Hi @Shaz51
Pleased to hear that your kidney function has not deteriorated further. Good news!
Like you I also have been recently diagnosed with pre-diabetes. Do you have both Glucose Intollerance and Insulin Resistance, like me? Apparently some modifications to diet and a more rigorous exercise regime will help. I saw a dietician last week too, and it proved quite helpful. She looked at me and said "Mmm, so I wont be telling you to lose weight", lets just stick with exercise and a bit of knowledge about what foods are best to avoid and some better alternatives to restrict carbs etc.
So I am hoping that with a more disciplined exercise schedule, it will help to maintain an acceptable level of glucose and stop the overworking insulin production from the poor old pancreas.
I am just wondering though Shaz. When you would have had the blood tests done (2 hour GTT and Insulin test) did you also get tested for Chromium levels? It turns out that my chromium levels were non existent. If you read up about Chromium it is a very vital element in processing glucose and helps in the effectiveness of insulin. I was therefore given a script for Chromium and Biotin (B7) supplements to try to build up some chromium. And since I am not overweight and have no family history of diabetes, my GP is of the opinion that with the chromium it will help considerably.
So have a read about chromium and how it affects glucose and insulin. Its very interesting, and if you GP hasnt already done so, it would be beneficial to check it out. Apparently serious chormium deficiency is fairly rare, but many people do have a bit of a deficiency and could benefit by supplements. Apparently we only ever absorb very small traces of chromium, and only very small amounts are really needed. But if you are deficient, then it can cause a lot of serious issues. Like I said read up about Chromium Deficiency - you will find it interesting.
xx
