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<blockquote data-quote="Grace04" data-source="post: 2641010" data-attributes="member: 570470"><p>Hi all, thank you for your replies.</p><p></p><p>I did the soaking my hand in hot water first and massaged it, that's really hard to do while you're trying to keep whatever minuscule amount of blood does drip into the vial!</p><p></p><p>If I do try again at some point I'll maybe give Medichecks a go being as few of you rate them.</p><p></p><p>I had my results back this afternoon. I'm still not sure whether to believe them or not given the problems I encountered getting the samples. </p><p></p><p>For what it's worth they say my HbA1c is 38. I was previously 44. I've been eating low carb and high fat so I would hope it's around there but I won't be sure now until it's repeated at my surgery in November. </p><p></p><p>My cholesterol was not so good. This is how that went:</p><p></p><p>Tryglycerides - 1.4</p><p>Total Cholesterol - 6.9</p><p>HDL Cholesterol - 2.6</p><p>LDL Cholesterol - 3.7</p><p>Non-LDL Cholesterol - 4.3</p><p>Total Cholesterol to HDL Cholesterol Ratio - 2.7</p><p></p><p>I don't know where this was before I went LCHF so, unfortunately, I don't know if the high fat part of the diet is having an effect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grace04, post: 2641010, member: 570470"] Hi all, thank you for your replies. I did the soaking my hand in hot water first and massaged it, that's really hard to do while you're trying to keep whatever minuscule amount of blood does drip into the vial! If I do try again at some point I'll maybe give Medichecks a go being as few of you rate them. I had my results back this afternoon. I'm still not sure whether to believe them or not given the problems I encountered getting the samples. For what it's worth they say my HbA1c is 38. I was previously 44. I've been eating low carb and high fat so I would hope it's around there but I won't be sure now until it's repeated at my surgery in November. My cholesterol was not so good. This is how that went: Tryglycerides - 1.4 Total Cholesterol - 6.9 HDL Cholesterol - 2.6 LDL Cholesterol - 3.7 Non-LDL Cholesterol - 4.3 Total Cholesterol to HDL Cholesterol Ratio - 2.7 I don't know where this was before I went LCHF so, unfortunately, I don't know if the high fat part of the diet is having an effect. [/QUOTE]
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