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<blockquote data-quote="dnfuss" data-source="post: 136942" data-attributes="member: 15487"><p>Don't look to secondary/corollary markers for a diagnosis. Either do self-testing or have the right clinical bloodwork done. For home testing, I would recommend the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/FreeStyle-Freedom-Lite-Blood-Glucose/dp/B002G3EJ1K/ref=sr_1_2_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1535050995&sr=8-2&keywords=freedom+freestyle+meter" target="_blank">Freestyle Freedom Lite</a> meter and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/FreeStyle-Blood-Glucose-Monitoring-System/dp/B001946SKM/ref=sr_1_1_s_it?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1535052241&sr=1-1&keywords=freestyle+lite+meter&refinements=p_89%3AFreeStye+lite" target="_blank">Freestyle Lite</a> meter (slightly smaller), both from Abbott Laboratories, are highly accurate and recommended by noted diabetologist Dr. Richard Bernstein (they're the only ones he's found to be tolerably accurate at near-normal blood sugar levels). You will need to buy the test strips made for your meter.</p><p></p><p>Test your blood sugar immediately upon arising. Then test it both one hour and two hours after each meal eating what you typically do (if you are on a low-carb diet, this advice will need a slight modification). Do this for a few days. Although the ADA and others disagree (perhaps for reasons other than the well-being of patients), I would consider truly normal non-diabetic blood sugars generally to be 70s to mid-80s mg/dl upon arising (certainly under 90 mg/dl), under 100 mg/dl one hour post-prandial (on occasion, with a super-high sugar meal, slightly higher, but not often), and near to fasting blood sugars by two hours. Again, others will espouse different views, but these are the blood sugars exhibited by the completely gluco-normal patient. You should also on your next blood panel have fasting insulin run (it's easy and cheap to run, and insurance will usually cover it no questions asked). The lower the better, 5iu or under is great. Anything much over 12iu or so would concern me.</p><p></p><p>Having said all this, there is a clinical test to run that is also pretty definitive: an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test with Insulin. But most doctors don't want to run it unless you present with diabetic fasting blood sugars (over 125 mg/dl) or HgbA1c (over 6.5%) because it's a big PITA for them to administer (you have to hang around their office for hours and have blood drawn several times) and without those other indicia of diabetes insurance likely won't pay for it and most patients balk at paying out-of-pocket.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dnfuss, post: 136942, member: 15487"] Don't look to secondary/corollary markers for a diagnosis. Either do self-testing or have the right clinical bloodwork done. For home testing, I would recommend the [URL='https://www.amazon.com/FreeStyle-Freedom-Lite-Blood-Glucose/dp/B002G3EJ1K/ref=sr_1_2_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1535050995&sr=8-2&keywords=freedom+freestyle+meter']Freestyle Freedom Lite[/URL] meter and [URL='https://www.amazon.com/FreeStyle-Blood-Glucose-Monitoring-System/dp/B001946SKM/ref=sr_1_1_s_it?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1535052241&sr=1-1&keywords=freestyle+lite+meter&refinements=p_89%3AFreeStye+lite']Freestyle Lite[/URL] meter (slightly smaller), both from Abbott Laboratories, are highly accurate and recommended by noted diabetologist Dr. Richard Bernstein (they're the only ones he's found to be tolerably accurate at near-normal blood sugar levels). You will need to buy the test strips made for your meter. Test your blood sugar immediately upon arising. Then test it both one hour and two hours after each meal eating what you typically do (if you are on a low-carb diet, this advice will need a slight modification). Do this for a few days. Although the ADA and others disagree (perhaps for reasons other than the well-being of patients), I would consider truly normal non-diabetic blood sugars generally to be 70s to mid-80s mg/dl upon arising (certainly under 90 mg/dl), under 100 mg/dl one hour post-prandial (on occasion, with a super-high sugar meal, slightly higher, but not often), and near to fasting blood sugars by two hours. Again, others will espouse different views, but these are the blood sugars exhibited by the completely gluco-normal patient. You should also on your next blood panel have fasting insulin run (it's easy and cheap to run, and insurance will usually cover it no questions asked). The lower the better, 5iu or under is great. Anything much over 12iu or so would concern me. Having said all this, there is a clinical test to run that is also pretty definitive: an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test with Insulin. But most doctors don't want to run it unless you present with diabetic fasting blood sugars (over 125 mg/dl) or HgbA1c (over 6.5%) because it's a big PITA for them to administer (you have to hang around their office for hours and have blood drawn several times) and without those other indicia of diabetes insurance likely won't pay for it and most patients balk at paying out-of-pocket. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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