A1C is 6.8

I noticed during my regular blood tests for cholesterol that my fasting blood sugar was slowly creeping up to the prediabetic range. So for the past 3 years I have measured my fasting blood sugar level first thing each morning. It really makes a difference.

First of all, for me, I was surprised that coffee, tea, regular sugar, even chocolate did not seem to affect it much. But what really shot my blood sugar from the low 90's to 110-115 was soda, candy, or anything with high fructose corn syrup. Then I would try to be really careful until my sugar slowly, over days, went back below 100 again. It really makes a difference, at least for me. I may eventually become diabetic in the future but there is no doubt that I would have been diabetic by now if not watching my diet. I used to be addicted to Pepsi and now I see it as poison.

Also use a home meter that is accurate. Consumer's Reports tested meters a while back and found that ReliOn from Walmart and the one touch ultra mini to be the most accurate and consistent. I found that ultra mini corresponds very, very closely to the measurements I receive from laboratory blood tests.

It can be really disconcerting to measure your fasting blood sugar in the morning and get readings that differ by 20 points from a reading taken two minutes earlier.

My husband managed his diabetes with diet and exercise for 10 years; I managed mine for 8. In both cases, our A1C's went from around 6 to above 7.5 suddenly, and medication was started. If yours is creeping, I'd agree you need to check the diet - likely you've been creeping more carbs into it, and lowering them (or increasing your exercise) might help.

Oddly enough, I always find my blood sugar significantly lower after I eat pasta with red sauce or bean soup. IPasta with white sauce definitely doesn't work for me!) Everyone is different, though; that's why I find it helpful to pick a few days occasionally and do frequent testing to see how my body reacts to different things.

Well, E, you have to admit you can be a bit "abrupt" at times. I'm beginning to think that's just the way you are but you need to understand that not every new diabetic is able to adjust to the new way of life overnight. I appreciate your correction of my wording.

You have a quick, articulate mind and you remind me of my brother. He's an engineer and very bright but the world looks entirely different to him than it does to me. He can't understand why people don't just follow the rules, right there in front of them (ie. speed laws, taxes, morals, health recommendations) It's all very black and white to him.

I, on the other hand, have a love affair with food, find exercise painful because of my fibromyalgia, sometimes speed when I'm in a hurry and am a so-so bookkeeper. I see and understand his way of thinking but he is very intolerant of mine. He thinks that if I could just be more like him my life would be so much easier... but that's not my makeup. So I have to fuddle along my own way and try to fake it until I can make it. Do you see what I am saying?

Everyone approaches their diabetes from their own point of view. We try to make the tightrope walk a bit easier by helping them where they are with the tools they have at hand. Not everyone can grasp all the intricacies of glucose tolerance, the glycemic index, carb vs. fiber content, monounsaturated fats, kidney protein balance and all the other stuff that makes up this disease. I have some nursing school, bacteriology, anatomy and physiology as well as psychology in my background. I try to help as best I can without burying anyone in med babble. There are others here that are much better at phrasing than I but they are also very defensive of the newbies who are just learning their way thru this mine field we call diabetes.

As my grandma used to say, "You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar." ... but then my daughter said in response, "I don't want to catch flies!" We are all just trying to help. Perhaps a gentler approach on your part would help you get your point across without offending anyone. Remember, not everyone learns quickly or has an open mind to make the changes they need to make. We can only suggest. The choices are up to them.

Hi To All,

 Thankyou for the info will try to put it into practice a.s.a.p.

Diligent.