not completely. I was still concerned.
To complicated matters we have no health insurance, so I got him a monitor, strips, etc and had him test his fasting level this morning. It was 297! In the booklet that came with it, it said "Under 300 was okay" but that sure seems WAAAAY off to me.
Any input? My thought is that he needs to get to the doc ASAP but hearing from people who know more about these things than I do may convince him it's necessary if, in case, it is.
Thanks so much!