No diabetes!

Yet.

My endocrinologist called with my test results. My A1c is a measurement of my blood sugar levels over the last 3 months. Ideal is 6.0 - mine is 5.7. My fasting glucose was 111. Under 100 is normal, over 120 is diabetic. So, I fall into the "pre-diabetic" category. After eating, my glucose went down to 104, which means that my body is making insulin that kicks in when I eat. So, right now there is nothing medically that we need to do. I can probably make things better by following a diabetic diet, although the pancreatitis diet (all carbs) cannot co-exist with a diabetic diet. Dr P said that if I have another bad pancreatic attack, I will probably lose enough islet cells to throw me into diabetes. Of course, you never really know.  Now the issue becomes - what do we do on Thursday?  Dr C said that cutting and stenting my duct was not going to cause any damage to my pancreas.  BUT, the procedure always causes a bad attack of pancreatitis, which is why I end up spending a week in the hospital after that procedure.  So if he cuts, I can probably get some short-term relief so I'm not so desperate while visiting specialists to determine the next steps.  And I have no idea what happens when they harvest the islet cells...if you're diabetic before, is it possible that you won't be after they harvest the islet cells?  I guess it's more research that I have to do in the next 24 hours...