[Boomer]

Good Morning, BuckeyeNuts,

I can see that this thread has a fork in it. That happens sometimes.

But what I want to do is bring it back to the pre-diabetes issue. I have written about diabetes in this thread and in another one somewhere long ago. I do not have it, but my real world has many diabetics in it. And I love them all. And I want them to take care of themselves.

Here is what I want to say to you. If you have not had the A1C test, will you please check with your doctor. I cannot explain this test clearly, but Mr. Boomer had it last week. He had the A1C because his family has diabetes in it. Both Type I and Type II.

Diabetes can come on without giving you symptoms you know. Mr. Boomer wanted to know more than what the simple glucose test that everybody gets told him. I think that test is basically a snapshot.

The A1C is also just a blood test. I am not talking about the glucose tolerance test where they used to put you in a room and you were starving and then they would feed you some really sweet stuff and then they would take some blood and on and on it went. I don't even know if they do those anymore.

So anyway, BuckeyeNuts, the A1C is a simple test. Give them a little blood and they can tell what that blood has been doing for a long time. Not just the snapshot take of the glucose reading everybody gets at a physical.

I hope you will check into this test if you have not already done so. (Mr. Boomer's turned out fine.) We have seen so many things, up close and personal, that diabetes can cause. Type I and Type II can beat you up. Type II can be a vicious beast just like Type I. But I know people who are controlling their pre-diabetes and Type II beautifully. And our Type I's are doing OK, too. They have insulin pumps now. But each of those people is under a doctor's care. Not the care of the Internet.

Doing your homework on your medical condition can be a good thing. I posted here a couple of days ago about a friend whose Internet search headed off a potential mess with a knee replacement. But please, BuckeyeNuts, do not rely on just what you read.

Boomer