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Pre-diabetes and insulin resistance

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sandral5

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Hello everyone 🙂

I just wanted to ask to get some answers... I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes back home, I’ve done OGTT and endocrinologist did prescribe me metformin.

I informed my GP about this and showed blood test results but unfortunately they didn’t offer any help with diet, not mentioning about the prescription- I was told to go back to my country and sort it out... Well if it was possible I would have done it, but unfortunately due to situation no one can travel and there is a problem with parcels due to brexit.

Is there any other way I can ask for help at least until I will be able to travel?
 
Here OGTT is no longer used to Diagnose and pre-diabetics are not usally prescribed Metformin in the UK. The HBA1C is used to diagnose. Pre Diabetics are usally advised to lose weight, some are sent to on prevention courses.
 
grovesy said:
Here OGTT is no longer used to Diagnose and pre-diabetics are not usally prescribed Metformin in the UK. The HBA1C is used to diagnose. Pre Diabetics are usally advised to lose weight, some are sent to on prevention courses.
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Thank you for your reply

Well I haven’t been told any of this, that’s why I’m looking for help here...
 
Hi @sandral5 🙂 If you’re pre-diabetic, you can do things to help - for example, lose weight if you need to, exercise daily (walking is fine) and change your diet a little if needed. Cutting out sugary things is good - sugar in tea and coffee, cakes, puddings, etc - but you might also need to cut down the amount of carbohydrate you eat too. All carbohydrate turns to glucose in the body, including savoury carbohydrates like potatoes, pasta, bread, etc.

A good thing to do is to keep a food diary of what you eat now, then look to see how you can make changes to improve it.
 
If you are registered with a G P here then I would try to get an HbA1C blood test done so you can see where your starting point is for making changes to your diet and monitoring any progress. If you are prediabetic you should be able to improve your situation without medication by adopting the suggestions make by Inka and by looking at the advice from other posters on this site. The test you have had done may be misleading you, maybe even giving you a false sense of security as to your status.
 
It's certainly worth asking if you can have an HbA1c test - or if you can afford it, you could have a test privately - there are even certain DIY tests available you can buy online, but we aren't certain how accurate they might be.
 
Hope you can manage to get things checked out @sandral5

Sounds like you have registered with a GP here which should help. Are you studying? Or here for work? Does the UK have reciprocal healthcare arrangements with your home country?

Hopefully there won’t be too many hoops to jump through or obstacles in the way of you getting some answers 🙂
 
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