What's the first thing my doctor will do if she suspects I have diabetes?

What's the first thing my doctor will do if she suspects I have diabetes?

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If your doctor thinks you have diabetes, the very first test should be a fasting blood sugar test, which basically means that they draw your blood after you haven't eaten overnight, for ten to twelve hours. You can have water and they look to see if its elevated. If it's above one hundred, it's abnormal, and if its about one hundred and twenty-six its diabetes.