Prediabetic????

[kerriw]

I am a 48 year old woman, 5 foot 5 inches and 133 pounds, who just got a blood glucose reading of 105.  I am very scared that I will get diabetes.  I don't really need to lose weight.  I can tell you that I had a reading of 99 when I was 37 and 101 two years ago, but since that 101 reading I had a 91 and a 95.  Not great, but not as bad as now.  I have health anxiety and this reading is not helping.  My father has diabetes, but he was 75 when diagnosed, and overweight.  I don't know what to do.

[kerriw]

Actually what I'm afraid of is that my own anxiety will mess up the test results, thus giving readings that are not the truth, but which still cause me and sometimes even the doctors to freak out.  So it's a little twist on just being afraid of the truth per se.  It's also a self-feeding vicious cycle.  This happens often with my blood pressure readings in the doctor's office.  My home readings are much better, and I consider them closer to 'the truth' because anxiety raises blood pressure a lot.  And blood sugar, apparently.  

I went to the doctor today over this and she was remarkably relaxed about it and put it down to the tremendous stress I've been under the last 3 months. So I am going to get retested in a few months, with the H1AC or whatever they call it.  I think that'll be a better indicator of the truth, because it is an average over several months, so just being stressed out about a test wouldn't affect it.

[WaveRider]

Sally provide some great advice, calm down and please follow. Bear in mind stress/anxiety will elevate blood sugar levels. If you're worried about doctors and test results then you're afraid of the truth. Psychotherapy may alleviate that worry. Good luck -

[kerriw]

Yes, it was fasting--all of the numbers I listed were fasting.  I wouldn't be at all worried if I had eaten. I sometimes wonder if anxiety itself ramps up the number, because as a person with health anxiety, I am always nervous about getting tested for anything. The last two readings I had were in the normal range as you can see, but admittedly I have slacked off a lot on exercise this past year.  Hard to believe it makes that much difference, but maybe it does.

Thanks for your reply and advice, by the way.  I have a really hard time with medical tests and with doctors in general.