carina62 said:
Sorry what reading is that in mmols ?
I would guess Jims reading of 33 would be a meter test in mmol/L and the HbA1c of 83 is IFCC - mmol/mol which works out at 9.7% in the old % - DCCT.
My own high was after my doctor failed to get a bp reading and sent me to hospital two days after diagnosed with T2 and my random bloods were 29.9 mmol/L and my HbA1c was 12.6%. Oddly enough I felt fine but It was also found that the two halves of my heart were beating out of phase with each other and I had a pulse of 188bpm. I had to have my heart stopped chemically and restarted again to get it back in rhythm :shock:
This was due to my having run such high bg levels, but I repeat I felt fine when I walked into hospital, I did get a bit scared when the triage nurse told me immediately to lay down on a stretcher and not move and wheeled me straight into the Resuscitation Unit ward!!