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3 month blood reading

Zeptra86

Zeptra86

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
My diabetic nurse just phoned me and said that my average 3 month reading is 7.5 and was slightly higher than last blood test, is this good or not? X
 
It is higher than desirable, but not drastic. It equates to an average of 9.3mmol/l, which means you have spent a lot of time over 9.3mmol/l.

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html

The NICE recommendations for type 2 diabetics are these:

Before food between 4 and 7mmol/l
At least 90 minutes after food under 8.5mmol/l

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-to-blood-sugar-level-converter.html

So you can see you are a bit high. Have you got your own glucose meter? If not, I urge you to get one so you can test out the foods you are eating and find a diet more suited to lower levels. Testing before eating and a couple of hours later will help you enormously, and is the best way to gain control.
 
Ah I see, yeah I do have my own monitor and going to follow it closely to get it down after meals as I know my fasting blood glucose is usually averaging around 7 as I have been checking in the morning, thank-you for your advice :)
 
My doctor said I was diabetic at 7.5 with my first hba1c I have ever had. Fasting was also in the high 8's. But I'm also in Canada so might have different standards. But with some diet and exercise I was able to get that down to a 5.5 in only three months. It wasn't even that much exercise. Only a 30 minute walk a day (about 1.5 km).
 
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