I forgot to mention that if I don't have a drink with me all the time,
I can't consentrate.  I get really edgy.  Driven by thirst, that is all
I can think about, getting a drink.

Definitely.  Many people (mainly women, IIRC) develop post-prandial
(after eating) numbers well into the diabetic range long before it shows
up in their fasting numbers.

I would recommend getting a meter and testing at 1 and 2 hours after
eating.  Walmart and some others have cheap meters that work pretty
well, if you can't get your insurance to cover it.

Here's our standard advice to newbies:  
http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/NewlyDiagnosed.htm

Have you been prescribed metformin?  That should help your insulin
resistance as well.

Keep posting.  I hope Susan sees this soon.  She has diabetes and has
never had a fasting BG over 126.

Priscilla, Type 2, diagnosed 01/2003

it's entirely possible, ask your doctor to perform a Glucose Tolerance
Test. That helps reveal how your system manages an input of glucose.

Ratty

Blurry Vision, going to the bathroom all the time, always needing to drink
something, dry itchy skin,  these are some of the things i was going through
right before being diagnosed diabetic.

you might want to take a look at this page :(.
http://www.diabetes.org/pre-diabetes/pre-diabetes-symptoms.jsp

if i went to a new doctor and didnt tell them I had diabetes
they wouldnt be able to tell by my FBS levels or my A1C.

Tom

YES.  I have never had a fasting glucose that high, and the
endocrinologist estimates I've been diabetic 10-15 years, based upon my
symptoms (including development of PCOS in midlife) and fbg of only 109
for at least a decade. According to him, many diabetics have high post
meal numbers for many years before fasting even begins to rise above 100.

The facial flushing can be due to adrenal suppression caused by
hyperinsulinemia in PCOS; the PCOS literature has many references to
this occurring.

You should see an endocrinologist for complete evaluation, not just bg.

Susan

sorry you had to seek us out... but i do have a few questions for you
that might help you in the long run.

first off, who is treating your PCOS? you should already be seeing an
Endo for this matter.

exactly how were you diagnosed with PCOS? what is your testosterone
levels? what are your DHEA levels? your fasting insulin? (which is different
then a glucose reading) have you had your TSH tested?

reason I ask is because my daughter was dx'd with PCOS at age 15, she's
now 19 and I stay on top of her levels.  She also has Hashimoto's which is
an autoimmune disease and I am a T1 diabetic.  So, I understand how they
all relate to one another and how it needs to be a careful balancing act.

Reisa, T1 pumper using Animas IR1250
went in for a new a1c today!

Are you on medication? Sounds to me like you probably should be. Yes, I'd
definitely be shooting for values lower than that. Below 100 is good. Dr.
Bernstein ("Diabetes Solution") insists that a healthy non-diabetic runs
83+-5 - all the time except immediately following a very high carb meal.

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G'day G'day,

 An important question is why do want to know whether you have
diabetes.  The official definition is designed to mark the point where
the condition is IRREVESIBLE ie incurable though controllable.  

The official point is a fasting glucose of 7.0 mmol/L = 128 mg/dL on
two separate occasions.  Other criteria can be used but this is the
common one.   According to that criteria you are close to being
diabetic but not quite.  This makes it important that you act
promptly.  At the time of official diagnosis something like fifty
percent of the beta cells in your pancreas have died and there are too
few healthy ones to repopulate the pancreas with healthy one.

You still have time to do something about bringing blood glucose
levels under control and allowing the healthy beta cells to repopulate
the pancreas.  That is something denied to most of us.  

On a more prosaic note you will still be able to get health insurance
without a hefty premium.  

IMMO, now is the time to act, not wait around for an official
diagnosis.

Best wishes,