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Are you expecting it lower?It seems to me that so much hangs on the A1c test results. But maybe that's because I'm having one tomorrow.
Are you expecting it lower?It seems to me that so much hangs on the A1c test results. But maybe that's because I'm having one tomorrow.
Are you expecting it lower?
Thank you asking. I've just written and deleted a reply because it was just so whingy whiney. So I've pulled myself together now and YES I am hoping it will be lower.
My bottom line is that I don't want to take meds. The DN has said that I won't be able to manage my type 2 without taking meds and I was sneered at for asking what level I had to get down to in order not to have to take them. I don't want another appointment like that one.
All things being equal my A1c should be lower but as we all know things aren't always equal.
@wiseowl_123 I don’t bother to test every day anymore. I know what I can eat but test occasionally to check that my reaction to food has stayed the same. However I will start testing regularly soon as I haven’t had an hba1c test for 14 months as there are no DN appts on the horizon. When I tried to make one I was told that there were none before Dec and to ring again in 2-3 weeks when the diaries for next year would be showing on the screen so I will be using my test kit to keep an eye on my BS!Good morning after a year of FBG testing every morning and studying the results it appears to me that my FBG results ate not in line with my 4 x 3 monthly HbA1c results and I am contemplating easing up on them(not stopping them),my last HbA1c result was 40/5.8 as I eat exactly the same food all the time with no variation at all I would like some advice from you all,thank you
.... I was sneered at for asking what level I had to get down to in order not to have to take them.
My bottom line is that I don't want to take meds.
I don't see any reason if you are a lucky type two and willing to eat a lot of salads why medication should be required. I mean - what for?
I like to tell doctors about the time there was a big revolt against statins in France, people stopped taking them, and the death rate reduced significantly. If they are being really insistent I enquire how they explain it.
Good morning after a year of FBG testing every morning and studying the results it appears to me that my FBG results ate not in line with my 4 x 3 monthly HbA1c results and I am contemplating easing up on them(not stopping them),my last HbA1c result was 40/5.8 as I eat exactly the same food all the time with no variation at all I would like some advice from you all,thank you
FBG or any instantaneous reading has absolutely nothing to do with your Hba1c and there is no point getting depressed if they don't line up, they were never meant to.
The Hba1c is often described as an average of blood sugar over the last (up to) three months but even that is not quite true since it measures glycated blood cells. There is a connection between how much sugar is in the blood and how much sticks to a cell but it is not a direct connection.
Also to get a three monthly average using the finger prick method would take an infinite number of tests that carried on day and night for the whole three months. That's never going to happen so you don't have an accurate average to compare with anything.
Finally, instantaneous blood sugar levels and Hba1c are measured on different scales and although there is a conversion chart on this site
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-to-blood-sugar-level-converter.html
you should treat it as the interesting tool it is rather than an accurate comparison.
I used to do FBG levels since my GP wanted them, but I soon found that my pre-meal readings gave me a better value and avoided any Dawn Phenomenon effect. My am readings tend to waver all over the place, but my pre-meals in the evening seem quite steady.Good morning after a year of FBG testing every morning and studying the results it appears to me that my FBG results ate not in line with my 4 x 3 monthly HbA1c results and I am contemplating easing up on them(not stopping them),my last HbA1c result was 40/5.8 as I eat exactly the same food all the time with no variation at all I would like some advice from you all,thank you
It is silly for diabetics to compare themselves with others, especially in terms of fasting blood sugars or even Hba1c. We are different, our diabetes may be at different stages, we are different sexes and ages, have different other medical conditions to take into consideration. Finally our lifestyles may be very different, a pensioner, office worker and someone involved in work with intense physical activity have very different lifestyles affecting their diabetes differently.I completely agree.
I am always concerned to see newcomers and not so newcomers stressing over their FBG. When I was new I joined in the morning fasting thread, but didn't like all the competition going on.(among other trivial things). Newcomers were getting stressed because they weren't seeing numbers as low as other folk. That was in 2014 sometime, and it is still happening. There is far too much emphasis on it. I try to tell new people to forget FBG and concentrate on their pre and post meal levels, and that the pre-evening meal one is the best indication of how they are doing in general.
I'm not really clear on what you are asking. Maybe I'm being thick... don't all jump in at once!Good morning after a year of FBG testing every morning and studying the results it appears to me that my FBG results ate not in line with my 4 x 3 monthly HbA1c results and I am contemplating easing up on them(not stopping them),my last HbA1c result was 40/5.8 as I eat exactly the same food all the time with no variation at all I would like some advice from you all,thank you
The DN has said that I won't be able to manage my type 2 without taking meds and I was sneered at for asking what level I had to get down to in order not to have to take them. I don't want another appointment like that one.
Personally, I worry about my bs spikes and hardly ever measure fasting levels. And my HbA1c has been 37/38 for 6 years now, down from 63 when diagnosed...