This is an unusual thing in my experience, for a doctor to be concerned when the numbers don't warrent it; usually it's the opposite, they tell you "it's nothing" when you are pre-diabetes. Sounds like you have a good doctor.
With your numbers and your OGTT test coming back normal, I wouldn't be overly concerned. To answer your question, non-diabetics it would be very rare to exceed 120 at any time, no matter what they eat. Exercise is tricky, sometimes it lowers sometimes it raises blood sugar; you would have to talk to someone who knows about it to know which kinds of exercise at which times have what effect. In your situation I would begin to make some changes such as losing any extra weight you carry, stopping sugar and reducing carbs some if you eat a high carb diet. Then check back periodically to make sure your blood sugar hasn't risen.
Thanks Zoelula
I forgot to mention that I had made dietary changes and had begun to lose wieght ( 6-7 kilos and am half way to my ideal weight).
I continue to monitor and want to try and keep my numbers as close to normal, non-diabetic numbers as much as possible.
They are pretty good, but I havent attempted to eat anything that might cause them to spike (although mistakenly I ate weet bix thinking it was low gi and my blood sugar shot right up!)
I notice that there are lots of sites that say what a diabetic should bee keeping their ranges in but no info for 'what normal' is.
I'm also going through an early-ish menopause and am wondering if its just coincidence that these two things coincided?
Many thanks
Regards
Normal is generally 70-90 fasting and 100-120 at the highest after meals. We try and keep our blood sugar under 100 fasting and under 140 two hours after meals. For some of us any bread, crackers, sugar, cereal, etc raises our blood sugar too high, others are less sensitive. The key is to test 2 hours after eatingand see what keeps your blood sugar in range, we are all different.
I've not heard of a menopause/type 2 connection, it is just the most common age for it to appear.