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A1C and pre diabetes

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I got my first A1C this week after getting several finger tip 12 hour fasting results that were at 109 for the past couple years.

My A1C was 5.8. I am 47, male, slim and excercise alot.
Please advise if my 5.8 level is pre diabetic and cause for concern?
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In my opinion, Evergrean, it's in the very early stage. I don't really believe in the concept of "pre"diabetes, because people are sometimes apt to use that as an excuse to ignore it. If you have elevated blood glucose (and your A1c converts to average blood glucose of about 107), then you have early signs of diabetes and would be well advised to take measures to prevent its advance.

If you don't have a meter already, you might consider getting one and taking a few tests around your meals. That will give you a better idea of how your metabolism is coping with carbs. Take a test before you eat, so you know where you started (keep a log of your readings, and keep a food journal too - what/when/how much you ate). Eat your meal and test one hour after the first bite; this tells you roughly how high the meal raised your BG. Then test again two hours after the first bite, and you should be dropping back down close to your starting level.

There is much good information and explanations at Blood Sugar 101,
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You're making good progress, Evergrean! Once you get your meter (and most of us have several), you'll be able to tailor your menus to exactly how you body tolerates given foods. Just test before you eat anything, and then test and one and two hour intervals after the meal. Try to keep your sugar levels from going over 140.

And as meters go, the cheap ones are as accurate as any others - it's the price of test strips that wrecks our budgets! So I get the Walmart cheapie, the ReliOn Confirm for about $10, and 50 test strips runs about $20. That's half the price of most brands.

Thanks for the update . . . I hope you'll come around often - it sure helps being able to bounce our thoughts off other diabetics! :D :D :D
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