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Type 2's: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning?

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brettsza said:
Did 3 readings all day and all were 6.1 or 6.2
Is my meter ok i dont know
Still down with bad throat and cold
Feel really disheartened seeing 6 as i was in 5s and 4s
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Don't worry, they will return to normal once your body has fought off the virus. They are still good readings. No need to panic. :)
 
Bluetit1802 said:
It isn't in the diabetic range. My HbA1c is 43 as per my signature. My pre-meal levels are always in the 5's with some 4's. My post meal spikes are rarely above 1.5mmol/l with just an odd exception. So I agree, it is hard to understand my HbA1c. Clearly some undetected rises somewhere, but I'm happy and it does keep coming down every 3 months. :)
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I just had an HbA1c test and it was 42 mmol/mol. According to the converter tool (http://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-to-blood-sugar-level-converter.html) that's an average of 7 mmol/L. However, I've only had 2 postmeal levels above 7 in the last three months. Based on my meter readings my average should be around 5.5 mmol/L. So I did a little investigating and found this (http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/a1c/tab/faq/):

"4. Why are my A1c and blood glucose different?
Beyond the difference in units used to report them, the A1c represents an average over time while your blood glucosereflects what is happening in your body now. Your blood glucose will capture the changes in your blood sugar that occur on a daily basis, the highs and the lows. Each blood glucose is a snapshot and each is different. The A1c is an indication that "in general" your glucose has been elevated over the last few months or "in general" it has been normal. It is inherently not a sensitive as a blood glucose. However, if your day-to-day glucose control is stable (good or bad), then both the A1c and blood glucose should reflect this. It is important to remember the time lag associated with the A1c. Good glucose control for the past 2-3 weeks will not significantly affect the A1c result for several more weeks.

In addition to this, it is also important to remember that glycated hemoglobin and blood glucose are two different but related things. For unknown reasons, some peoples' A1c may not accurately reflect their average blood glucose."

I looked for graphs of HbA1c versus average blood glucose and all I found was this (http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/25/2/275.long):
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So not really all that accurate in my opinion.

I also found this discussion: "Why hemoglobin A1c is not a reliable marker": http://chriskresser.com/why-hemoglobin-a1c-is-not-a-reliable-marker

 
Interesting. Had my blood taken today but will wait until January for the results when I see the consultant. Time to formulate lots of questions.
 
sanguine said:
Record-equalling 5.0 this morning, although yesterday was an 'odd' day. Office Christmas do at lunchtime, drank lots of red wine, walked 50 min back to the hotel, 5.7, too tired/Brahms to eat dinner, just had some Brazil nuts and coffee, went to bed on 5.1. Nice to know my liver decided not to step in.
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Good reading @sanguine :)
 
Just out of curiosity, does anyone here do a random reading weekly/ once every two weeks as compared to a daily blood sugar reading? :)
 
Adelle0607 said:
Just out of curiosity, does anyone here do a random reading weekly/ once every two weeks as compared to a daily blood sugar reading? :)
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Not me, I'm still testing foods. I've stopped testing pre & post for meals which are consistently ok. I guess over time tests will be less often as there are fewer "new" foods to test
 
Hi guys, you will recall I said that as my Metformin had run out and because it was just 500mg x 1 a day I would give it a miss. Well my numbers are definitely creeping up. My Fasting average for the last 7 days is 5.7. When I was starting to get between 4.5 and 5.5 when I was on Metformin. So for me it does appear to have made a difference. I know some colleagues had suggested that that low a dose it made NO difference. I am not going to lose sleep over it though and will just keep an eye on it.
 
beatdise said:
Hi guys, you will recall I said that as my Metformin had run out and because it was just 500mg x 1 a day I would give it a miss. Well my numbers are definitely creeping up. My Fasting average for the last 7 days is 5.7. When I was starting to get between 4.5 and 5.5 when I was on Metformin. So for me it does appear to have made a difference. I know some colleagues had suggested that that low a dose it made NO difference. I am not going to lose sleep over it though and will just keep an eye on it.
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Don't use meds but low dose must do SOMETHING or Doc wouldn't prescribe..... IS 500mgs a LOW dose?
 
Sable_Jan said:
Don't use meds but low dose must do SOMETHING or Doc wouldn't prescribe..... IS 500mgs a LOW dose?
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Makes some sense to me ..... my morning climb after a meal is higher than it is in the evening and I put that down (in part) to the fact that I'm only on one tablet per day which I happen to take in the evening.
 
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