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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1516518" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>Great that you have decided to get a meter. You won't regret it. When you buy the Codefree starter pack it comes with some lancets (needles). I can't say how many because I don't use them. I have never used them. I prefer a different sort of lancet device (an Accu-Chek Fastclix) but hopefully someone else will be able to tell you.</p><p></p><p>You need the mmol/l version. (The other one is for American and some other countries)</p><p></p><p>I don't know what the 14 was. Did your GP take the tests? Was blood taken from your arm and sent away to a lab for analysis? Was blood taken after you had been asked to fast for 8 or 10 hours? Was it a finger prick test taken with or without fasting? It could be any sort of test. If you want to know for sure you will have to ask your nurse. You are obviously very confused about which tests you had, so I suggest you try to find out.</p><p></p><p>HbA1c test results in the UK have 2 types of results. The old version is a percentage and will look something like 10% (or more or less than this). The newer version is in mmol/mol units and will be between a number somewhere in the 30's up to well over 100. So when you see someone post that their HbA1c is 6.5, you know it is the old version. If they post it is 53, you know it is the new version. You can convert one to the other here. <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-to-blood-sugar-level-converter.html" target="_blank">http://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-to-blood-sugar-level-converter.html</a> It is confusing, it confuses us all!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 1516518, member: 94045"] Great that you have decided to get a meter. You won't regret it. When you buy the Codefree starter pack it comes with some lancets (needles). I can't say how many because I don't use them. I have never used them. I prefer a different sort of lancet device (an Accu-Chek Fastclix) but hopefully someone else will be able to tell you. You need the mmol/l version. (The other one is for American and some other countries) I don't know what the 14 was. Did your GP take the tests? Was blood taken from your arm and sent away to a lab for analysis? Was blood taken after you had been asked to fast for 8 or 10 hours? Was it a finger prick test taken with or without fasting? It could be any sort of test. If you want to know for sure you will have to ask your nurse. You are obviously very confused about which tests you had, so I suggest you try to find out. HbA1c test results in the UK have 2 types of results. The old version is a percentage and will look something like 10% (or more or less than this). The newer version is in mmol/mol units and will be between a number somewhere in the 30's up to well over 100. So when you see someone post that their HbA1c is 6.5, you know it is the old version. If they post it is 53, you know it is the new version. You can convert one to the other here. [URL]http://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-to-blood-sugar-level-converter.html[/URL] It is confusing, it confuses us all! [/QUOTE]
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