# I'm not diabetic (\*whew\*) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 5, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-diabetic-whew/751260 "2016-04-05T15:28:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-diabetic-whew/751260/1 "2016-04-05T15:28:37Z")
So in case anyone who read my earlier posts in interested, I went to the doctor, and she ran a few tests, and said I’m not diabetic. She did draw some blood to check my A1C again, and gave me a new schedule for doing my fingersticks. She said I probably had more spikes in the past than I realized, they just passed very quickly, and so I didn’t catch them. She also said if I think that a diabetic diet is keeping the margins of my highs and lows closer, that’s a good thing, and if I want to stick to it, she’ll send me to a dietician; in the meantime, she gave me the outline of a better-structured diet then the one I was just kind of guessing at based on internet info and remembered information about working with a diabetic client 15 years ago. My blood sugar is staying pretty much between 85 and 110, mostly around 90. The closest thing I’ve had to a spike in the last week was 128-- high for me, but not really high. My doctor also said that my BMI is in the normal range, but it’s pushing right against the top range, so if I want to try to lose about 10lbs., it wouldn’t hurt. It might happen anyway, when the weather is nice, now that I can walk all I want because I got my back fixed. I’m not really sure what the best approach is-- maybe I should just go on a bike ride every day for about 20 minutes, not to any place in particular, in addition to doing more walking, to the store, and soforth, or maybe I should get a Fitbit or just a pedometer, and try to hit some kind of goal in my daily activities, and then make up for shortages by riding my bike in the evening if I need to. I’m going back in three months for the doctor to check my glucometer data. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-diabetic-whew/751260/2 "2016-04-05T16:06:33Z")
Cheers!! ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-diabetic-whew/751260/3 "2016-04-06T10:57:40Z")
Well missed your original post on the topic but why are you continuing the finger prickers? 10 pounds? Seems sort of moot, in a way Congrats on the diagnosis! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-diabetic-whew/751260/4 "2016-04-06T20:05:26Z")
Glad to hear this, **RivkahChaya**. It means there’ll be years more of posts from you. I always read your contributions with pleasure. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-diabetic-whew/751260/5 "2016-04-07T03:11:09Z")
Tell your loved ones to stop calling you “sweet pea.”