Prediabetes at 31 and the fright it gave me

Started 24 March 2025 · 15 replies · 163 hearts · read 1.9k times

BirdieMargate, UK · 24 March 2025

1.3 years ago

Prediabetes at 31 and the fright it gave me — putting it in its own thread so it does not get lost in the check-in.

Some background first, because it matters for the question.

I have a specialist appointment in six weeks and I want to use it properly rather than spending it explaining background they already have.

I have had this diagnosis a long time and none of the general guidance quite fits, which is why I am asking here rather than in the wider circles.

Happy to answer questions if any of the detail would be useful to somebody else in the same position.

ZoëHackney, UK

The thing I resented was how much of the advice assumed I had never tried anything. I had tried everything, for decades, which is how I got here.

BertrandToulouse, FR

I asked for a recheck at six months rather than waiting a year, and it was granted immediately, and it kept me focused in a way an annual review would not have.

MiraFacilitatorRotterdam, Netherlands

Two things. None of us can interpret your results. The conversation you want is with whoever holds your record, and this thread can help you decide what to ask.

21me too 1

OttolineEdinburgh, UK

What worked practically was walking after eating rather than anything I changed about the eating. Twenty minutes, most days, and the effect was visible.

MarnieAyr, UK

My GP was matter-of-fact and offered a structured programme, which I nearly turned down and which turned out to be the most useful thing on offer.

NoahHull, UK

Reading Mira, I recognised more of that than I expected to.

I found the framing difficult at first. It sounded like a warning rather than information, and it took me a while to hear it as the second thing.

MarkCoventry, UK

Ottoline — yes, and the bit that took me longest to accept was the next part.

The word itself was the useful part. It gave me something specific to act on rather than a vague sense that I should be doing better.

RomyVienna, AT

What I would say is find out exactly which test it was and what the figure means, because I spent two months worrying about the wrong thing.

RonanBelfast, NI

Coming back at the two-year mark to say the number held, the habits held, and the whole thing has become unremarkable, which was the aim.

KezWigan, UK

#10

Not a solution, just company.

7me too 3

HarriSwansea, UK

#11

Mine was a number on a routine test that nobody had been looking for, and it got my attention in a way that fifteen years of general advice had not.

7me too 2

AshSunderland, UK

#12

Mine moved back within the ordinary range over about a year, and my nurse was clear that the habits mattered more than the number itself.

LarkGalway, IE

#13

Reading Harri, I recognised more of that than I expected to.

Nothing here is medical advice. The figure is yours, the context is yours, and the person who can interpret both is the one holding your record.

MiraFacilitatorRotterdam, Netherlands

#14

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PetuaKampala, UG

#15

Same here, and I am glad you said it first.