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I got diagnosed last week, my a1c was 138. How often do they retest it?

Thanks for your reply! I'll be sure to ask for full results from now on. I'm not sure if there were any ketones. I've done a couple of the ketone tests at home though and it hasn't been over 0.3 so that seems all good :)

Thanks! It certainly feels like alot to take in at the moment, but Reading through threads on here with people in similar situations is very helpful!

Thank you! I'll check them both out :)

Thanks for your response! I've been losing weight steadily over the last few months. I'm on 3 lots of novorapid before meals and levermir before bed. Levels still jumping between 12 and 26 at the moment. Have an appointment on 31st with specialist so hopefully get some more info then.

Thanks for the reply! The doctor only said it was hba1c level I believe. It was all a bit of a whirlwind. They've given me novorapid and levemir.

Hey, I had bloods taken Thursday afternoon and got called in Friday morning as my level was 138. Sent straight over to the diabetes team at the hospital. They have said they're 90% sure it's type 1 and gave me insulin to start on while we wait for the other test to come back. I wondered if...