Type 1: What are your HbA1c test results?

[JJO]

Hi, newly diagnosed T1 (from a T2 diagnosis). Wrote up a timeline for signature so figured I'd post it here too. Long road. Reintroducing some carbohydrates in my diet and am on 15u Levemir once a day, 3x 5u Novarapid with meals and 2g of metformin (1g twice a day).

HbA1c and other history
2012 - 82mmol/mol (9.7%) (Diagnosis of T2, 115kg)
2013 - 38mmol/mol (5.6%)
2014 - Feb 54mmol/mol (7.1%) Dec 48mmol/mol (6.3%)
2015 - 60mmol/mol (7.6%)
2016 - Jan 59mmol/mol (7.5%) March 60mmol/mol (7.6%) GAD+ve
2016 - April Ketotic in A+E! Started on insulin with a working diagnosis of a form of T1(?1.5 ?LADA, 67kg)

 

[lizziewizzie]

From 112 in December to 54 today!!

I feel like a giddy child getting good exam results!!

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[GrantGam]

40 at the last test, up from my record 39. As stressed by many other forum members please remember that the older fashioned (lower numeric value) is expressed in percent and not mmol/L.

Thus my latest would be 5.8%

Cheers,
Grant

 

[Geri]

My latest is 8.4 or around 9%. Have been this for around 20 years so got to get it lower.

 

[sugarmummyluce]

5.6% - never below 7% until getting pregnant in December

 

[cara147m]

I still work in old % after 27 years of diabetes.

Latest HbA1c is 7.7% down from 8.4% 3 months ago - hoping to get down to 6%.

Amazed by all the low results on here - not sure how everyone manages it - thought I had a good grip on diabetes but think I have really been clueless for years! Unfortunately only just getting to grips with by control after so long - hope it's not too late! x

 

[james122]

5.7 is my latest hba1c, I would rather spend all day low than ill in the future!

 

[Juicyj]

@james122

5.7 is excellent work - you are obviously doing something right, so give yourself a big pat on the back

 

[noraabdull]

just got diagnosed with type 1 last week and its 10
hopefully managing to successfully lowering it during the next few months
all the articles about complications weren't very nice

 

[superdom]

I still work in old % after 27 years of diabetes.

Latest HbA1c is 7.7% down from 8.4% 3 months ago - hoping to get down to 6%.

Amazed by all the low results on here - not sure how everyone manages it - thought I had a good grip on diabetes but think I have really been clueless for years! Unfortunately only just getting to grips with by control after so long - hope it's not too late! x

As you can probably tell cara147m, most people just get lucky most of the time when their results are so low.
Don't worry about your results compared to everyone else's.... as long as your basic diabetes management is around about where you want it to be then don't put pressure on yourself trying to imitate other people.

Cheers.

Dom

 

[becky.ford93]

14 months in, and have managed to get down from 53mmol/mol (7.0%) in December 2015 to 50 (6.7%) today. Pleased with that baby steps - aiming for 48 next time!

 

[delmcp]

Hi all

58, 7.5% first test since re diagnosed as a T1.

 

[Italie]

My last HbA1C was 44, up from 37 (5.5%) 6 months ago. I was so shocked and disappointed at the rise BUT, according to my consultant, recent research shows that extended periods of low bgl, i.e sitting between 3-4 affects the 'electrics' around your heart and, increasingly, people are dropping dead as a result!! They have been trying to get me between 42 (6.0%) and 52 (6.9%) for a couple of years but I've always aimed for as low as possible. Trying to change my mindset now. Apparently on a risk chart, under 42 gives you the same risk as over 52. I could draw the graph but cant explain it very well in text, lol

 

[Wurst]

Received my HBA1C results this morning and got a 4.7 %. Was expecting a bollocking from the Doc but instead was congratulated as the result was achieved with only 3 hypo's (in the last 2 months) and lots of exercise. Can't complain, 0.1 % away from Bernstein's recommended A1c.

 

[wiserkurtious]

6.1% insulin free,for now type 1 diabetic over the moon

 

[SRO]

125 6 months ago - now down to 67!
Next target in 3 months is 53!
fingers crossed...

 

[RuthW]

I still work in old % after 27 years of diabetes.

Latest HbA1c is 7.7% down from 8.4% 3 months ago - hoping to get down to 6%.

Amazed by all the low results on here - not sure how everyone manages it - thought I had a good grip on diabetes but think I have really been clueless for years! Unfortunately only just getting to grips with by control after so long - hope it's not too late! x

A fair few of the amazing results in this thread belong to Type 2s who are posting in a Type 1 thread and confusing the issue for us T1s. But some are T1s who are well trained and/or well equipped with pumps, cgms and so on.


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[Jaylee]

A fair few of the amazing results in this thread belong to Type 2s who are posting in a Type 1 thread and confusing the issue for us T1s. But some are T1s who are well trained and/or well equipped with pumps, cgms and so on.


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... To be fair. A good A1c is a good A1c, whatever the type.

 

[Wurst]

And to be fair... I actually think type 2s have a harder time of it than us 1s. They really have to be careful what they eat. We can cheat and just stick a bit extra insulin in!

I disagree with this , I was initially diagnosed as T2 and it was a doddle in comparison to T1. 1 Metformin per day , no injections, no hypo's , healthy eating, low carb and lots of exercise. I was classed as T2 for at least 2 months and was gutted with the T1 diagnosis and when I went onto injections.

 

[Brunneria]

And to be fair... I actually think type 2s have a harder time of it than us 1s. They really have to be careful what they eat. We can cheat and just stick a bit extra insulin in!

The grass is always greener... or is it less green?