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Hi all!
So I had my first big check after diagnosis today. My HbA1c on diagnosis in February was 112 mmol/mol (12.4%), today it was 41 mmol/mol (5.9%). I can see from all the charts and stuff (and the doc said the same thing) that this is considered "too low", because it most probably means a lot of hypos. I do have hypos now and then and I don't feel them is they're not below 3.5mmol/l, but I don't consider them a big problem...
What confuses me is that 41mmol/mol is an equivalent of having average BG around 6.8mmol/l (my meter says it's more like 7.1, so considering the accuracy issues, that's close enough). How is having average BG of 6.8mmol/l bad? Or do they consider it very good, but need to make sure it's because my BG runs (for example) between 4-8(which would be ideal), and not between 1 - 10 (which would be terrible)?
Anyway, I'm very happy today!
So I had my first big check after diagnosis today. My HbA1c on diagnosis in February was 112 mmol/mol (12.4%), today it was 41 mmol/mol (5.9%). I can see from all the charts and stuff (and the doc said the same thing) that this is considered "too low", because it most probably means a lot of hypos. I do have hypos now and then and I don't feel them is they're not below 3.5mmol/l, but I don't consider them a big problem...
What confuses me is that 41mmol/mol is an equivalent of having average BG around 6.8mmol/l (my meter says it's more like 7.1, so considering the accuracy issues, that's close enough). How is having average BG of 6.8mmol/l bad? Or do they consider it very good, but need to make sure it's because my BG runs (for example) between 4-8(which would be ideal), and not between 1 - 10 (which would be terrible)?
Anyway, I'm very happy today!