Thanks, Shanny...DONE!
My doctor did not say anything to me and I got my prior years blood work reports and it did show a trend upward and he'd never mentioned it to me. However, in a post visit, he told me how proud he was of me and that at 72, he figured it was a normal progression. He says so many patients ignore his advice at my age and also, it had never been that high before in fasting blood work (never an A1C tho').
I was married to a doctor until his death and so maybe I'm more forgiving, but I saw him really suffer when a patient did not follow his advice. He even had to 'fire' one once because of his feelings about that. They are human in the end and also have feelings of rejection. At least mine did respond positively to me and is being as helpful as can be, except Medicare's rules have his hands tied in some cases and that's getting worse daily!