My name is Will, i'm 27 in the UK. I suffer from Health Anxiety and have done particularly around Diabetes for many years.
I recently had a lot of concern I might be developing the condition (in July) and so asked to speak to my Doctor who let me have an HBA1c test performed. I've had these several times over the years and have always been told the results were "normal" though I forget the specific numbers. The test in July came back as 36 or 5.4%. At the time, the Dr told me this was nothing concerning, though losing weight would be a good idea (i've struggled with weight loss for all of my 20's). I was over 18 stone at the time this test was done, I have since lost weight (2 stone total as of today!). Also maybe worth noting I dug out my test result from July 2018 which was 34, so similar, though this was slightly higher (though I was in better shape then).
Last night I had another anxiety attack about the condition again. Looking up on the internet suggested that although in the UK we use 6.0% as a marker for diagnosing Prediabetes, it seems in other countries it can be lower (5.7 in the US, some places even say 5.5). This caused me to have a full blown panic, as it made me feel I could well actually be prediabetic (or at least VERY close). I know it's a complex condition which is why these numbers vary and I know i've not had a concrete diagnosis but any help would be appreciated.
I don't have any close family members with type 2 (my grandmother does, but only developed it in her 80's, that's it) and am white and relatively young (though obviously still Obese, though hopefully not for long...). I went to the surgery today to collect meds and asked for a printout from those results and noticed the Dr had written on it "Review patient's personal risk and treat as 'high diabetes risk' as clinically indicated". This has got me more worried, as the Dr didn't mention this at all, but seems to confirm my worry that I am very close to prediabetic and it could happen any time.
My main question is this, should I just keep trying to lose weight as I am (which involves LOWER carbs but still having them, for example small amounts of potatoes, rice, etc) or should I immediately switch to low/null carb? I am going to talk to the doctors on monday but I know i'm going to be terribly anxious all weekend. Is it worth getting another HBA1c soon? Will my weight loss have helped with that?
Thanks everyone in advance
I recently had a lot of concern I might be developing the condition (in July) and so asked to speak to my Doctor who let me have an HBA1c test performed. I've had these several times over the years and have always been told the results were "normal" though I forget the specific numbers. The test in July came back as 36 or 5.4%. At the time, the Dr told me this was nothing concerning, though losing weight would be a good idea (i've struggled with weight loss for all of my 20's). I was over 18 stone at the time this test was done, I have since lost weight (2 stone total as of today!). Also maybe worth noting I dug out my test result from July 2018 which was 34, so similar, though this was slightly higher (though I was in better shape then).
Last night I had another anxiety attack about the condition again. Looking up on the internet suggested that although in the UK we use 6.0% as a marker for diagnosing Prediabetes, it seems in other countries it can be lower (5.7 in the US, some places even say 5.5). This caused me to have a full blown panic, as it made me feel I could well actually be prediabetic (or at least VERY close). I know it's a complex condition which is why these numbers vary and I know i've not had a concrete diagnosis but any help would be appreciated.
I don't have any close family members with type 2 (my grandmother does, but only developed it in her 80's, that's it) and am white and relatively young (though obviously still Obese, though hopefully not for long...). I went to the surgery today to collect meds and asked for a printout from those results and noticed the Dr had written on it "Review patient's personal risk and treat as 'high diabetes risk' as clinically indicated". This has got me more worried, as the Dr didn't mention this at all, but seems to confirm my worry that I am very close to prediabetic and it could happen any time.
My main question is this, should I just keep trying to lose weight as I am (which involves LOWER carbs but still having them, for example small amounts of potatoes, rice, etc) or should I immediately switch to low/null carb? I am going to talk to the doctors on monday but I know i'm going to be terribly anxious all weekend. Is it worth getting another HBA1c soon? Will my weight loss have helped with that?
Thanks everyone in advance
