Hi
@Jacinta. Just so you know, the Doc is justified but my doctorate is not medical so anything I say must be looked at with that in mind.
From what I can see, having high blood glucose does not always result in symptoms, just like Ljc. Read through the forum and you will find lots of anecdotal reports of it. Just like them, my highest was around 10% (in your units) and it was only after it was found that I began to piece together what was going on.
One of the problems with sorting out T2 is that it encompasses a whole lot of stuff. Is it due to a dodgy pancreas? Is it due to ineffective glucose absorption in muscles? Is it due to excess body fat clogging up the system? Is it due to the way the gut processes carbohydrate in to glucose? Is it due to the rate at which glucose is absorbed from the gut into the blood stream? Is it due to other glucose generation processes in the body? Is it due to a combination of some or all of these things? Goodness knows, certainly not your GP who only uses a couple of simple tests which give you the what but not the why. They just guess and if you are lucky, they might be right. Anyway, having all these potential causes is the reason why there is a lot of individuality in the way people react to elevated glucose levels. If you look for a simple answer, you will just get confused.
There are two stand out things which apply to most people with high blood glucose levels, even if they do not show immediate symptoms.
First is that prolonged high blood glucose increases the risk of diabetes complications further down the line. And that is risk, not certainty. The sensible thing is to do something now to cut down that risk.
Second is that the one thing that can be done to reduce blood glucose is to focus on reducing carbohydrate intake because for most people that is the one thing you can control and for most people carbohydrate intake is the major source of blood glucose.
In my mind, talking about sugar as if it is something peculiar is unhelpful. There are many different sugars and in my simple world they are all best thought of as just another carbohydrate, along with all the other carbohydrates - which incidentally we used to call starches. Anything which is sweet and juicy, like the fruit you buy in the supermarket, will have a lot of carbohydrate. Not only that, but they will be simple carbohydrates (note I don't call them sugars) which are easy to convert and absorb.
What am I getting at? T2 diabetes is not a simple thing with a magic answer applicable to all, despite the claims you see. Far better is not to look for magic but to get to understand your system and then work out what is best for you. I suggest it is best to take your time and go through the process you are going through now until you get that understanding. In my opinion, that is the best way work out a way forward. Express your frustration in any way you want, the members will see past that and help you get there.
Anecdote warning. On the subject of fruit. I have found that for me (might not be for all) that apples from the supermarket gave me a big jump in blood glucose but apples and pears picked from my fruit trees did not. Go figure.
