Can I go backwards in my glucose readings? My doctor said this week I am diabetic but the ADA numbers don't show that! Yesterday, my doctor told me i am a diabetic. I had been called "pre-diabetic" for about a year and there is a history of it in my family (father, both grandfathers, uncle). My "number" after the fasting blood test was 6.1 which I understood is still pre-diabetic. According to the American Diabetes Assoc (not sure if that's the right name) 5.7 to 6.4 is prediabetic and above 6.4 is diabetic.

So here are my questions. Am I a diabetic now with 6.1? I am going to take a living with diabetes class and my pharmacist gave me some diabetic info and foods to stay away from etc. so if I am NOT diabetic, can I make sure I don't become diabetic?  And lastly, why would my doctor say I am diabetic if I am not?

I am a few pounds overweight (what middle-aged woman isn't?) but I am not in the obese category at all.

