I finally got speak to a sensible Nurse Practitioner, who took a blood sample today – it makes a change from the semi-sentient simians who staff the phone results line!
It turns out that they are worried about my blood sugar level. I have an HbA1c ( a proxy for long-term blood glucose levels) of 41 … “Pre-diabetic” starts at 42, fully diabetic is 48+. We wait to see if it’s a blip, or whether this repeat test will confirm it.
Really, the last thing I need now is a further complication to my diet, or to fret about the additional risk.
(from Facebook comments)
If it does turn out that I’m basically prediabetic, my suspicion would be that I might be type one (body does not make enough insulin – effectively an auto-immune disease) rather than type two (body does not react properly to insulin). I have a number of autoimmune things anyway, nd seem to have few risk factors for type two … but hopefully it is all just a blip and it will turn out that I’m in the condition of “normal, if only marginally so” which has been so common in all aspects of my life!