Worry? No, worrying isn't useful. But as both Sally and I suggested above, as a pre-diabetic you should make changes in your diet (eliminate sugar and lower carb intake), get regular exercise and lose weight if needed to keep it from progressing to full diabetes or at least to slow that progression down. Consider being pre-diabetic a good heads up to make changes. It's your health after all!
Hi All,
I just came back from Doctors office and he assured me that is within normal limits and I need nothing to worry about.
Is he correct ?
Hi,
I would say that if you have tested diabetic / prediabetic you have the tendency for it to progress.
However, it is possible for some people (with good attention to diet and exercise and weight management) to return their blood sugars to normal range.
In the long run, there is still a good chance that the diabetes will come out again.... but it will have been postphoned for a (long) while and the complications prevented.
Again exercise and maintaining optimal weight along with diet can go a long way in preventing the progression of prediabetes to diabetes, or in returning prediabetic levels to normal.
Hi ,
lets say that i keep a strict control on my diet and do a good exrcise and bring my level down about 6 or lower .will i still be prediabetic. what will happen my body's resistance to insulin etc etc ?
As I mentioned above, diabetes is a progressive disease but it is possible to slow down or prevent the progression with control of diet, (eliminating sugar and reducing carbs), exercise and a healthy weight. Oral meds may be prescribed if needed. There is a lot of information available on the web. You might start with BloodSugar101.com. Also ask your doctor to refer you to a diabetic educator.
Is it possible to lower the lever from where it is .Or it just keeps going up.