Impaired Glucose Tolerance Diagnosis

I've grown up with the 70-120 fasting as the normal range, so regardless, you are still in what I was taught was "normal".  To start medicating your endocrine system when your A1C is sub 6 just doesn't seem right to me.  And when things don't smell right the solution is a second opinion.  Don't be scared to see a different Endo guy and have him check your data and discuss it with you.

Hope this helps

 Warren

I have been through the acute symptoms of Diabetes and for me my mouth doesn't get dry but omg, I have to pee every 20 mins and then the thirst drives you nuts and you drink gallons of water.  Really!!  and unlike what you described, the water actually satisfies your thirst but then again you eliminate it literally a half an hour later and go through the cycle again. 

I think perhaps what you are describing is simply a reaction to the decaf coffee.  Try a decaf where they use the spring water process to decafinate it!

 Warren

I did check with a control solution that came with the Accu-Chek, and my meter scores in the middle of the the test range. However, I notice that the solution is out of date and will purchase a new bottle and recheck.
Also regarding the control solution, the instructions say to discard 3 month after opening. Is this gospel or does it last longer?

Thank you all for your resoponses.

cago 

In prior posts I failed to mention that along with my endo's claim that I am pre-diabetic, my free testosterone has dropped in two years from 1.23 to is down to about 0.33.

I bring this up now because today I saw on the web that low T has been linked to diabetes.

The endo and my PCP suggest that 2.5 gms of Androgel per day may be an option to see if the Free T level will come up.

Any comments out there?

cago

Androgel is the brand name of a testosterone replacement gel product availabile by prescription applied daily by rubbing it into one's shoulders.

The other day, since coming on this forum, I read on Web MD that, in some men, diabetes and Low T occur together. Although it suggests that one's pre-diabetic/ diabetic condition causes Low T, they admit all the information is not in yet.    

This new information is now important to me because the primary reason I went to an endo two years ago, was to check out the cause of my Low T. Her observation that I was pre-diabetic came up as a secondary issue, but to my recollection she has never suggested a link of the two problems.

Rather, for the Low T, an MRI showed a very small pituitary edenoma(tumor) which commonly causes the pituitary to over produce prolactin, a hormone promoting lactation in women following child birth. It has the effect of lowering the testerosterone. Men also have this hormone, but when out of wack it causes the lowering testosterone.

Two years ago Dostinex was prescribed to control the prolactin over production and during that period my Total T and Free T became normal again for a brief time. Then while the Total T continued to get better, the Free T number( more important )began to drop off to the current 0.33 level. The normal  range is 1.0-2.5. 

So, now I am thinking that if the Androgel helps my Free T then maybe the pre-diabetic condition would be helped?

If this is confusing to you, it is to me too. When I told my father who is 88 about my intention to start the testosterone therapy he said you look good to me, how do you feel?  When I responded, "fine", he said, "then forget the testosterone stuff". Something to ponder.

However, my wife has been taking estrogen for years following a hysterecotomy to balance her hormones. I think Androgel is like doing the same thing.

cago