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<blockquote data-quote="MikeZ" data-source="post: 2310761" data-attributes="member: 169115"><p>I haven't been following the group much lately so forgive me if this is old news. Anyway, today I went in for a quick check-up for an unrelated concern and the nurse said I was due for an A1c test. I was not too excited to take one because I had been injured and unable to exercise for all of August, and now, living in Oregon, the smoke has kept me pretty inactive for this month, as well. My last A1c was 6.0, (I'm not sure if they use different numbers in the UK), but that's about normal for me ever since I reversed my original diagnosis several years ago. I told the nurse that I would go down for a blood draw on my way out. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that they can do the test with a finger prick and get the results in 6 minutes! So here are my questions: Are we on the verge of doing A1c testing at home? Are these new tests available in the UK? If so, are they found to be reliable? I hope they ARE reliable because my result was 6.1.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeZ, post: 2310761, member: 169115"] I haven't been following the group much lately so forgive me if this is old news. Anyway, today I went in for a quick check-up for an unrelated concern and the nurse said I was due for an A1c test. I was not too excited to take one because I had been injured and unable to exercise for all of August, and now, living in Oregon, the smoke has kept me pretty inactive for this month, as well. My last A1c was 6.0, (I'm not sure if they use different numbers in the UK), but that's about normal for me ever since I reversed my original diagnosis several years ago. I told the nurse that I would go down for a blood draw on my way out. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that they can do the test with a finger prick and get the results in 6 minutes! So here are my questions: Are we on the verge of doing A1c testing at home? Are these new tests available in the UK? If so, are they found to be reliable? I hope they ARE reliable because my result was 6.1. [/QUOTE]
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