Recently Diagnosed as Prediabetes. Need Help!

[MarieB]

I agree w @David_dns. You might want to think about asking for the antibody tests to rule out that you don’t have LADA, which is type1 diagnosed as an adult. @Melitta explains what these tests are here

Melitta's Top Ten Tips for the Newly Diagnosed Person with Adult-Onset Type 1 Diabetes

Despite what you may be told by medical professionals and what you might read, you (as a person with adult-onset Type 1 diabetes) are not “rare” or some “minority.” Adults represent the vast majority of new-onset Type 1 diabetes (Footnote 1); it is a widespread myth and falsehood that Type 1 diabetes is a childhood disease. Learn all you can, but at a pace that does not overwhelm you. Good sources of learning are Think Like a Pancreas by Gary Scheiner (although he does perpetuate some myths a…

and please check your blood yourself at home and keep a diary of the results.