Saturday, October 18, 2008

Ah, Yes – the Blood Work Caveat.

Well, one more list of test results straggled in and one of the numbers was NOT good…

GLUCOSE POST FAST ----- 113 ---- 70-99 MG/DL
My blood glucose is four points above the highest level it should be. It was three points higher, at 116, in July. Kinda not good that it didn’t drop more. So, I need to keep losing weight and he’ll retest in three months. Man, I hope I didn’t cause diabetes by carrying that fat for so long. We’ll see…

2 comments:

Juanita said...

Your hemoglobin A1C was pretty good in the October labs. Much improved over July. I'm an RN, and I'm hearing that a 2-hour post-meal glucose level is more diagnostic for diabetes, but you should talk to your doctor. In any case, you're definitely on the right track.

YoYoNoMo said...

Thanks Juanita! Yep, my doctor told me pretty much the same thing. He’s more encouraged by the A1C than concerned by the glucose level. But he wants to see all stats normal – so do I!