Your levels are actually very good, and consistent.
Normal levels would be 4 - 7 mmol/l before a meal, under 10 mmol/l about 90 minutes after eating, and about 8 mmol/l at bedtime.
It's normal for your glucose levels to be higher after breakfast.
Are you on insulin or being treated for diabetes?
Check with your doctor.
From what I see, including the fasting results, you are NORMAL. Your doctor can give you better information but based on what information you're providing you are not diabetic.
One of the best ways to reduce the risks of becoming diabetic, or to reduce the need for insulin if you need it, is to reduce your weight. Controlling blood pressure, and your cholesterol, is also important. It sounds like you're doing your best to control these.
I wouldn't place to much weight on the one fasting blood sugar level that you have. While 7.3 mmol/l is well within the normal range you are recording lower values on a regular basis, the 6.3 and 5.9 mmol/l that you mention.
Over about 11 mmol/l on a regular basis would be considered "high blood sugar" and an indicator of diabetes.
Hope it helps.
Now I'm confused. Those numbers are NOT the ones my doctor looks at to determine instant blood sugar levels. He looks at the finger stick numbers that range from about 90 to 130. He says the 5.X to 7.X type numbers that I get from a blood test that was sent to a lab are taken after fasting and are an indication of the average for the previous 3 months.
When I went to my RNP at the VA last month she looked at the 126 number and was upset about it being indicative of diabetes but the blood work up they did this time did not show the 5.X type glucose number. This is the first time in 10 years of them doing that every 6 months that they didn't show that number. The following day I was at my home town doctor's where he uses the blood report from them to form his own opinions and he was quite upset that they didn't do the glucose test so he drew some blood himself to send to the lab.
I told him she was upset about the 126 being high and that's when he told me that wasn't of any concern to him as that number fluctuates all over the place during the day. As long as it stays between 90 and 130 it's normal. The one he want's to see is the AVERAGE for the past three months which he said is the 5.X type and he couldn't understand why they didn't do that test.
Yes, there is another test that you're referring too, an A1C test. It's the average for about 2-3 months.
Thanks Dan.
i have diabetes 2 and im having real bad hunger pains to the point where it hurts so bad could you maybe tellwhat you think that is.my a1c is pretty high last time i checked
See your doctor Machetesgirl for an evaluation and bring a copy of your typical diet (for a week or more) so that you can discuss it with them. Also any records of your glucose readings, activity/exercise level, etc. This way the doctor can better understand what is going on and if you are taking medications verify the dosages.
Good luck.