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It's all a mystery. Hopefully will get to the bottom of all this.

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Mine was. I can see the result (20.5) on Patient Access and the unit is mmol/L. I'd been told to fast for this test.

I have read that two results of 7 or over, a week apart, is a marker for diabetes but I would expect that would be followed up with the gold standard HbA1c test to confirm.
It does get confusing when people post up test results but don't say the units or even whether it was from a HbA1C or a spot test at the GP.
 
It does get confusing when people post up test results but don't say the units or even whether it was from a HbA1C or a spot test at the GP.
At the beginning though it’s perfectly understandable that people don’t know the difference.
 
Thanks for all your replies. It seems it was the older test rather than this new one. If I have this right, the new test has a lower threshold. I'll take all advice on board and see where it takes me. I don't have a problem with exercise its all the rubbish i'm addicted too. I have already changed my diet over the last couple of days and gone cold turkey. Lets see what happens.

Thanks again all
It is not an old test, it is the way results are reported and it changed a number of years ago.
 
It would be nice if people stopped obsessing with the numbers/units and moved on to supporting the poster instead! Think about how your response helps a new confused person…
 
@Agrippa I had to go quite low in carb intake to get to normal numbers, so I recommend cutting down or even out the higher carb value foods and upping the less dense ones to compensate for the lower volume of food - and cutting out sweet things might help a lot - these days I can't eat anything with normal levels as I am no longer used to that level of sweetness.
Work at it for a month - most people can do anything for a month, by which time you could have got hold of a glucose testing meter and have tested after meals to see how your levels have changed.
If you are seeing lowered numbers you know you are doing well and can try adding in more carbs - maybe berries would be welcome by then, and maybe then be motivated to continue seeking low numbers bit by bit so that the next Hba1c test, which is usually scheduled for 3 months from diagnosis will reveal a good reduction
 
It sounds like you have already started to make some positive changes @Agrippa

Do keep coming back with any questions that arise, and keep us updated with the outcome of the tests you get.
 
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