I do agree with mick, but bare in mind that the home meters are only required to be accurate within + or – 20%. That 106 could actually be an 86, but it could also be a 126. You shouldn’t try to diagnose yourself based on a home meter.

Don’t fret too much, though. If your numbers are around 100 fasting, you’re still in pretty good shape. If you do get the Pre-D diagnosis, you should be able to easily continue to control with diet and exercise. You may just need to cut your carb intake back a little further.

Good luck to you!

Unfortunately, your idea of finding “real glucose tolerance results” from what you do at home is nonsensical … unless you’ve found a way of giving yourself a measured amount of glucose … normally 75 grams … and then drawing your own blood, to be tested in a pathology laboratory.

To be frank with you, you need to see your doctor, explain your symptoms to him/her, and s/he will determine whether or not you warrant further testing. It is then that you’ll have a GTT (Glucose Tolerance Test) done.

I’m afraid I don’t know where you get the idea that you should be testing your blood glucose levels at one hour after you eat. This would be a pointless exercise in the home setting as the glucose level would still be high. (Diabetics are told to test their blood glucose levels 2 hours post-prandial (after eating).)

The fasting blood glucose levels for a non-diabetic would be in the range 70-99 mg/dL.

In a non-diabetic, the post-prandial blood glucose level would not be expected to raise above 140 mg/dL. There are, however, times when this can occur, such as illness/infection, and times of extreme stress.

Your fasting blood glucose level of 106 mg/dL indicates that you may now be pre-diabetic, but it MUST be a practising MD (Medical Doctor) to make an official diagnosis of this.

I do hope that you’ll see your doctor to have yourself checked out.

Be well.