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Hello, all. Been putting it off for a good while now, dieting, exercising, delaying the inevitable, but got the good news on Friday and am now a full member of the club. Reading was only 63, but have been feeling c**p for a while now, so hoping the metformin will help. Tiptoeing into a brave new world..........
 
Hello and welcome from a fellow T2.
 
Welcome to the forum (and to the club nobody wants to join, and from which you can't resign your membership).

You don't say what that "63" is, but if it's a fingerprick blood glucose reading (in mg/dL, the units used in most countries) then in UK terms it's 3.5 (mmol/L), which is pretty low ("4 is the floor" as the saying goes, though with my additional problems plus living alone, I've been advised not to go below 5 if I can avoid it). If it is in fact such a reading in mmol/L, it's way too high (the ceiling for a fasting test is 7). Either way, it's not surprising you feel rubbish. 😱

With any luck, things should start to improve, though it's a good idea to be careful with the carbs, or you will learn the hard way why metformin is often called "metfartin"! 😱
 
Lafleche said:
Hello, all. Been putting it off for a good while now, dieting, exercising, delaying the inevitable, but got the good news on Friday and am now a full member of the club. Reading was only 63, but have been feeling c**p for a while now, so hoping the metformin will help. Tiptoeing into a brave new world..........
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Hi Welcome, you've now become a fully fledged member of a very select club. Maybe one day we'll be able to resign our membership but I wouldn't advise holding our breath :D .
If you're in the UK I'm guessing the 63 reading is the Hb1ac.
I thought you might like this conversion chart as some places still give us our Hb1ac results in the old measurement, you will also see both used on here.
https://freestylediabetes.co.uk/what-is-diabetes/what-makes-glucose-levels-rise-and-fall/HbA1c.
Feel free to ask questions.
 
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When I was diagnosed I believe I was 64.
Some people are much higher than that.
An HbA1c of 48 or above is when you're diagnosed as diabetic. This an average of 2-3 months.
There's another number system, which confuses people. Also different test. It can all confused and mixed up. When people are self testing it is telling you something different to HbA1c.

75 = 9
48 = 6.5
 
Welcome to the gang!
All the figures can seem confusing at first but you will get to grips with it. As Ljc and Ralph say, this sounds like your HBA1c result, which shows the average blood glucose level over a period of about three months. Non diabetic is below 42,pre-diabetic to 48, and over 48 is diabetic.
There is a good explanation of the common acronyms in the newbies section under the useful links thread, which I found really helpful.
Any questions, or if you want a rant just go ahead and one (in fact probably quite a few of us) will reply and try to help. Good Luck.
 
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