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    New to Old re HbA1c results?

    http://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-units-converter.html try this link this is the one that works for me put your number in the bottom and levels you are used to come up at the top hope it works
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    Type 2's: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning?

    Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn Am very happy levels are coming down again now at 5.2 this morning only 4 more days of the steroids i hope so may be all over the place again end of next week :D :D
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    Type 2's: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning?

    Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn happy with a 5.4 this morning even thought this is higher than normal am on steroids for the next couple of weeks so think this higher reading is due to that as eaten less yesterday than i normally do :)
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    Here is what I have eaten-confused.

    have to say for me Philip if i had 3 apples a day wow would my BG level go up i can only have one apple a day found this out by testing same diet and 2 apples one day and 1 the next difference was amazing.
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    Hi from me!

    Hi And welcome to the forum i was also confused this time last year and reading posts on here found out i was not the only one i have taken things slowly and have reduced my levels over the year now am getting told i need to relax a little and lighten up on my control but cannot do that dont...
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    Been doctors again today

    Thank you Catherine i think yesterday was just a shock am already on medication for other problems and this is another one to add to the mix have brought a monitor and tested this morning at 7.3 this happens from time to time first thing have just tested 2 hours after eating and after taking...
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    Been doctors again today

    Well after a good visit to DN on monday and levels at a low i have now come back from the doctors armed with steriods great first thing doctor said was now this will make your sugar levels go high. at this time only on them for a week unless they help with the pain problem and blood results come...
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    Three Month Test Results!!!

    great result well done keep doing what ever it is you are doing
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    Rude People

    People all ways surprise me with seats on trains due to not being steady on my feet i always book a seat when going anywhere by train but the times even on an empty train i have to get someone to move and they do moan about it but on the other side have been on the tube and have been asked if i...
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    Been for test results

    well what a surprise i was scared to go and visit the Nurse for my HBCA1 results but good news from the last test i have dropped another 1 point so now level is 30 does that make me part of the 4% club lol but have to be honest and say that i am not on a low carb just cut out sugar and cut...
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    Type 2's: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning?

    Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn Woke with a reading of 6.8 an hour and half after eating my normal breakfast 5.8 just before lunch 4.7 have felt really bad all morning which is the reason i have tested do not normally bother still feeling strange after having lunch...
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    YES!!!

    hope everything goes well for you on this new treatment
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    free prescriptions question

    thanks Ladybird64 and Defren I hope he does come back and clarify what he is talking about i have found reading these pages over the last year a great help i have not always agreed with things but have also found loads of good advice and even tell people i met that this is one place to find the...
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    free prescriptions question

    oh my Longjohnsilver i am so glad that i did not read your post a year ago as you would have had me crying all over the place. a year on and i can say that even though i do not get any free stuff i am getting better each day with my diet and my levels are good. i have a great medical team that...
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    HbA1C question

    at our practice i get a test twice a year so not get to test unless i pay for my own strips so do not bother. i started with a 7.9 level and have it down to 4.9 (31) at last test took me 6 months my dn felt that i will not get that level again not sure that i will this time either just hoping...
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    Is my meter going bonkers?

    could not help with the monitor as i have one but not got round to buying any more strips since using the 10 that came with it wanted to say thanks to RoyG have told people that i know when my levels are up or down further than my normal but am told there are no symptoms by health professionals...
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    Its coming up to a year now

    thank you Mary have found the converter now and what you said looks right DN said i would not get that reading again but who know maybe they have misdiagnosed me and it was all a dream
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    Its coming up to a year now

    been nearly a year now since being told i had T2 still not on medication and had a good test result but not in the numbers you all seem to post level was 31 think i need to convert this to the old style testing. will be going for another test next month to see if i have maintained this or lost...