At 95 most of my contacts don't say much!

ickihun said:

@MikeinWales
Just to let you know we type 2s have become very very resourceful and @KevinPotts has alerted us to Oppo ice cream. It is lovely and allowed. Waitrose and holland and barrett sell it. Some have found it in their co-op or budgens too.
We have found Lidl sell protein rolls which are great for a sandwich roll, crackers or just to make soldiers to dip in your breakfast egg.
The world is your oyster.
As the info states diabetic food is a con so check your food labels and try and stick to carb content of 10g or less per 100g produce.
Loads of us and thoroughly enjoying our healthy foods.
You'll find some love to bake with almond flour or seseme flour and stevia instead of sugar.
Myself I've found so many different diet carbonated drinks. Although most days now I stick with water or decaf coffee.
Mike you are going to love it!
Welcome to the willy wonka chocolate factory made from 90% coco and double cream. Yummy!
Enjoy!

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Bluetit1802 said:

There is no such thing as an HbA1c of 9. This probably refers to 9mmol/L as seen on our meters.

Please be aware of the different measurement units! The HbA1c is measured these days in most labs in the UK in mmol/mol. On our meters and when we have a snapshot fasting blood test at the doctor's surgery it is measured in mmol/L in the UK. Occasionally you will also see an HbA1c measured in a percentage that will look something like 6.5%. (These are now very old style measurements). In the US and some other countries the measurement units for meters are in mg/dl.


Your HbA1c was 95mmol/mol. (or 10.8% in the old numbers) This equates to 14.6mmol/L as seen on our meters. There is a conversion chart here

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

It is complicated at first, but you will soon pick it up. As you are in the UK please remember that some of our members on this forum are from abroad and use different units!! Make sure you know the difference before you start comparing your own levels.

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Hiitsme said:

Hi @MikeinWales

As I was preparing to type this I've just seen @Bluetit1802 post and agree with her
As my HbA1c was 95 to begin with I've just looked back at my readings which I started about 10 days after diagnosis. My fasting readings taken first thing in the morning were around 10 (8.5- 16.9) for the first 3 weeks. As I started to understand more they came down. It took me about 6 weeks to get under 7 for the first time. I would really encourage you to write everything down so you can look back at your progress.

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Bluetit1802 said:

@MikeinWales

We can't help with your 9.5 reading unless you tell us under what circumstances it was taken - as soon as you woke up (ie fasting), after you have been up and about a long time, after food or drink?

The idea is to test immediately before a meal and then again 2 hours after you started to eat. Look at the rise from before to after. It needs to be less than 2mmol/l. If it isn't, there were too many carbs in that meal. Once you are further in to this, try to keep the rise even lower, preferably under 1.5mmol/l. Keep a food diary including portion sizes and record your levels alongside. Patterns will emerge and you will learn. You can try the meal again with reduced carb portion sizes or eliminate some of the carbs completely.

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Bluetit1802 said:

I think you are getting very confused and mixing up all the measurement units. The chart you are looking at is an American one and best ignored.
Where are you getting this figure of 61.6 from, and what are the measurement units?

The facts:
Your HbA1c is 95mmol/mol. (which is high). It needs to be under 48mmol/mol.
If you convert that figure to the units we see on our meters it equates to 14.6mmol/l
If you want it in the old percentage units it is 10.8
If you want it in the American units it is somewhere around 262mg/dl

There is a better chart but I can't find it at the moment - one that relates to UK measurement. Someone else may have it.

Don't worry, we are all confused at first.

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Bluetit1802 said:

Now I see what you have done.
You have entered your HbA1c of 95mmol/mol in the box for average glucose in mmol/l.
You are confusing mmol/mol units with mmol/l units.

You don't know what your average glucose in mmol/l is - this is something you won't know until you have used your glucose meter many, many times (for months). You need to complete the first conversion boxes on that page. Enter your 95 in the mmol/mol box and that will tell you what your average glucose was over the previous 2 to 3 months (14.6mmol/l)

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Bluetit1802 said:

I hope you are ignoring your doctor? Your meter should be used to test your food to help you know what you can eat. This means testing each meal before and 2 hours after starting. You can alternate meals, so you do breakfast one day, lunch the next, and so on, but one week is not enough. You will need to do this for months until you have found yourself a suitable diet that does not raise your levels. A food diary is also essential, in my opinion, with the levels recorded alongside.
Try this, and let us know how you go on.

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