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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 750445" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>[USER=107467]@cold ethyl[/USER] and [USER=126679]@DeejayR[/USER] I am a bit relieved you have both said your meter averages are lower than your HbA1c. Most folk on here say they see similar results. I Know [USER=88961]@AndBreathe[/USER] is another whose HbA1c and meter averages don't tally. I started testing more, and after a "dodgy" meal I test every half an hour until I know I have passed my peak and back to normal levels. My peaks are all in the first 90 minutes. My average 2 hour readings across all meals are a lot lower than the earlier ones. This pleases me because that is what is meant to happen. It shows my non-medicated insulin is working. However, because I feel I am now catching my higher levels and am back down again by between 2 and 2.5 hours, I cannot understand why my average A1c remains at 7.1mmol/l. According to this website (somewhere), there is a paragraph about this where it says because of the capillary/venous differences, meters read higher than A1c's, so why do ours read lower? Conundrum, not stressing, just curious.</p><p></p><p>Sorry to derail your thread [USER=134698]@beatdise[/USER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 750445, member: 94045"] [USER=107467]@cold ethyl[/USER] and [USER=126679]@DeejayR[/USER] I am a bit relieved you have both said your meter averages are lower than your HbA1c. Most folk on here say they see similar results. I Know [USER=88961]@AndBreathe[/USER] is another whose HbA1c and meter averages don't tally. I started testing more, and after a "dodgy" meal I test every half an hour until I know I have passed my peak and back to normal levels. My peaks are all in the first 90 minutes. My average 2 hour readings across all meals are a lot lower than the earlier ones. This pleases me because that is what is meant to happen. It shows my non-medicated insulin is working. However, because I feel I am now catching my higher levels and am back down again by between 2 and 2.5 hours, I cannot understand why my average A1c remains at 7.1mmol/l. According to this website (somewhere), there is a paragraph about this where it says because of the capillary/venous differences, meters read higher than A1c's, so why do ours read lower? Conundrum, not stressing, just curious. Sorry to derail your thread [USER=134698]@beatdise[/USER] [/QUOTE]
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